List of painters by name beginning with "B"

Please add names of notable painters with a Wikipedia page, in precise English alphabetical order, using U.S. spelling conventions. Country and regional names refer to where painters worked for long periods, not to personal allegiances.

Dirck van Baburen (1595–1624), Dutch painter Jacopo Baccarini (1605–1682), Italian painter Johanna Juliana Friederike Bacciarelli (1733–1809 or later), German miniaturist and court painter Marcello Bacciarelli (1731–1818), Italian/Polish painter Irene Bache (1901–1999), English/Welsh painter Augustin Meinrad Bächtiger (1888–1971), Swiss painter Jacob Adriaensz Backer (1609–1651), Dutch painter Margaret Backhouse (1818–1888), English portrait painter Francis Bacon (1909–1992), Irish-born English painter Lucy Angeline Bacon (1857–1932), American painter Marjorie May Bacon (1902–1988), English painter and print-maker Peggy Bacon (1895–1987), American print-maker and painter Joseph Badger (ca. 1707–1765), American portrait painter Ottó Baditz (1849–1936), Hungarian painter Jan de Baen (1633–1702), Dutch portrait painter Jo Baer (born 1929), American minimalist painter William Jacob Baer (1860–1941), American miniature painter Stanley Bahe, Navajo American painter Leonard Bahr (1905–1990), American painter, muralist and illustrator Edward Bailey (1814–1903), American/Hawaiian landscape painter Alice Bailly (1872–1938), Swiss painter David Bailly (1584–1657), Dutch painter George Bain (1881–1968), Scottish artist and art teacher Robert Bain (1911–1973), Scottish/South African sculptor and art professor Thomas Baines (1820–1875), English painter and explorer Baiōken Eishun (梅翁軒永春, fl. 1710–1755), Japanese painter and print-maker Edward Baird (1904–1949), Scottish painter and draftsman Kōno Bairei (幸野楳嶺, 1844–1895), Japanese painter and illustrator Enrico Baj (1924–2003), Italian artist and writer on art James Ballantine (1806–1877), Scottish glass painter and poet Barbara Balmer (1929–2017), Scottish artist and art teacher Mario Bardi (1922–1998), Italian realist painter George Herbert Baker (1878–1943), American impressionist painter Normand Baker (1908–1955), Australian portrait painter William Bliss Baker (1859–1886), American painter Ludolf Bakhuizen (1631–1708), Dutch marine painter Léon Bakst (1866–1924), Russian/American painter and stage designer Alesso Baldovinetti (1427–1499), Italian painter Hans Baldung (1484–1545), German painter and print-maker Hendrick van Balen (1575–1632), Flemish painter and stained-glass designer Endre Bálint (1914–1986), Hungarian painter and graphic artist Rezső Bálint (1885–1945), Hungarian painter Pál Balkay (1785–1846), Hungarian painter and teacher Giacomo Balla (1871–1958), Italian painter and poet Robert Ballagh (born 1943), Irish painter and designer Karl Ballmer (1891–1958), Swiss painter and philosopher Barbara Balmer (1929–2017), Scottish painter and teacher János Nagy Balogh (1874–1919), Hungarian painter László Balogh (1930–2023), Hungarian painter Balthus (1908–2001), Polish/French artist Ernő Bánk (1883–1962), Hungarian painter, miniaturist and teacher Edward Mitchell Bannister (1828–1901), Canadian/American tonalist painter Bapu (1933–2014), Indian painter and film director Miklós Barabás (1810–1898), Hungarian painter Vladimir Baranov-Rossine (1888–1944), Russian/French avant-garde artist Jacopo de' Barbari (c. 1460/1470 – before 1516), Italian painter and print-maker Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Guercino) (1591–1666), Italian painter and draftsman Jenő Barcsay (1900–1988), Hungarian painter James Bard (1815–1897), American watercraft painter Magdalene Bärens (1737–1808), Danish artist George Barker (1882–1965), American portrait and landscape artist Lucette Barker (1816–1905), English painter Thomas Barker (1769–1847), Welsh/English painter John Noble Barlow (1861–1917), English painter Gwen Barnard (1912–1988), English painter and print-maker Ernie Barnes (1938–2009), American artist and author Robert C. Barnfield (1856–1893), English/American painter Henri Alphonse Barnoin (1882–1940), French painter Federico Barocci (1535–1612) Italian painter and print-maker Martin Barooshian (1929-2022), American painter and printmaker Aimé Barraud (1902–1954), Swiss painter François Barraud (1899–1934), Swiss painter George Barret, Sr. (c. 1730 – 1784), Irish landscape painter George Barret, Jr. (1767–1842), English landscape painter (son of George Barret, Sr.) Syd Barrett (1946–2006), English painter and musician Mardi Barrie (1930–2004), Scottish painter and art teacher James Barry (1741–1806), Irish painter Hans von Bartels (1856–1913), German painter Richmond Barthé (1901 – c. 1990), American sculptor Lindsay Bartholomew (born 1944), English watercolor painter Charles W. Bartlett (1860–1940), English/Hawaiian painter and print-maker Jennifer Bartlett (born 1941), American artist Fra Bartolomeo (1474–1517), Italian religious painter Francesco Bartolozzi (1728–1815) Italian/English engraver Rose Maynard Barton (1856–1929), Irish/English painter Andor Basch (1885–1944), Hungarian painter Gyula Basch (1859–1928), Hungarian painter Evaristo Baschenis (1617–1677), Italian still-life painter Georg Baselitz (born 1938), German painter, sculptor and graphic artist Marie Bashkirtseff (1860–1884), Russian/French painter, sculptor and diarist Franz Karl Basler-Kopp (1879–1937), German/Swiss painter Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988), American graffiti artist, painter and musician Jacopo Bassano (c. 1510 – 1592), Italian religious and genre painter Bartholomeus van Bassen (1590–1652), Dutch painter and architect James Bateman (1893–1959), English pastoral painter and engraver Robert Bateman (1842–1922), English painter and horticulturalist Robert Bateman (born 1930), Canadian painter and naturalist Maxwell Bates (1906–1980), Canadian expressionist painter and architect Pompeo Batoni (1708–1787), Italian painter John Nelson Battenberg (1931–2012), American sculptor Gyula Batthyány (1887–1959), Hungarian painter and graphic artist André Bauchant (1873–1958), French naïve painter Auguste Baud-Bovy (1848–1949), Swiss rural painter Lubin Baugin (c. 1611 – 1663), French still-life painter Edgar Schofield Baum (1916–2006), American painter, sculptor and poet Walter Emerson Baum (1884–1956), American artist and educator Fritz Baumann (1886–1942), Swiss painter Tilo Baumgärtel (born 1972), German painter Armin Baumgarten (born 1967), German painter and sculptor Walter Bayes (1869–1956), English painter and illustrator Wyke Bayliss (1835–1906), English painter, author and poet James Baynes (1766–1837), English water-color painter and draftsman Thomas Mann Baynes (1794–1854), English artist and lithographer Frédéric Bazille (1841–1870), French painter Reynolds Beal (1867–1951), American painter and etcher Sophia Beale (1837–1920), English painter and writer on art Romare Bearden (1914–1988), American artist and songwriter Penelope Beaton (1886–1963), Scottish water-colorist Robert Beauchamp (1923–1995), American painter and arts educator André Beauneveu (1335–1400), Netherlandish sculptor and painter Cecilia Beaux (1855–1942), American portrait painter Domenico di Pace Beccafumi (1486–1551), Italian painter Robert Bechtle (1932–2020), American painter Jasmine Becket-Griffith, American artist on acrylic, canvas and wood Clarice Beckett (1887–1935), Australian artist Max Beckmann (1884–1950), German painter, print-maker and sculptor Celia Frances Bedford (1904–1959), English portrait painter Ignat Bednarik (1882–1963), Romanian painter and illustrator Vanessa Beecroft (born 1969) Italian/American sculptor, painter and performance artist Tuvia Beeri (1929–2022) Czech/Israeli painter Cornelis Pietersz Bega (1620–1664), Dutch painter and engraver Abraham Begeyn (1637–1697), Dutch painter Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād (born 1450), Persian painter Abraham van Beijeren (1620–1690), Dutch painter Zdzisław Beksiński (1929–2005), Polish painter, photographer and sculptor Andrew Bell (1726–1809), Scottish engraver and printer George Bell (1878–1966), Australian painter, teacher and violinist Gladys Kathleen Bell (1882–1965), English artist and miniature painter John Zephaniah Bell (1794–1883), Scottish/English artist Leland Bell (1922–1991), American painter Vanessa Bell (1879–1961), English painter and interior designer John Bellany (1942–2013), Scottish painter Alexis Simon Belle (1674–1734), French portrait painter Henri Bellechose (died before 1445), Netherlandish painter Giovanni Bellini (c. 1430 – 1516), Italian painter Gentile Bellini (c. 1429 – 1507), Italian painter Jacopo Bellini (c. 1400 – 1470), Italian painter Bernardo Bellotto (1721–1780), Italian landscape painter George Bellows (1882–1925), American realist painter Ludwig Bemelmans (1898–1962), Austrian/American children's illustrator and writer Gyula Benczúr (1844–1920), Hungarian painter and instructor Marilyn Bendell (1921–2003), American painter Wilhelm Bendz (1804–1832), Danish painter Manfredi Beninati (born 1970), Italian artist and sculptor Jason Benjamin (born 1971), Australian painter Martin Benka (1888–1977), Hungarian/Slovak painter Frank Weston Benson (1862–1951), American painter and etcher Thomas Hart Benton (1889–1975), American painter and muralist Alexandre Benois (1870–1960), Russian/Soviet/French artist and art critic Lajos Berán (1882–1943), Hungarian sculptor and medalist Jean Béraud (1849–1935), French painter Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem (1620–1683), Dutch painter Gerrit Adriaenszoon Berckheyde (1638–1698), Dutch painter Róbert Berény (1887–1953), Hungarian painter Marcelle Bergerol (1900–1989), French painter Christoffel van den Berghe (1590–1645), Flemish/Dutch painter Carlos Berlanga (1959–2002), Spanish painter, musician and composer Hans Eduard von Berlepsch-Valendas (1849–1921), Swiss/German painter, architect and designer Helen Berman (born 1936) Dutch/Israeli painter and textile designer Émile Bernard (1868–1941), French painter and writer Aurél Bernáth (1895–1982), Hungarian painter John E. Berninger (1896–1981), American painter Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680), Italian sculptor and architect Morris Louis Bernstein (1912–1962), American painter William Berra (born 1952), American painter Albert Bertelsen (1921–2019), Danish painter and graphic artist Johann Berthelsen (1883–1972), American painter Robert Bery (born 1953), American painter, photographer and sculptor Elsa Beskow (1874–1953), Swedish children's illustrator and writer Paul-Albert Besnard (1849–1934), French painter and print-maker Eleanor Best (1875–1958), English painter László Beszédes (1874–1922), Hungarian sculptor Joseph Beuys (1921–1986), German painter and performance artist Robert Bevan (1865–1925), English painter, draftsman and lithographer Henryka Beyer (1782–1855), German/Polish painter Riad Beyrouti (born 1944), Syrian/French painter Lujo Bezeredi (1898–1979), Hungarian/Croatian sculptor and painter Roman Bezpalkiv (1938–2009), Soviet/Ukrainian painter Bholekar Srihari (born 1941), Indian painter, sculptor and print-maker Bian Jingzhao (邊景昭, fl. 1426–1435), Chinese painter Bian Shoumin (边寿民, 1684–1752), Chinese painter Alessandro Galli Bibiena (1687–1769), Italian architect and painter Antonio Galli Bibiena (1700–1774), Italian architect and painter Carlo Galli Bibiena (1728–1787), Italian designer and painter Maria Oriana Galli Bibiena (1656–1749), Italian painter Heinrich Bichler (1466–1497), Swiss painter George Biddle (1885–1973), American painter, muralist and lithographer Hunter Biden (born 1970), American lawyer, lobbyist and painter Candido Bido (1936–2011), Dominican Republic painter Johann Jakob Biedermann (1763–1830), Swiss painter and etcher André Charles Biéler (1896–1989), Swiss/Canadian painter and teacher Ernest Biéler (1863–1948), Swiss painter, draftsman and print-maker Adolf Bierbrauer (1915–2012), German conceptual artist, painter and sculptor Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902), American painter