The following is an alphabetical list of professional Canadian painters, primarily working in fine art painting and drawing. See other articles for information on Canadian art or a List of Canadian artists for other information.

A

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  • Isabella Mary Abbott (1890–1955) artist
  • Una Stella Abrahamson (1922–1999) – artist, writer
  • Lily Osman Adams (1865–1945)painter
  • Marilla Adams (1864–1966) – artist
  • Melita Aitken (1866–1945)artist
  • Aleen Aked (1907–2003)Canadian-American painter
  • Amelia Alcock-White (born 1981) – artist
  • David T. Alexander (born 1947)landscape painter
  • Lady Eveline Marie Alexander (1821–1906) – painter
  • Wilhelmina Alexander (1871–1961) oil painter
  • Libby Altwerger (1915–1995) painter and printmaker
  • Helen Andersen (1919–1995)painter
  • Marie-Elmina Anger (1844–1901) painter
  • Danielle April (1949–)
  • Silvia Araya (1930–2021)Chilean-born Canadian painter
  • Caroline Armington (1875–1939) painter and printmaker
  • Shelagh Armstrong (born 1961) illustrator
  • William Armstrong (1822–1914) landscape watercolourist
  • Caven Atkins (1907–2000) painter
  • William Edwin Atkinson (1862–1926)landscape painter
  • Joe Average (1957–2024)
  • Eruoma Awashish (born 1980)Atikamekw painter
  • Leo Ayotte (1909–1976) oil painter
  • Philip Aziz (1923–2009) painter, sculptor

B

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  • Walter James Baber (1855–1924) – painter
  • Earl Bailly (1903–1977) – mouth-painter and polio survivor
  • Unity Bainbridge (1916–2017) – artist and poet
  • Anna P. Baker (1928–1985) – painter
  • Joan Balzar (1928–2016) – painter
  • Marian Bantjes (1963–) – illustrator, designer, writer
  • J. M. Barnsley (1861–1929)painter
  • Anne Meredith Barry (1932–2003) painter
  • Earl W. Bascom (1906–1995) American-Canadian painter, printmaker and sculptor
  • Robert Bateman (born 1930) naturalist and painter
  • Maxwell Bates (1906–1980) painter, architect
  • Valentina Battler (born 1946) – artist
  • Aba Bayefsky (1923–2001) painter
  • Fanny Wright Bayfield (1813/14–1891) – illustrator
  • Anong Beam – Ojibwe artist and curator
  • John William Beatty (1869–1941) – painter
  • François Beaucourt (1740–1794) painter
  • Claire Beaulieu (born 1955) – painter
  • Beaver Hall Group
  • Noah Becker (born 1970) – painter
  • Christi Belcourt (1966–) – Métis painter
  • Arnold Belkin (1930–1992) Mexican-Canadian painter
  • Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith (1846–1923) – watercolour and oil landscape painter
  • Lorraine Bénic (1937–) – painter
  • William Berczy (1744–1813) pioneer and painter
  • Rachel Berman (1946–2014) – American-born Canadian painter
  • Judith Berry (born 1961) – painter
  • George Théodore Berthon (1806–1892) portrait painter
  • André Charles Biéler (1896–1989) painter and teacher
  • David Bierk (1944–2002) American-born Canadian painter
  • Olive Biller (1879–1957) – artist and illustrator
  • B.C. Binning (1909–1976) painter, architect and teacher
  • Yulia Biriukova (1897–1972) – painter
  • Ron Bloore (1925–2009) painter, member of the Regina Five
  • Susanna Blunt (1955–) – painter
  • Bruno Bobak (1923–2012) Polish-born Canadian painter

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  • Molly Lamb Bobak (1920–2014) painter
  • Louis Boekhout (1919–2012) – Dutch Canadian landscape painter
  • Blanche Bolduc (1906/1907–1998)Quebec painter, folk artist
  • David Bolduc (1945–2010) – painter
  • Eleanor Bond (born 1948) – painter, printmaker, and sculptor
  • Marion Bond (1903–1965) – painter
  • Paul-Émile Borduas (1905–1960) painter
  • Simone Mary Bouchard (1912–1945) – painter and textile artist
  • Sylvie Bouchard (born 1959) painter
  • Céline Boucher (1945–) – painter, sculptor
  • Shary Boyle (1972–) – painter, sculptor, performance artist
  • Eva Theresa Bradshaw (1871–1938) painter
  • Fritz Brandtner (1896–1969) painter
  • Claude Breeze (born 1938)painter
  • Henrietta Hancock Britton (1873–1963) – painter
  • Bertram Brooker (1888–1955) writer, painter, musician
  • Annora Brown (1899–1987) painter and graphic artist
  • Franklin Brownell (1856–1946) painter, teacher
  • William Blair Bruce (1859–1906) painter
  • Kittie Bruneau (1929–2021) painter and printmaker
  • William Brymner (1855–1925) figure and landscape painter
  • Karin Bubaš (1976–) – painter, photographer
  • Della Burford (1946–) – painter, writer
  • Dennis Burton (1933–2013) painter
  • Ralph Wallace Burton (1905–1983)
  • Jack Bush (1909–1977) abstract expressionist
  • Sheila Butler (born 1940) painter

C

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  • Sveva Caetani (1917–1994) – Italian-Canadian painter
  • Oscar Cahén (1916–1956)painter, illustrator, member of Painters Eleven
  • Ghitta Caiserman-Roth (1923–2005) – painter, printmaker
  • Florence Carlyle (1864–1923) – figure and portrait painter
  • Franklin Carmichael (1890–1945) painter; member of the Group of Seven
  • Emily Carr (1871–1945) painter and writer
  • Barbara Caruso (1937–2009) – colour field painter, illustrator, printmaker, book designer
  • A. J. Casson (1898–1992) painter of landscapes, forests and farms; member of the Group of Seven
  • Mabel Cawthra (1871–1943) – painter
  • Frederick Sproston Challener (1869–1959) painter, muralist and teacher
  • Jack Chambers (1931–1978) painter and filmmaker
  • Monique Charbonneau (1928–2014) – painter
  • Benjamin Chee Chee (1944–1977) Ojibwa painter
  • Nan Lawson Cheney (1897–1985) – painter and medical illustrator
  • Victor Child (1897–1960) newspaper illustrator, painter and etcher
  • Paraskeva Clark (1898–1986) painter
  • Alberta Cleland (1876–1960) landscape painter
  • Pierre Clerk (born 1928) – painter, sculptor and printmaker
  • Nora Collyer (1898–1979) – painter; member of the Beaver Hall Group
  • Alex Colville (1920–2013) painter
  • Charles Comfort (1900–1994) painter, muralist, designer, educator
  • Edith Grace Coombs (1890–1986) – painter
  • Emily Coonan (1885–1971) – painter; member of the Beaver Hall Group
  • Corno (1952–2016) – painter
  • Sonia Cornwall (1919–2006) – painter
  • Bruno Cote (1940–2010) landscape painter
  • Graham Coughtry (1931–1999) painter
  • Holly Coulis (born 1968) painter
  • Rody Kenny Courtice (1891–1973) – painter
  • Linda Craddock (born 1952)painter, photographer
  • Sarah Lindley Crease (1826–1922) – watercolour painter
  • William Cruikshank (1848–1922) painter, teacher
  • Maurice Cullen (1866–1934) Impressionist painter
  • Jane Catherine Cummins (1841–1893) – painter
  • Greg Curnoe (1937–1992) painter, co-founder of CAR
  • Ruth Cuthand (1954–) – painter, printmaker, beader
  • Colleen Cutschall (born 1951) – Oglala-Sicangu Lakota multi-media artist, professor
  • Gertrude Spurr Cutts (1858–1941) – landscape painter

D

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  • Caroline Louisa Daly (1832–1893) – watercolour painter
  • Kathleen Daly (1898–1994) painter
  • Ken Danby (1940–2007) painter
  • Charles Daudelin (1920–2001) sculptor and painter
  • Julia Dault (born 1977) painter
  • Karin Davie (1965–) – painter
  • Sally Davies (1956–) – painter, photographer
  • Forshaw Day (1837–1903) painter and educator
  • Katherine Day (1889–1976) – painter, printmaker
  • Mabel Killam Day (1884–1960) – painter
  • Louis de Niverville (1933–2019) painter
  • Simone Dénéchaud (1905–1974) painter
  • Mary Dignam (1860–1938) painter; activist for women artists
  • Melissa Doherty (1967–) – painter
  • Eva Brook Donly (1867–1941) – painter
  • Audrey Capel Doray (1931–2025) multimedia artist
  • Julie Doucet (1867–1941) – painter
  • Marie-Denise Douyon (born 1961) painter and illustrator
  • Joseph Drapell (born 1940) abstract painter
  • Moira Dryer (1957–1992) – abstract painter
  • Ann Macintosh Duff (1925–2022)
  • Delree Dumont – painter
  • Alma Duncan (1917–2004) – painter, filmmaker
  • Edmond Dyonnet (1859–1954) painter

E

  • Mary Alexandra Bell Eastlake (1854–1951) – painter
  • Wyatt Eaton (1849–1896) portrait painter
  • Allan Edson (1846–1888)landscape painter
  • Emily Louise Orr Elliott (1867–1952) – painter and fashion illustrator
  • Harold Elliott (1890–1968) painter
  • Kingmeata Etidlooie (1915–1989) – painter, sculptor
  • Leya Evelyn (1937–) – painter
  • Catherine Everett (born 1957)sculptor and painter
  • Peter Maxwell Ewart (1918–2001)landscape painter

F

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  • Lilias Farley (1907–1989) – painter, sculptor, muralist
  • Caroline Farncomb (1859–1951) – painter
  • Holly Farrell (born 1961) painter
  • Claire Fauteux (1889–1998) painter
  • Henriette Fauteux-Massé (1924–2005) painter
  • Holly Fay – painter
  • Lillian Prest Ferguson (1867–1955) – painter
  • Marcelle Ferron (1924–2001) painter
  • George Fertig (1915–1983) painter and photographer
  • Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald (1890–1956) artist; member of the Group of Seven
  • Julie Flett – Indigenous painter, illustrator
  • Lita Fontaine (born 1953) Indigenous multi-media painter
  • Dulcie Foo Fat (born 1946) painter
  • Harriet Mary Ford (1859–1938) – painter, muralist, jeweller
  • Nehemiah Ford (birth year unknown; died between 1858 and 1862) painter, politician
  • Nita Forrest (1926–1996) – painter
  • John Wycliffe Lowes Forster (1850–1934) – painter
  • Michael Forster (1907–2002) painter
  • Mina Forsyth (1921–1987) – painter
  • Marc-Aurèle Fortin (1888–1970) painter
  • Daniel Fowler (1810–1894) watercolour painter
  • Hannah Franklin (1937–) – painter, sculptor
  • Leanne Franson (1963–) – illustrator, cartoonist
  • John Arthur Fraser (1838–1898) – painter
  • Maida Parlow French (1891–1977) – painter, writer

G

  • Clarence Gagnon (1881–1942) painter, etcher
  • Marianna Gartner (1963–) – painter
  • Yves Gaucher (1934–2000) painter, printmaker
  • Alyne Gauthier-Charlebois (1908–1955) – painter
  • Robert Genn (1936–2014) painter
  • Lise Gervais (1933–1998) – painter, sculptor
  • Sky Glabush (born 1970) painter
  • Eric Goldberg (1890–1969) Jewish-Canadian painter
  • Regina Seiden Goldberg (1897–1991) painter
  • Charles Goldhamer (1903–1985) watercolour painter
  • Betty Goodwin (1923–2008) painter, sculptor
  • Hortense Gordon (1886–1961) – painter
  • Richard Gorman (1935–2010) painter and printmaker
  • Pnina Granirer (1935–) – painter
  • Vaughan Grayson (1894–1995) painter and printmaker
  • Grimes (1988–) – musician, painter
  • Daniel Charles Grose (1832–1900) painter
  • Angela Grossmann (1955–) – painter

H

  • Alexandra Haeseker (born 1945) – painter, printmaker, installation artist
  • Clara Hagarty (1871–1958) – painter
  • Sylvia Hahn (1911–2001)painter
  • Elizabeth Amherst Hale (1774–1826) – painter
  • John Hall (born 1943) – painter
  • Joice M. Hall (born 1943) – painter
  • Kazuo Hamasaki (1925–2005) Japanese-Canadian painter
  • Henrietta Hamilton (1780–1857) – painter
  • Mary Riter Hamilton (1873–1954) painter; World War I artist
  • John A. Hammond (1843–1939) painter, photographer, printmaker
  • Clara Isabella Harris (1887–1974) painter
  • Lawren Harris (1855–1970) painter; member of the Group of Seven
  • Robert Harris (1848–1919) painter
  • Ted Harrison (1926–2015) painter
  • Monique Harvey (1950–2001) painter
  • Iris Hauser (1956–) – painter
  • Bobs Cogill Haworth (1900–1988) – painter
  • Guenter Heim (1935–2014) painter
  • Pierre Henry (1932–2013) painter; anecdotism art movement
  • Carle Hessay (1911–1978) painter
  • Prudence Heward (1896–1947) painter; member of the Beaver Hall Group
  • Annie Hewlett (1997–1974) – writer, painter
  • Gilah Yelin Hirsch (1944–) – painter
  • Edwin Holgate (1892–1977) painter, engraver; member of the Group of Seven
  • Margaret Lindsay Holton (1955–) – painter
  • William Hope (1863–1931) – painter, war artist
  • Nesta Bowen Horne (1896-1987) painter
  • Yvonne McKague Housser (1898–1996) painter, teacher
  • Barbara Howard (1926–2002) – painter, engraver
  • Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon (1826–1874) – painter
  • Patrick Howlett (born 1971) – visual artist
  • E.J. Hughes (1913–2007) – painter
  • Natalka Husar (born 1951) – painter

I

  • Jay Isaac (born 1975) – painter
  • Gershon Iskowitz (1921–1988) painter

J

  • A. Y. Jackson (1882–1974) painter; founding member of the Group of Seven
  • Otto Reinhold Jacobi (1812–1901) painter
  • Richard Jacobson (born 1959) artist, illustrator
  • Sybil Henley Jacobson (1881–1953) – painter
  • Lucy Jarvis (1896–1985) – painter
  • Charles William Jefferys (1869–1951) painter, illustrator, author, teacher
  • Sarah Anne Johnson (born 1976) painter
  • Frank Johnston (1888–1949) artist; member of the Group of Seven
  • Gladys Johnston (1906–1983) – painter
  • John Young Johnstone (1887–1930) painter
  • Janet Jones (1952–2025) – painter
  • Leonel Jules (born 1953) painter

K

  • Paul Kane (1810–1871) Irish-Canadian painter
  • Gertrude Kearns (1950–) – war artist
  • Estelle Muriel Kerr (1879–1971) – painter
  • Katja MacLeod Kessin (1959–2006) – painter
  • Janet Kigusiuq (1926–2005) – Inuit multidisciplinary artist
  • Alicia Killaly (1836–1908) – painter
  • Ada Gladys Killins (1901–1963) – painter
  • Ada Florence Kinton (1859–1905) – painter, educator
  • Ann Kipling (1934–2023) – painter
  • Andrew Kiss (born 1946) – painter
  • Bert Kloezeman (1921–1987) painter and art educator
  • Harold Klunder (born 1943) Dutch-born Canadian painter
  • Dorothy Knowles (1927–2023) painter
  • Elizabeth McGillivray Knowles (1866–1928) – painter
  • F. McGillivray Knowles (1860–1932) painter
  • Wanda Koop (born 1951) painter
  • Cornelius Krieghoff (1815–1872) painter of landscapes and outdoor life
  • Maya Kulenovic (born 1975) painter
  • William Kurelek (1927–1977) artist and writer

L

  • Françoise Labbé (1933–2001) – painter
  • Stephen Lack (born 1946) actor, painter
  • Joy Laking (born 1950) – painter
  • Artis Lane (1927–) – painter
  • Dawn Langstroth (1979–) – painter, singer, songwriter
  • Anne Langton (1804–1893) – painter
  • Jo Lechay – painter, dancer, choreographer
  • Ozias Leduc (1864–1955) Quebec painter
  • Gary Lee-Nova (born 1943) painter, multimedia artist
  • Jennifer Lefort (born 1976) – painter
  • Joseph Légaré (1795–1855) painter
  • Irène Legendre (1904–1992) painter
  • Jean Paul Lemieux (1904–1990) painter
  • Serge Lemoyne (1941–1998) performance artist, painter
  • Rick Leong (born 1973) – painter, drawer
  • Rita Letendre (1928–2021) painter, muralist
  • Marilyn Levine (1935–2005) – painter
  • Maud Lewis (1903–1970) painter
  • Robert Henry Lindsay (1868–1938) painter
  • Oleg Lipchenko (born 1957) painter, graphic artist, illustrator
  • Arthur Lismer (1881–1969) painter; member of the Group of Seven
  • Mabel Lockerby (1882–1976) – painter
  • Judith Lodge (born 1941) painter, photographer
  • Joy Zemel Long (1922–2018) painter
  • Marion Long (1882–1970) – painter
  • Michèle Lorrain (1960–) – painter, installation artist
  • Helen Lucas (1931–2023) – painter, writer
  • Alexandra Luke (1902–1967) – painter
  • Laura Muntz Lyall (1860–1930) – painter
  • John Goodwin Lyman (1886–1967)

M

  • J. E. H. MacDonald (1873–1932) painter; member of the Group of Seven
  • Jock Macdonald (1887–1960) painter; member of the Painters Eleven
  • Landon Mackenzie (born 1954) painter
  • Pegi Nicol MacLeod (1904–1949) painter
  • Margaret Campbell Macpherson (1860–1931) – painter
  • Christine Major (1966–) – painter
  • Lorraine Malach (1933–2003) – ceramicist, painter
  • Clifford Maracle (1944–1996) – painter, sculptor
  • Jovette Marchessault (1938–2012) – painter, writer
  • Agnes Martin (1912–2004) painter
  • Arthur N. Martin (1889–1961) painter
  • Thomas Mower Martin (1838–1934) painter
  • Marmaduke Matthews (1837–1913) painter
  • Henrietta Mabel May (1877–1971) painter; member of the Beaver Hall Group
  • Doris McCarthy (1910–2010) painter
  • Jean McEwen (1923–1999) painter
  • Florence Helena McGillivray (1864–1938) painter
  • Barbara McGivern (1945–2019) – painter
  • Elizabeth McIntosh (born 1967) painter
  • Arthur McKay (1926–2000) painter
  • Mary R. McKie (active 1840–1862) – painter
  • Isabel McLaughlin (1903–2002) painter
  • Fannie Knowling McNeil (1869–1928) – painter, suffragist
  • Helen McNicoll (1879–1915) – painter
  • Ray Mead (1921–1998) painter; member of Painters Eleven
  • Sandra Meigs (1953–) – painter
  • John Meredith (1933–2000) painter
  • Muriel Millard (1922–2014) painter
  • Kenneth G. Mills (1923–2004) painter
  • David Milne (1882–1953) painter, printmaker, writer
  • Lisa Milroy (born 1959) painter
  • Berge Missakian (1933–2017) painter
  • Janet Mitchell (1912–1998) painter
  • Guido Molinari (1933–2004) painter
  • Caroline Monet (born 1985) painter
  • Kent Monkman (born 1965) First Nations painter
  • Belinda Montgomery (1950–) – actress, painter
  • Shani Mootoo (1957–) – painter
  • Ron Moppett (born 1945) painter
  • Judith Morgan (19302016) Gitxsan painter
  • James Wilson Morrice (1865–1924) landscape painter
  • Kathleen Morris (1893–1986) – painter; member of the Beaver Hall Group
  • Norval Morrisseau (1932–2007) painter
  • Rita Mount (1885–1967) – painter
  • Clara Mountcastle (1837–1908) – painter
  • Louis Muhlstock (1904–2001) – Jewish-Canadian painter
  • Kathleen Munn (1887–1974) painter
  • Laura Muntz Lyall (1860–1930) impressionist painter

N

  • Tomori Nagamoto (born 1973) – visual artist
  • Kazuo Nakamura (1926–2002) painter and member of Painters Eleven
  • Melaw Nakehk’o – painter, filmmaker, actress, activist
  • Lilias Torrance Newton (1896–1980) painter, member of the Beaver Hall Group
  • Jack Nichols (1921–2009) painter
  • Marion Nicoll (1908–1985) – painter
  • Shelley Niro (1954–) – painter
  • Guity Novin (born 1944) Iranian-Canadian painter

O

  • Lucius Richard O'Brien (1832–1899) painter
  • Daphne Odjig (1919–2016) Indigenous painter, activist
  • Ethel Ogden (1869–1902) – painter, educator
  • Will Ogilvie (1901–1989) painter, war artist
  • Bobbie Oliver (born 1943) painter
  • Kim Ondaatje (born 1928) painter, photographer, filmmaker
  • Toni Onley (1928–2004) painter
  • Henry Orenstein (1918–2008) painter, muralist, set designer

P

  • P. K. Page (1916–2010) – poet, painter
  • Alfred C. Patstone (1908–1999) romantic realist oil painter, rural
  • Myfanwy Pavelic (1916–2007) – painter
  • Paul Peel (1860–1892) painter
  • Eric Pehap (1912–1981) abstract artist
  • Alfred Pellan (1906–1988) modern art pioneer, founder of Montreal art group known as Prisme d'yeux, rivals to Les Automatizes
  • Sophie Pemberton (1869–1959) painter
  • George Douglas Pepper (1903–1962) painter
  • William Perehudoff (1918–2013) painter
  • Rae Perlin (1910–2006) – painter
  • Vessna Perunovich (1960–) – painter, sculptor
  • Llewellyn Petley-Jones (1908–1986) – Anglo-Canadian painter
  • Christiane Pflug (1936–1972) German-born Canadian painter, draughtsperson
  • Bev Pike painter
  • Antoine Plamondon (1804–1895) painter
  • Joseph Plaskett (1918–2014) painter
  • Jane Ash Poitras (1951–) – painter
  • Annie Pootoogook (1969–2016) painter
  • Alicia Popoff (1950–2015) painter
  • Barbara Pratt (1963–) – painter
  • Christopher Pratt (1935–2022) painter, flag designer
  • Mary Pratt (1935–2018) painter
  • Jon Pylypchuk (born 1972) painter, sculptor

R

  • Sherry Farrell Racette (born 1952) Metis painter, mixed media artist
  • Rosemary Radcliffe (1942–) – actress, painter
  • Gordon Rayner (1935–2010) painter
  • George Agnew Reid (1860–1947) painter
  • Mary Hiester Reid (1854–1921) painter
  • Mary Wrinch Reid (1877–1969) painter
  • Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923–2002) painter, sculptor
  • Jim Robb (born 1933) painter
  • Louise Robert (1941–) – painter
  • Goodridge Roberts (1904–1974) painter
  • Sarah Robertson (1891–1948) – painter
  • Albert H. Robinson (1881–1956) painter
  • Christine Roche (1939–) – painter, illustrator, filmmaker
  • Danièle Rochon (born 1946) painter
  • Dorothea Rockburne (1932–) – painter
  • Otto Rogers (1935–2019) painter
  • Trisha Romance (born 1951) painter
  • William Ronald (1926–1998) painter, founder of Painters Eleven
  • Hilda Katherine Ross (1902–unknown) – painter, potter, educator
  • Susan Ross (1915–2005) – painter
  • Marina Roy – painter
  • Cheryl Ruddock – painter
  • Lorna Russell (1933–2023) – painter

S

  • Anne Savage (1896–1971) painter, art teacher; member of the Beaver Hall Group
  • Carl Schaefer (1903–1995) painter, art teacher
  • Charlotte Schreiber (1834–1922) English-Canadian painter, illustrator
  • Jacques Schyrgens (1923–2014) Belgian-Canadian painter of watercolors and illustrator
  • Marian Dale Scott (1906–1993) painter
  • Mary Scott (1948–) – painter
  • Ethel Seath (1879–1963) painter, art teacher; member of the Beaver Hall Group
  • Regina Seiden (1897–1991) painter
  • Catherine Senitt (1945–) – painter
  • Ernest Thompson Seton (1860–1946) painter, naturalist, illustrator
  • Jack Shadbolt (1909–1998) painter, war artist and teacher
  • Helen Parsons Shepherd (1923–2008) – painter
  • Arnold Shives (born 1943) painter, multimedia artist, printmaker
  • Henrietta Shore (1880–1963) painter
  • Edward Scrope Shrapnel (1845–1920) painter
  • Ron Shuebrook (born 1943) – artist
  • Claude A. Simard (1943–2014) painter
  • Elizabeth Simcoe (1763–1850) – Anglo-Canadian painter
  • Lorraine Simms (1956–) – painter
  • Ruby Slipperjack (1952–) – writer, painter
  • Paul Sloggett (born 1950) painter and teacher
  • Edith Smith (1867–1954) painter and teacher
  • Freda Pemberton Smith (1902–1991) painter
  • Gordon A. Smith (1919–2020) painter, printmaker, sculptor, teacher
  • Jean Smith (born 1959) painter, musician, writer
  • Jori Smith (1907–2005) – painter
  • K. C. Smith (1924–2000) painter, conservationist
  • Michael Snow (1928–2023) painter
  • Daniel Solomon (born 1945) abstract painter and teacher
  • David G. Sorensen (1937–2011) painter
  • Paul Soulikias (1926–2023) painter
  • Doris Huestis Speirs (1894–1989) – ornithologist, painter
  • Owen Staples (1866–1949) painter, etcher, political cartoonist
  • Godfrey Stephens (born 1939) painter, sculptor
  • John Edmund Strandberg (1911–1996) Swedish-Canadian painter
  • Leesa Streifler (1957–) – painter, professor
  • Ronald Suchiu (born 1952) – painter
  • Philip Surrey (1910–1990) painter
  • Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté (1869–1937) painter, sculptor
  • Magda Szabo (1934–2024) – painter

T

  • Sylvia Tait (1932–) – painter
  • Takao Tanabe (born 1926) painter
  • Monica Tap (1962–) – painter, professor
  • Daniel Taylor (born 1955) painter
  • David Thauberger (born 1948) painter
  • Denyse Thomasos (1964–2012) painter
  • Tom Thomson (1877–1917) painter; mentor to the Group of Seven
  • Mildred Valley Thornton (1890–1967) painter
  • Gideon Tomaschoff (born 1956) artist
  • Gentile Tondino (1923–2001) artist, educator
  • Jacques de Tonnancour (1917–2005) artist, educator
  • Fernand Toupin (1930–2009) painter, member of the Plasticiens
  • Harold Town (1924–1990) painter, member of Painters Eleven
  • Cory Trépanier (born 1968) painter, filmmaker

U

  • Tony Urquhart (1934–2022) painter and sculptor

V

  • Armand Vaillancourt (born 1929) sculptor, painter
  • Florence Vale (1909–2003) painter
  • Frederick Varley (1881–1969) painter, war artist; member of the Group of Seven
  • James Verbicky (born 1973) mixed media, painter
  • Frederick Arthur Verner (1836–1928) painter
  • Roy Henry Vickers (born 1946) First Nations painter

W

  • Marion Wagschal (1943–) – painter
  • Carol Wainio (1955–) – painter
  • Horatio Walker (1858–1938) painter
  • Ronan Walsh (1958–) – artist
  • Emily Warren (1869–1956) painter
  • Lowrie Warrener (1900–1983) painter
  • Darrell Wasyk (1958–) painter
  • Homer Watson (1855–1936) painter
  • Vera Weatherbie (1909–1977) painter
  • Barbara Weaver-Bosson (1953–) painter
  • Robert R. Whale (1805–1887) – painter
  • Diane Whitehouse (1940–) painter
  • Joyce Wieland (1930–1998) filmmaker, painter, mixed media
  • Shirley Wiitasalo (1949–) – painter
  • York Wilson (1907–1984) painter, muralist
  • Chloe Wise (1990–) painter
  • Matthew Wong (1984–2019) painter
  • Kamila Wozniakowska (1956–) – painter
  • Mary E. Wrinch (1881–1968) – painter

Y

  • Walter Yarwood (1917–1996) abstract painter and member of Painters Eleven
  • M. A. Yewdale (1908–2000) – pioneer and heritage artist
  • Jinny Yu (born 1976)

Z

  • Marguerite Porter Zwicker (1904–1993) – watercolor painter and art promoter

See also

  • Beaver Hall Group
  • Canadian Art Club
  • Group of Seven
  • Indian Group of Seven
  • List of Canadian artists
  • Painters Eleven
  • Regina Five

References

Bibliography

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  • Duval, Paul. Four Decades: The Canadian Group of Painters and their contemporaries – 1930–1970 Toronto, Vancouver, Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, 1972.
  • Duval, Paul. High Realism in Canada Toronto, Vancouver, Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, 1974. .
  • Fenton, Terry and Wilkin, Karen. Modern Painting In Canada: Major Movements in Twentieth Century Canadian Art Edmonton, Hurtig Publishers, 1978. .
  • Harper, Russell. Painting in Canada: A History 2nd ed. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1981.
  • Lord, Barry. The History of Painting in Canada: Toward A People's Art Toronto, New Canada Publications, 1974. .
  • Morris, Jerrold. 100 Years of Canadian Drawings Toronto, Methuen, 1980. .
  • Reid, Dennis A Concise History of Canadian Painting 2nd Edition. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1988. .