This is a list of French painters sorted alphabetically and by the century in which the painter was most active.
Alphabetically
A–C
Pierre Abadie (18961972) Edmond Aman-Jean (1858–1936) Albert André (1869–1954) Mathuren Arthur Andrieu (1822–1896) Gaston Anglade (1854–1919) Charles Angrand (1854–1926) Alexandre Antigna (1817–1878) Joseph Apoux (1846–1910) Arcabas (1926–2018) Renée Aspe (1922–1969) Louise Astoud-Trolley (1817–1883) Etienne Aubry (1746–1781) Louis-François Aubry (1770–1850) Joseph Aved (1702–1766) Jean Bardin (1732–1809) Rex Barrat (1914–1974) Georges Barrière (1881–1944) Cécile Bart (born 1958) Jacques Barcat (1877–1955) Adrien Bas (1884–1925) Jean-François Batut (1828–1907) Jean René Bazaine (1904–2001) Frédéric Bazille (1841–1870) Geneviève Brossard de Beaulieu (fl. c. 1770–1815) Amar Ben Belgacem (1979–2010) Andrée Belle (1840–1901) Louis Émile Benassit (1833–1902) Pierre Berchet (1659–1720) Marcelle Bergerol (1901–1989) Antoine Berjon (1754–1843) André Beronneau (1886–1973) Louis Béroud (1852–1930) Jean-Baptiste Bertrand (1823–1887) Raymond Besse (1899–1969) Louis Bissinger (1899–1978) Sophie Blum-Lazarus (1867–1944) Pierre Bobot (1902–1974) Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761–1845) Jean-François Boisard (1762–1820) Maurice Boitel (1919–2007) Rosa Bonheur (1822–1899) Leon Bonnat (1833–1922) Jean de Botton (1898–1978) François Boucher (1703–1770) Henri Bouchet-Doumenq (1834–1884) Eugène Boudin (1824–1898) William Bouguereau (1825–1905) Gustave Boulanger (1824–1888) Charles Boulanger de Boisfremont (1773–1838) Valentin de Boulogne (1591–1632) Abel-Dominique Boyé (1864–1934) Louis Braquaval (1854–1919) Georges Braque (1882–1963) Ernest Breton (1812–1875) Gustave Brion (1824–1877) Pierre Brissaud (1885–1964) Pierre-Nicolas Brisset (1810–1890) François Brochet (1925–2001) Bernard Buffet (1928–1999) Étienne Buffet (1866–1948) Camille-Léopold Cabaillot-Lassalle (1839–1902) Louis-Nicolas Cabat (1812–1893) Gustave Caillebotte (1848–1894) Philippe Calandre (born 1964) Robert Campin (1378–1445) Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (1824–1887) Louis-Robert Carrier-Belleuse (1848–1913) Eugène Carrière (1849–1906) Clément Castelli (1870–1959) Paul Cézanne (1839–1906) Narcisse Chaillou (1835–1916) Charles-Édouard Chaise (1759-1798) Marguerite Émilie Chalgrin (1760–1794) Charles-Michel-Ange Challe (1718–1778) Jean-Baptiste de Champaigne (1631–1681) Philippe de Champaigne (1602–1674) Jérôme-François Chantereau (1710?—?) Jean Chardin (1643–1713) Jean Siméon Chardin (1699–1779) José Charlet (1916–1993) Fanny Charrin (1781–1854) Théodore Chassériau (1819–1856) Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824–1898) Wang Yan Cheng (born 1960) Jules Chéret (1839–1932) Aimée Julie Cheron (1821–c. 1890) Serge Chubine or Choubine, pseudonym of Sergei Aleksandrovich Zalshupin (1898 or 1900-1931) Antoine Chintreuil (1816–1873) Félix Auguste Clément (1826–1888) Charles-Louis Clérisseau (1721–1820) François Clouet (1515–1572) Jean Clouet (1480–1541) Léon Cogniet (1794–1880) Alphonse Colas (1818–1887) Émile Colinus (1884–1966) Nicolas Colombel (1646–1717) Charles-Fernand de Condamy (1855–1913) Lydia Corbett (born 1927) Roger de la Corbière (1893–1974) Frédéric Samuel Cordey (1854–1911) Karen Joubert Cordier (born 1954) Gilles Cormery (1950–1999) Fernand Cormon (1845–1924) Éric Corne (1957-) Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796–1875) Pierre Auguste Cot (1837–1883) Charles Cottet (1863–1925) Amédée Courbet (1827–1885) Gustave Courbet (1819–1877) Jean Cousin the Elder (1500–c. 1593) Jean Cousin the Younger (c. 1522–1595) Thomas Couture (1815–1879) Joseph Crepin (1875–1948) Louis-Philippe Crépin (1772–1851) Eugene Emmanuel Amaury Duval (1808–1885) Théodore Basset de Jolimont (1787–1854)
D–G
Albert Dagnaux (1861–1933) Augustine Dallemagne (1821–1875) Charles-François Daubigny (1817–1878) Fernand Dauchot (1898–1982) Adrien Dauzats (1804–1868) Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825) Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps (1803–1860) Adolphe Déchenaud (1868–1926) Johan Stephan Decker (1784–1844) Edgar Degas (1834–1917) Alfred Dehodencq (1822–1882) Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863) Édouard Delaporte (1909–1983) Paul Delaroche (1797–1856) Jules-Élie Delaunay (1828–1891) Robert Delaunay (1885–1941) François-Alfred Delobbe (1835–1920) Marguerite Delorme (1876–1946) Maite Delteil (born 1933) Maurice Denis (1870–1943) André Derain (1880–1954) Jean-Baptiste-Henri Deshays (1729–1765) Henry d'Estienne (1872–1949) Édouard Detaille (1848–1912) Narcisse Virgilio Díaz (1807–1876) Étienne Dinet (1861–1929) Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968) Suzanne Duchamp (1889–1963) Joseph Ducreux (1735–1802) Georges Dufrénoy (1870–1943) Marie Duhem (1871–1918) Henri-Julien Dumont (1859–1921) Joseph Siffred Duplessis (1725–1802) François-Léonard Dupont-Watteau (1756–1824) Jules Dupré (1811–1889) Jean Dupuy (1925–2021) Marcel Dyf (1899–1985) Pierre Ernou (1685–1739) Charles Eschard (1748–1810) Bracha L. Ettinger (born 1948) Maxime Faivre (1856-1941) Henri Fantin-Latour (1836–1904) Auguste Feyen-Perrin (1826–1888) Clara Filleul (1822–1878) Hélène Feillet (1812–1889) Jean Fernand (born 1948) Charles Filiger (1863–1928) Rosalie Filleul (1752–1794) Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin (1809–1864) Camille Flers (1802–1868) René Fontayne (1891–1952) Jean Fouquet (1425–1481) Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806) Yitzhak Frenkel (1899–1981) Pierre Édouard Frère (1819–1886) Charles-Théodore Frère (1814–1886) Émile Friant (1863–1932) Eugène Fromentin (1820–1876) Pierre Gandon (1899–1990) Paul Gauguin (1848–1903) François Gérard (1770–1837) Théodore Géricault (1791–1824) Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904) Félix-Henri Giacomotti (1828–1909) René Gillotin (1814–1861) Georges Gimel (1898–1962) Charles Léon Godeby (1866–1952) Alain Godon (born 1964) Eugène Goyet (1798–1857) Zoé Goyet (died 1869) Jean-Baptiste Goyet (1779–1854) Jean-Pierre Granger (1779–1840) Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725–1805) Antoine-Jean Gros (1771–1835) Gabriel Guay (1848–1923) Anne Guéret (1760–1805) François Guiguet (1860–1937) Armand Guillaumin (1841–1927) Alvaro Guillot (1931–2010)
H–M
Ahmed Hajeri (born 1948) Fulchran-Jean Harriet (1778–1805) T'ang Haywen (1927–1991) Jeanne-Mathilde Herbelin (1818–1904) I.J. Berthe Hess (1925–1996) René Charles Edmond His (1877–1960) Anne Marguerite Hyde de Neuville (1771–1849) Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780–1867) Étienne Jeaurat (1699–1789) Jeanne Jégou-Cadart Henri de Jordan (1944–1996) Jean Jouvenet (1644–1717) Victor Koulbak (born 1946) Georges Lacombe (1868–1916) Charles Lacoste (1870-1959) Pierre Laffillé (1938–2011) Louis Lafitte (1770–1828) Antonio de La Gándara (1861–1917) Pierre Lamalattie (born 1956) Elisa de Lamartine (1790–1863) Espérance Langlois (1805–1864) Eustache-Hyacinthe Langlois (1777–1837) Jean-Charles Langlois (1789–1870) Polyclès Langlois (1813–1872) Langlois de Sézanne (1757–1845) François Lanzi (1916–1988) Edmond-Édouard Lapeyre (1880–1960) Gaston La Touche (1854–1913) Alfred Latour (1888–1964) Georges de La Tour (1593–1652) Joseph Latour (1806–1863) Jean-Paul Laurens (1838–1921) Jules Laurens (1825–1901) Andrée Lavieille (1887–1960) Eugène Lavieille (1820–1889) Marie Adrien Lavieille (1852–1911) Charles Lebayle (1856–1898) Charles Le Brun (1619–1690) Claude Lefebvre (1633–1675) Fernand Léger (1881–1955) Amélie Legrand of Saint-Aubin (1797–1878) Anne-Louise Le Jeuneux (died 1794) Le Nain brothers (c. 1599–1677) Louis Le Nain (1593–1648) Charles-Amable Lenoir (1860–1926) Jean Paul Leon (born 1955) Eugène Lepoittevin (1806–1870) Xavier Leprince (1799–1826) Alfred Lesbros (1873–1940) Eustache Lesueur (1617–1655) Pierre Le Tellier (1614–1702) Louis Levacher (1934–1983) Jacques Linard (1597–1645) Fleury Linossier (born 1902) Louis-Anselme Longa (1809–1869) Inès Longevial (born 1990) Claudine Loquen (born 1965) Louis Michel van Loo (1707–1771) Évariste Vital Luminais (1821–1896) Richard Maguet (1896–1940) Aristide Maillol (1861–1944) André Maire (1898–1984) Jacques Majorelle (1886–1962) Henri Malançon (1876–1960) Henri Malançon (1876–1960) Eugène de Malbos (1811–1858) Vincent Manago (1880–1936) Édouard Manet (1832–1883) Adrien Manglard (1695–1760) Pierre Marcel-Béronneau (1869–1937) Prosper Marilhat (1811–1847) Paul Marny (1829–1914) Henri Marret (1878–1964) Olivier Masmonteil (born 1973) Henri Matisse (1869–1954) Théo Mercier (born 1984) Pierre-Charles Le Mettay (1726–1759) Pierre Émile Metzmacher (1842–1916) Pierre Mignard (1612–1695) Ksenia Milicevic (born 1942) Jean-François Millet (1814–1875) Maurice Moisset (1860–1946) Benoît-Hermogaste Molin (1810–1894) Alphonse Monchablon (1835–1907) Jan Monchablon (1854–1904) Claude Monet (1840–1926) Jules Monge (1855–1934) François-André Vincent (1746–1816) Nicolas-André Monsiau (1754–1837) Gustave Moreau (1826–1898) Berthe Morisot (1841–1895) Zareh Moskofian (1898–1987) Henri-Paul Motte (1846–1922)
N–R
(born 1975) Louis Nattero (1870–1915) Louis Nattero (1870–1915) Alfred-Arthur Brunel de Neuville (1852–1941) Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville (1836–1885) Virgilije Nevjestić (1935–2009) Joseph de La Nézière (1873–1944) Jean Nicolle (1610–c. 1650) Boris O'Klein (1893–1985) Jean-Baptiste Olive (1848–1936) Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686–1755) Milena Palakarkina (born 1959) Gen Paul (1895–1975) Fernand Pelez (1843–1913) Jacques Pellegrin (1944–2021) Albert Joseph Pénot (1862–1930) Edmond Marie Petitjean (1844–1925) Hippolyte Petitjean (1854–1929) Alexis Peyrotte (1699–1769) Francis Picabia (1879–1953) Charles Picart Le Doux (1881–1959) François-Édouard Picot (1786–1868) Henri-Pierre Picou (1824–1895) Patrick Pietropoli (born 1953)Jean-Pierre Delarge, Dictionnaire des arts plastiques modernes et contemporains, Editions GRUND, 2001 and updates, Henri Pinta (1856–1944) Camille Pissarro (1830–1903) Claude Plessier (born 1946) Nicolas de Poilly the Younger (1675–1747) Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665) Auguste Prévot-Valéri (1857–1930) André Prévot-Valéri (1890–1959) Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824–1898) Jean Puy (1876–1960) Denis Prieur (born 1957) Léon Printemps (1871–1945) Quentin de La Tour (1704–1788) Yehiel Rabinowitz (born 1939) Alexandre Rachmiel (1835–1918) Odilon Redon (1840–1916) Jean-Baptiste Regnault (1754–1829) Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919) Charles-Caïus Renoux (1795–1846) Eustache Restout (1655–1743) Jacques Restout (1650–1701) Marc Restout (1616–1684) Thomas Restout (1671–1754) Philippe Richard (born 1962) Raymond Rochette (1906–1993) Jeff Roland (born 1969) Bernard Rosenblum (1927–2007) Édouard Rosset-Granger (1853–1934) Georges Rouault (1871–1958) Jean Rouppert (1887–1979) Henri Rousseau (1844–1910) Théodore Rousseau (1812–1867) Monique de Roux (born 1946) Ferdinand Roybet (1840–1920) Henri Royer (1869–1938)
S–Z
Fernande Sadler (1869–1949) Niki de Saint Phalle (1930–2002) Lucienne de Saint-Mart (1866–1953) Nicola Rosini Di Santi (born 1959) Maurice Savin (1894–1973) Jean-Jacques Scherrer (1855–1916) Franz Schrader (1844–1924) Théophile Schuler (1821–1878) René Schützenberger (1860–1916) Hippolyte Sebron (1801–1879) Jean Seignemartin (1848–1875) Jean Pierre Serrier (1934–1989) Henri Sert (1938–1964) Georges Seurat (1859–1891) Ibrahim Shahda (1929–1991) Paul Sibra (1889–1951) Sotiris René Sidiropoulos (born 1977) Paul Signac (1863–1935) Pierre Soulages (1919–2022) Nicolas de Staël (1914–1955) Jacques Stella (1596–1657) Michel Suret-Canale (born 1957) Alfred Swieykowski (1869–1953) Tancrède Synave (1870–1936) Octave Tassaert (1800–1874) Louis Tauzin (1842–1915) Georges William Thornley (1857–1935) James Tissot (1836–1902) François Topino-Lebrun (1764–1801) Victor Tortez (1843–1890) Édouard Toudouze (1848–1907) Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901)