Canadian Art & Artists

The following list of artists is compiled from art history books about Canadian painters, sculptors and photographers. The list on the left is a more complete list of Canadian artists worthy of attention. The list on the right and far below are those artists who deserve the most attention.

This "Canadian Art History Database", complete with biographical information about all of these artists. If you have biographical information about any of the artists on the lists below, please feel free to contact us. Some of these artists are difficult to track down information on (even online information can be scarce).

It is a matter of national pride that we record down the histories of these artists so they can be better understood by future generations of Canadians.

Canadian Painters George Back Marcel Barbeau Anne Meredith Barry Maxwell Bates Francois Beaucourt Leon Bellefleur Alexandre Bercovitch William Berczy George Theodore Berthon Yulia Biriukova David Blackwood Ronald Bloore Eleanor Bond Paul-Emile Borduas Napoleon Bourassa Jonathon Earl Bowser Bob Boyer Claude Breeze Miller Brittain Bertram Brooker William Bruce Blair William Brymner Jack Bush Oscar Cahen Joane Cardinal-Schubert Florence Carlyle Franklin Carmichael Emily Carr Alfred Joseph Casson Jack Chambers Paraskeva Clark James Pattison Cockburn Alex Colville Charles Comfort Emily Coonan Maurice Cullen Greg Curnoe Jean-Philippe Dallaire Ken Danby Thomas Davies Allan Edson Evergon Paterson Ewen Ivan Eyre Gerald Ferguson Marcelle Ferron Robert Field Lionel LeMoine Fitzgerald Martha Fleming/Lyne Lapointe Marc-Aurele Fortin claude Francois (Frere Luc) John Arthur Fraser vera Frenkel Charles Gagnon Clarence Gagnon Yves Gaucher Pierre Gauvreau Henry George Glyde Betty Goodwin Theophile Hamel Lawren Harris Robert Harris Adrian Hebert George Heriot Prudence Heward William G.R. Hind Edwin H. Holgate Francis Anne Hopkins Robert Houle E.J. Hughes Jack Humphrey Jacques Hurtubise Gershon Ishowitz Alexander Young Jackson Alex Janvier Charles William Jeffreys Frank H. Johnston Paul Kane Augustus Kenderdine Illingworth Kerr James Kerr-Lawson Roy Kiyooka Dorothy Knowles Wanda Koop Cornelius Krieghoff William Kurelek Fernand Leduc Ozias Leduc Joseph Legare Jean-Paul Lemieux Rita Letendre Ernest Lindner Jennifer Linton Arthur Lismer Attila Richard Lukacs Alexandra Luke Laura Muntz Lyall John Lymon J. E. H. MacDonald J.W.G. (Jock) MacDonald Landon Mackenzie Pegi Nicol MacLeod Dale MacNevin Medrie MacPhee Ron Martin Jean McEwen Yvonne McKague-Housser Art Mckay Isabel McLaughlin Helen McNicoll Gerald McMaster Kathleen Munn Charles Moffat Jean-Paul Mousseau Norval Morrisseau James William Morrice Ron Moppett Guido Molinari David Milne Louis Muhlstock Lilias Torrance Newton Marion Nicoll John O'Brien Lucius O'Brien Daphne Odjig Charles Pachter Paul Peel Alfred Pellan Christiane Pflug Walter J. Phillips Antoine Plamondon Jane Ash Poitras Christopher/Mary Pratt William Raphael George Agnew Reid Mary Hiester Reid Jean-Paul Riopelle Rick Rivet W. Goodridge Roberts William Ronald Jean-Baptiste Roy-Audy Anne Savage Carl Schaefer Tony Scherman Charlotte Schreiber Marian Scott Julian R. Seavey Jack Shadbolt Arthur Shilling Jori Smith Jeffrey Spalding Francoise Sullivan Takao Tanabe David Thamberger Tom Thomson Joanne Tod Robert Clow Todd Fernand Toupin Claude Tousignant Harold Town Frederick H. Varley Horatio Walker Esther Warkov Homer Watson Robert R. Whale Joyce Wieland Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun Tim Zuck Canadian Sculptors Walter Allward Louis Archambault Francois Baillairge Iain/Ingrid Baxter Lance Belanger Rebecca Belmore Douglas Bentham Liliana Berezowsky Bertram Charles Binning Roland Brener Ian Carr-Harris Melvin Charney Ulysse Comtois Charles Daudelin Robert Davidson Tom Dean Sorel Etrog Joe Fafard Gathie Falk Murray Favro General Idea Michel Goulet John Greer Emanuel Hahn Noel Harding Jamelie Hassan Faye Heavyshield Louis-Philippe Hebert Anne Kahane Alfred Laliberte Frances Loring Lani Maestro Liz Magor David Marshall John McEwen Robert Tait Mckenzie Eric Metcalfe Gilles Mihalcean Robert Murray Katie Ohe Edward Poitras Roland Poulin Richard Prince Royden/David Rabinowitch Bill Reid Robert Roussil John Scott Michael Snow Barbara Steinman Jana Sterbak Marc-Aurele de Foy Suzor Cote Tony Urquhart Armand Vaillancourt Renee Van Halm Bill Varzan Colette Whiten Irene F. Whittone Elizabeth Wynwood Florence Wyle Canadian Photographers Carl Beam Robert Bourdeau Genevieve Cadieux Michel Campeau Sidney Carter Lynne Cohen Robin Collyer Stan Douglas Rodney Graham Angela Grauerholz Pam Hall Alexander Henderson Thaddeus Holownia Geoffrey James Yousuf Karsh John Max Harold Mortimer Lamb William Notman Sandra Semchuk Sam Tata John Vanderpant Victoria Van Dyke Jeff Wall Ian Wallace Margaret Watkins	Kenojuak Ashevak
	Eleanor Bond
	Jonathon Earl Bowser
	Claude Breeze
	Bertram Brooker
	Florence Carlyle
	Emily Carr
	Alex Colville
	Emily Coonan
	Martha Fleming/Lyne Lapointe
	Henry George Glyde
	Lawren S. Harris
	Robert Harris
	Prudence Heward
	Edwin H. Holgate
	Jack Humphrey
	A.Y. Jackson
	Cornelius Krieghoff

Joseph Legare		Jennifer Linton
Arthur Lismer		Attila Richard Lukacs
Laura Muntz Lyall		J. E. H. MacDonald
Pegi Nicol Macleod		Charles Alexander Moffat
Norval Morrisseau		Kathleen Munn
Lilias Torrance Newton		Lucius O'Brien
Paul Peel		Alfred Pellan
Bill Reid		George Agnew Reid
Carl Schaefer		John Scott
Michael Snow		Tom Thomson
Frederick H. Varley		Victoria Van Dyke
Homer Watson		Colette Whiten
Joyce Wieland		Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun