List of Canadian painters

The following is a brief alphabetical list of professional Canadian artists primarily working in watercolour or oil paint. See other articles for information on Canadian art or a List of Canadian artists for other information.

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Phil Alain (b. 1968)
Amelia Alcock-White (b. 1973)
Shelagh Armstrong (b. 1961) illustrator
William Armstrong (1822–1914) landscape watercolourist
Leo Ayotte (1909–1976) oil painter
Philip Aziz (1923–2009) artist in a variety of media, painter, sculptor, and designer of buildings

Earl W. Bascom (1906–1995) - American painter, printmaker and sculptor, raised in Canada
Robert Bateman (1930-) - naturalist and painter
Arnold Belkin (1930–1992) - Mexican painter known as "The Canadian Son of Mexican Muralism"
William Berczy (1744–1813) - pioneer and painter
David Bierk (1944–2002), American-born Canadian painter
Paul-Émile Borduas (1905–60) - painter known for his abstract paintings
Fritz Brandtner (1896–1969)
William Brymner (1855–1925) - figure and landscape painter
Jack Bush (1909–1977) - Abstract expressionist

Franklin Carmichael (1890–1945) - artist and member of the Group of Seven
Emily Carr (1871–1945) - Canadian artist and writer inspired by the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast
A. J. Casson (1898–1992) - painter of landscapes, forests and farms and member of the Group of Seven
Benjamin Chee Chee (1944–1977) - Ojibwa painter
Victor Child (1897–1960) - newspaper illustrator, painter, etcher
Alex Colville (1920– ) - painter
Bruno Cote (1940- ) - landscape painter

Ken Danby (1940–2007) - painter
Charles Daudelin (1920–2001) - sculptor and painter
Forshaw Day (1837–1903) - painter, educator
Mary Dignam (1860–1938) - painter and pioneer activist for women artists
Edmond Dyonnet (1859–1954) - painter

John A. Hammond (1843–1939) - adventurer, photographer artist, printmaker and art educator
Lawren Harris (1855–1970) - painter and member of the Group of Seven
Robert Harris (1848–1919) - painter most noted for his portrait of the Fathers of Confederation
Ron Hawkins ( - ) - rock singer, songwriter and painter
Prudence Heward (1896–1947) - painter and member of the Beaver Hall Group
Edwin Holgate (1892–1977) - artist, painter, engraver, and member of the Group of Seven

A. Y. Jackson (1882–1974) - painter and founding member of the Group of Seven
Charles William Jefferys (1869–1951) - painter, illustrator, author, and teacher best known as a historical illustrator
Frank Johnston (1888–1949) - artist associated with the Group of Seven
Jack Nichols (born 1921) painter
Leonel Jules (born 1953) painter

Paul Kane (1810–1871) - Irish-Canadian painter of First Nations peoples in the Canadian West and the Native Americans in the Oregon Country
Aart Kemink (1914–2006) - Dutch-Canadian painter
Bert Kloezeman - painter and art educator
Harold Klunder (1943- ) - Dutch-born Canadian painter
Cornelius Krieghoff (1815–1872) - painter of landscapes and outdoor life

Ozias Leduc (1864–1955) - Quebec painter of portraits, still lifes, landscapes, and religious works
Joseph Légaré (1795–1855) - painter
Serge Lemoyne (1941–1998) - performance artist and painter
Oleg Lipchenko (born 1957) - painter, graphic artist, illustrator
Arthur Lismer (1881–1969) - painter and member of the Group of Seven
Laura Muntz Lyall (1860–1930) - impressionist painter
John Goodwin Lyman (1886–1967)

Kim Ondaatje (1928– ) - painter, photographer, and documentary filmmaker
Toni Onley (1928–2004) - landscape painter
Henry Orenstein ( - ), artist specializing in easel paintings, murals and set design

Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923–2002), painter and sculptor from Quebec
Goodridge Roberts (1904–1974), painter of landscapes, unassuming still-lifes and interiors
Danièle Rochon (1946- ), painter from Quebec
Trisha Romance (1951- ), painter in Ontario
William Ronald (1926–1998), abstract painter

Anne Savage (1896–1971) - painter, art teacher, and member of the Beaver Hall Group
Jacques Schyrgens (1923- ), Belgian-Canadian painter of watercolors and illustrator
Marian Dale Scott (1906–1993), painter
Jack Shadbolt (1909– ) - painter, war artist, and teacher
Henrietta Shore (1880–1963) - painter
Claude A. Simard (1943- ), painter of garden scenes, landscapes, still lives and the human figure
Edith Smith (1867–1954) - painter and teacher
Freda Pemberton Smith (1902–1991), painter
Gordon A. Smith (Gordon Smith) (1919– ) - painter, printmaker, sculptor, and teacher
Lewis Smith (1871–1926)
David G. Sorensen (1937–2011) painter

François Vaillancourt (1967- ), painter and art director
Frederick Varley (1881–1969) - painter, war artist, and member of the Group of Seven
Jessy Veilleux ( - ) - digital matte artist, digital matte painter and concept artist
James Verbicky (1973 - ) - Mixed media / abstract artist.

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