List of painters by name beginning with "C"

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.

Alexandre Cabanel (1823–1889), French painter Vincenzo Cabianca (1827–1902), Italian painter W. Lindsay Cable (1900–1949), Scottish artist and illustrator Francis Cadell (1883–1937), Scottish painter James Cadenhead (1858–1927), Scottish painter Paul Cadmus (1904–1999), American tempera artist Pogus Caesar (born 1953), St Kitts/English photographer, artist and television producer Cagnaccio di San Pietro (1897–1946), Italian painter Gustave Caillebotte (1848–1894), French painter and patron Lawrence Calcagno (1913–1993), American painter Alexander Calder (1898–1976), American sculptor Alexander Milne Calder (1846–1923), Scottish/American sculptor Alexander Stirling Calder (1870–1945), American sculptor Mary Callery (1903–1977), American sculptor Jacques Callot (1592–1635), Lorraine print-maker and draftsman Abraham van Calraet (1642–1722), Dutch painter and engraver Luis Enrique Camejo (born 1971), Cuban painter David Young Cameron (1865–1945), Scottish painter and etcher Mary Cameron (1865–1921), Scottish painter Gianfredo Camesi (1940–2025), Swiss painter Steven Campbell (1953–2007), Scottish painter Thomas Campbell (1790–1858), Scottish/English sculptor Jacob van Campen (1596–1657), Dutch artist and architect Robert Campin (1375–1444), Flemish/Netherlandish painter Govert Dircksz Camphuysen (1623–1672), Dutch painter Canaletto (1697–1768), Italian painter of views Noe Canjura (1922–1970), Salvadoran/French painter Antonio Canova (1757–1822), Italian sculptor Cao Buxing (曹不興, 3rd c. AD), Chinese painter Cao Zhibai (曹知白, 1271–1355), Chinese painter and bibliophile Josef Čapek (1887–1945), Austro-Hungarian/Czechoslovak painter, writer and poet Jan van de Cappelle (1626–1679), Dutch painter Tom Carapic (born 1939), Yugoslav/Serbian found object artist Caravaggio (1573–1610), Italian painter Arthur B. Carles (1882–1952), American painter Nancy Carline (1909–2004), English painter and sculptor Richard Carline (1896–1980), English artist, writer and arts administrator Sydney Carline (1888–1929), English landscape painter and war artist Carlo Carlone (1686–1775), Italian/German painter and engraver Emil Carlsen (1853–1932), Danish/American painter John Fabian Carlson (1875–1945), American painter Rhea Carmi (born 1942), Israeli/American painter and mixed-media artist Nicolas Carone (1917–2010), American artist Emile Auguste Carolus-Duran (1838–1917), French painter and art instructor Vittore Carpaccio (c. 1460 – 1525), Italian painter Jane Carpanini (born 1949), English artist and teacher Emily Carr (1871–1945), Canadian artist and writer Henry Carr (1894–1970), English painter and war artist Thomas Carr (1909–1999), English painter Carlo Carrà (1881–1966), Italian painter and futurist Annibale Carracci (1557–1602), Italian painter and instructor Agostino Carracci (1560–1609), Italian painter, print-maker and art teacher Ludovico Carracci (1555–1619), Italian etcher, painter and print-maker Eugène Carrière (1849–1906), French painter Dora Carrington (1893–1932), English painter and decorative artist Joanna Carrington (1931–2003), English artist Leonora Carrington (1917–2011), English/Mexican painter and novelist Alexander Carse (c. 1770 – 1843), Scottish painter Clarence Holbrook Carter (1904–2000), American artist Ramon Casas i Carbó (1866–1932), Spanish/Catalan artist and graphic designer Jessie Case Vesel (1855–1937), English painter Felice Casorati (1883–1963), Italian painter, sculptor and print-maker Judy Cassab (1920–2015), Australian painter Mary Cassatt (1844–1926), American painter and print-maker A. J. Casson (1898–1992), Canadian artist Humberto Castro (born 1957), Cuban painter Carlos Catasse (1944–2010), Chilean painter George Catlin (1796–1872), American painter, writer and traveler Patrick Caulfield (1936–2005), English painter and print-maker Louis de Caullery (c. 1555 – c. 1621), Flemish painter Giovanni Paolo Cavagna (1556–1627), Italian painter Bernardo Cavallino (1622–1654), Italian painter and draftsman Giorgio Cavallon (1904–1989), Italian/American painter Antonio Cavallucci (1752–1795), Italian painter Mirabello Cavalori (c. 1520 – 1572), Italian painter Roger Cecil (1942–2015), Welsh painter and mixed media artist Vija Celmins (born 1938), Latvian/American visual artist and draftsman Maximilian Cercha (1818–1907), Polish painter and draftsman Avgust Černigoj (1898–1985), Slovenian painter Bartolomeo Cesi (1556–1629), Italian painter Paul Cézanne (1839–1906), French painter Paul Émile Chabas (1869–1937) French painter and illustrator Marc Chagall (1887–1985), Russian/French painter, draftsman and illustrator George Paul Chalmers (1833–1878), Scottish painter Alfred Edward Chalon (1780–1860), Swiss/English painter Brenda Chamberlain (1912–1971), Welsh artist, poet and novelist Chang Dai-chien (張大千, 1899–1983), Chinese painter Chang Sŭngŏp (1843–1897), Korean painter Charles Joshua Chaplin (1825–1891), French painter, print-maker and etcher Minerva J. Chapman (1858–1947), American painter Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (1699–1779), French painter Caroline Chariot-Dayez (born 1958), Belgian painter and philosopher Michael Ray Charles (born 1967), American painter Sam Charles (1887–1949), American artist, pianist and professor Elizabeth Charleston (1910–1987), American painter Nicolas Toussaint Charlet (1792–1845), French painter and print-maker Evan Charlton (1904–1984), English/Welsh painter Felicity Charlton (1913–2009), English/Welsh painter Chafik Charobim (1894–1975), Egyptian painter Louisa Chase (1951–2016), American painter and print-maker William Merritt Chase (1849–1916), American painter Théodore Chassériau (1819–1856), Dominican/French painter Russell Chatham (1939–2019), American landscape artist and author Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824–1898), French painter of murals Jules Chéret (1836–1932), French painter and lithographer Evelyn Cheston (1875–1929), English painter Chen Chi (程及, 1912–2005), Chinese/American painter Patrick Ching (born 1962), American wildlife artist and conservationist Derek Chittock (1922–1986), English painter, cartoonist and art critic Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy (1952–2012), Nigerian/English visual artist Chen Chun (陳淳, 1483–1544), Chinese artist Chen Hong (陳閎, fl. within 7th–10th cc.) Chinese imperial court painter Chen Hongshou (陳洪綬, 1598–1652), Chinese painter Chen Jiru (陳繼儒, 1558–1639), Chinese painter, calligrapher and essayist Chen Lin (陳琳, c. 1260–1320), Chinese landscape painter Chen Lu (陳錄, fl. 14th or 15th c.), Chinese painter Chen Rong (陳容, c. 1200–1266), Chinese painter and politician Chen Yifei (陳逸飛, 1946–2005), Chinese painter, art director and film director Cheng Jiasui (程嘉燧, 1565–1643), Chinese landscape painter and poet Cheng Shifa (程十髮, 1921–2007), Chinese calligrapher, painter and cartoonist Cheng Zhengkui (程正揆, 1604–1670), Chinese landscape painter and poet Billy Childish (born 1959), English painter, writer and musician Giorgio de Chirico (1888–1978), Italian artist and writer Antonín Chittussi (1847–1891), Austro-Hungarian/Czech painter Adam Chmielowski (1888–1878), Polish painter and founder of charitable religious orders Daniel Chodowiecki (1726–1801), German painter and print-maker Ch'oe Puk (최북, fl. 1755–1785), Korean painter Chŏng Sŏn (정선, 1676–1759), Korean landscape painter Dan Christensen (1942–2007), American painter Henry B. Christian (1883–1953), American painter Ernest William Christmas (1863–1918), Australian painter Christo (1935–2020), Bulgarian/American conceptual artist Petrus Christus (1410–1476), Netherlandish painter Abdur Rahman Chughtai (1899–1975), Indian/Pakistani painter Frederick Edwin Church (1826–1900), American landscape painter Betty Churcher (1931–2015), Australian painter and arts administrator Peter Churcher (born 1964), Australian artist Winston Churchill (1874–1965), English painter, writer and prime minister Leon Chwistek (1884–1937) Austro-Hungarian/Polish painter, critic and philosopher Cimabue (1240–1302), Italian painter and designer of mosaics Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727–1785), Italian painter and engraver Antonio Ciseri (1821–1891), Swiss/Italian religious painter Joze Ciuha (1924–2015), Yugoslav/Slovenian painter Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875–1911), Lithuanian painter, composer and writer Franz Cižek (1865–1946), Austrian painter and art education reformer George Claessen (1909–1999), Sri Lankan artist Pieter Claesz (1597–1660), Dutch still-life painter Alson S. Clark (1876–1949), American painter, photographer and art educator Edward Clark (1926–2019), American painter and shaped canvas innovator Jean Clark (1902–1999), English mural painter Walter Leighton Clark (1859–1935), American artist, businessman and inventor Joaquín Clausell (1866–1935), Mexican painter, lawyer and politician John Clayton (1728–1800), English painter Francesco Clemente (born 1952), Italian/American painter, draftsman and sculptor Grace Clements (1905–1969), American painter, mosaicist and art critic Chuck Close (1940–2021), American photo-realist painter and photographer François Clouet (1510–1572), French miniaturist and painter Giorgio Giulio Clovio (1498–1578), Croatian/Italian miniaturist and painter Henry Ives Cobb, Jr. (1883–1974), American artist and architect Juan Fernando Cobo (born 1959), Colombian painter, illustrator and sculptor Pieter Codde (1599–1678), Dutch painter Charles Codman (1800–1842), American painter Isabel Codrington (1874–1943), English watercolor artist Jon Coffelt (born 1963), American painter, sculptor and sewer Nevin Çokay (1930–2012), Turkish painter and art history teacher Dorothy Coke (1897–1979), English war artist and watercolor painter Ruth Collet (1909–2001), English painter, illustrator and print-maker William Coldstream (1908–1987), English realist painter and art teacher Elsie Vera Cole (1885–1967), English painter, engraver and art teacher Thomas Cole (1801–1948), American landscape and history painter Robert Colescott (1925–2009), American painter and satirist Evert Collier (1640–1708), Dutch painter John Collier (1850–1934), English artist and writer Raphaël Collin (1850–1916), French painter and teacher Elisabeth Collins (1904–2000), English painter and sculptor Jacob Collins (born 1964), American realist painter Samuel Colman (1832–1920), American painter, interior designer and writer Jean Colombe (1430–1493), French miniature painter and illuminator Giovanni Battista Innocenzo Colombo (1717–1793), Swiss painter and stage-set designer Robert Colquhoun (1914–1962), Scottish painter, print-maker and set designer Jaime Colson (1901–1975), Dominican modernist painter Robert Combas (born 1957), French painter and sculptor Mario Comensoli (1922–1993), Swiss painter Charles Conder (1868–1909), Australian painter and lithographer William Congdon (1912–1998), American/European painter Charles Fremont Conner (1857–1905), American painter Kevin Connor (1932–2025), Australian painter William Conor (1881–1968), Irish/English artist John Constable (1776–1837), English landscape painter Constant (1920–2005), Dutch painter, sculptor and musician Theo Constanté (1934–2014), Ecuadorian abstract painter John Kingsley Cook (1911–1994), English artist and wood engraver May Louise Greville Cooksey (1878–1943), English painter Cassius Marcellus Coolidge (1844–1934), American painter A.D.M. Cooper (1856–1924), American painter Colin Campbell Cooper (1856–1937), American painter Emma Lampert Cooper (1855–1920), American painter Adriaen Coorte (1665–1707), Dutch still-life painter Constance Copeman (1864–1953), English painter, print-maker and engraver John Singleton Copley (1737–1815), American painter Teresa Copnall (1882–1972), English painter Fern Coppedge (1883–1951), American impressionist painter