List of Canadian painters

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.

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A

Trilliums (c. 1910), by Lily Osman Adams

• 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 (born 1930) – 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 (born 1957)
• Leo Ayotte (1909–1976) – oil painter
• Philip Aziz (1923–2009) – painter, sculptor

B

Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith

• 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

Molly Bobak

• 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

A. J. Casson

• 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

Mary Dignam

• 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 (born 1931) – 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
• 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

Lionel Lemoine Fitzgerald

• 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
• 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–) – paiinter
• Edwin Holgate (1892–1977) – painter, engraver; member of the Group of Seven
• Margaret Lindsay Holton (1955–) – painter
• William Hope (1863–1931) – painter, war artist
• 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–) – painter
• Leonel Jules (born 1953) – painter

K

• Paul Kane (1810–1871) – Irish-Canadian painter
• Gertrude Kearns (1950–) – war artist
• James Keirstead (1932-) – Canadian painter
• 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–) – 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
• 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 (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–) – 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 (1057–) – painter
• Ron Moppett (born 1945) – 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 (born 1935) – 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–) – 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 (born 1923) – 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 (born 1929) – 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
• Philip Surrey (1910–1990) – painter
• Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté (1869–1937) – painter, sculptor
• Magda Szabo (1934–) – 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
• 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

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