The List of painters in the National Gallery of Art is a list of the named artists in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. whose works there comprise oil paintings, gouaches, tempera paintings, and pastels. The online collection contains roughly 4,000 paintings by 1,000 artists, but only named painters with the previously mentioned techniques are listed alphabetically here. The artist's name is followed by a title of one of their works and its ID number. For artists with more than one work in the collection, or for works by unnamed or unattributed artists, see the National Gallery of Art website or the corresponding Wikimedia Commons category. Of artists listed, there are only 18 women, including Rosalba Carriera, Mary Cassatt, Angelica Kauffmann, Judith Leyster, Georgia O'Keeffe, Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, and Marguerite Zorach.
For the complete list of artists and their artworks in the collection, see the website www.nga.gov
A Lemuel Francis Abbott (1760–1803), British : Captain Robert Calder, oil on canvas, ID: 1954.1.8 Willem van Aelst (1627–1683), Dutch : Still Life with Dead Game, oil on canvas, ID: 1982.36.1 Josef Albers (1888–1976), American, born Germany : Study for Homage to the Square: Light Rising, oil on wood fiberboard, ID: 1992.28.1 Ivan Le Lorraine Albright (1897–1983), American : There Were No Flowers Tonight, oil on canvas, ID: 1972.7.1 Francis Alexander (1800–1880), American : Aaron Baldwin, oil on wood, ID: 1945.11.1 Joseph Alexander Ames (1816–1872), American : George Southward (?), oil on wood, ID: 1947.17.21 Giuseppe Angeli (1712–1798), Venetian : Elijah Taken Up in a Chariot of Fire, oil on canvas, ID: 1952.5.70 Fra Angelico (1387–1455), Florentine : The Madonna of Humility, tempera on panel, ID: 1937.1.5 Thomas Pollock Anshutz (1851–1912), American : On the Ohio, oil on linen on composition board, ID: 2015.19.95 Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1526–1593), Italian : Four Seasons in One Head, oil on panel, ID: 2010.77.1 Jan Asselijn (1615–1652), Dutch : The Tiber River with the Ponte Molle at Sunset, oil on canvas, ID: 2012.129.1 Balthasar van der Ast (1593–1656), Dutch : Basket of Flowers, oil on panel, ID: 1992.51.2 John James Audubon (1785–1851), American : Osprey and Weakfish, oil on canvas on hardboard, ID: 2005.32.1 John Woodhouse Audubon (1812–1862), American : Black–Footed Ferret, oil on canvas, ID: 1951.9.1 Hendrick Avercamp (1585–1634), Dutch : A Scene on the Ice, oil on panel, ID: 1967.3.1
B Francesco Bacchiacca (1494–1557), Florentine : The Flagellation of Christ, oil on panel, ID: 1952.5.81 Francis Bacon (1909–1992), British : Study for a Running Dog, oil on canvas, ID: 1976.7.1 Joseph Badger (1708–1765), American : Eleanor Wyer Foster (Mrs. Isaac Foster), oil on bed ticking, ID: 1957.11.2 Ludolf Bakhuizen (1631–1708), Dutch : Ships in Distress off a Rocky Coast, oil on canvas, ID: 1985.29.1 Baldassare d'Este (1432–1506), Ferrarese : Francesco II Gonzaga, Fourth Marquis of Mantua, tempera on panel, ID: 1943.4.41 Hans Baldung (1484–1545), German : Saint Anne with the Christ Child, the Virgin, and Saint John the Baptist, oil on hardboard transferred from panel, ID: 1961.9.62 James Bard (1815–1897), American : Steamer "St. Lawrence", oil on canvas, ID: 1953.5.2 Thomas Jones Barker (1815–1882), British : Shepherd Boys and Dog Sheltering from a Storm, oil on paper on canvas, ID: 1956.9.1 Andrea di Bartolo (1360–1428), Sienese : Joachim and the Beggars, tempera on panel, ID: 1939.1.43 Bartolomeo Veneto (c. 1480 – c. 1546), Lombard–Venetian : Portrait of a Gentleman, oil on panel transferred to canvas, ID: 1939.1.257 Georg Baselitz (born 1938), German : Mann im Mond – Franz Pforr (Man in the Moon – Franz Pforr), oil on canvas, ID: 1995.96.1 Jacopo Bassano (1510–1592), Venetian : The Annunciation to the Shepherds, oil on canvas, ID: 1939.1.126 Leila T. Bauman (active 1850 or after), American : Geese in Flight, oil on canvas, ID: 1958.9.1 Gustave Baumann (1881–1971), American (German born): Bright Angel Trail, woodcut on tan laid paper with multicolored fibers, ID: 2013.124.2 Frédéric Bazille (1841–1870), French : Young Woman with Peonies, oil on canvas, ID: 1983.1.6 Francis A. Beckett (c. 1833 – 1884 or after), American : Blacksmith Shop, oil on canvas, ID: 1966.13.4 William Beechey (1753–1839), Sir : Lieutenant–General Sir Thomas Picton, oil on canvas, ID: 1961.5.1 Osias Beert (1580–1623), Flemish : Dishes with Oysters, Fruit, and Wine, oil on panel, ID: 1995.32.1 Jacopo Bellini (1400–1471), Venetian : Saint Anthony Abbot and Saint Bernardino of Siena, tempera on panel, ID: 1990.118.1 Giovanni Bellini (1435–1516), Venetian : Portrait of a Young Man, oil on panel, ID: 1939.1.182 Bernardo Bellotto (1720–1780), Venetian : View of Munich, oil on canvas, ID: 1961.9.64 George Bellows (1882–1925), American : Both Members of This Club, oil on canvas, ID: 1944.13.1 Francesco Benaglio (c. 1430 – c. 1492), Veronese : Saint Jerome, tempera on panel, ID: 1952.5.51 Frank Weston Benson (1862–1951), American : Margaret ("Gretchen") Strong, oil on canvas, ID: 1992.66.1 Thomas Hart Benton (1889–1975), American : Trail Riders, oil on canvas, ID: 1975.42.1 Benvenuto Di Giovanni (1436–1518), Sienese : The Adoration of the Magi, tempera on panel, ID: 1937.1.10 Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem (1620–1683), Dutch : View of an Italian Port, oil on canvas, ID: 1990.62.1 Ambrogio Bergognone (c. 1453 – 1523), Lombard : Christ Risen from the Tomb, oil on panel, ID: 1952.5.1 Bernardo Cavallino (1616–1656), Neapolitan : The Triumph of Galatea, oil on canvas, ID: 2000.61.1 Biagio d'Antonio (1446–1516), Florentine : Portrait of a Boy, oil and tempera on panel, ID: 1939.1.179 Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902), American : Lake Lucerne, oil on canvas, ID: 1990.50.1 George Caleb Bingham (1811–1879), American : Mississippi Boatman, oil on canvas, ID: 2004.66.1 Peter Binoit (1590–1632), German : Still Life with Iris, oil on copper, ID: 2012.99.3 William Blake (1757–1827), British : The Last Supper, tempera on canvas, ID: 1954.13.1 Ralph Albert Blakelock (1847–1919), American : The Artist's Garden, oil on canvas, ID: 1954.4.2 Arnold Böcklin (1827–1901), Swiss : The Sanctuary of Hercules, oil on wood, ID: 1976.36.1 Jan Boeckhorst (1604–1688), Flemish : Saint Martin Dividing His Cloak, oil on panel, ID: 1970.17.107 Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761–1845), French : A Painter's Studio, oil on canvas, ID: 1943.7.1 Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (1467–1516), Milanese : Portrait of a Youth, oil on panel, ID: 1946.19.2 Richard Parkes Bonington (1802–1828), British : Seapiece: Off the French Coast, oil on canvas, ID: 1982.55.1 Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947), French : Work Table, oil on canvas, ID: 2006.128.12 Gerard ter Borch (1617–1681), Dutch : The Suitor's Visit, oil on canvas, ID: 1937.1.58 Hieronymus Bosch (1450–1516), Netherlandish : Death and the Miser, oil on panel, ID: 1952.5.33 Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert (1613–1654), Dutch : Bouquet of Flowers in a Glass Vase, oil on copper, ID: 1996.35.1 Andries Both (1612–1642), Dutch : An Italianate Evening Landscape, oil on canvas, ID: 2000.91.1 Sandro Botticelli (1444–1510), Florentine : Giuliano de' Medici, tempera on panel, ID: 1952.5.56 François Boucher (1703–1770), French : The Bath of Venus, oil on canvas, ID: 1943.7.2 Eugène Boudin (1824–1898), French : On the Jetty, oil on wood, ID: 1970.17.13 Sébastien Bourdon (1616–1671), French : The Finding of Moses, oil on canvas, ID: 1961.9.65 Dieric Bouts (1415–1475), Netherlandish : Madonna and Child, oil on panel, ID: 1986.67.1 John Bradley (active 1827/1847), American : Little Girl in Lavender, oil on canvas, ID: 1958.9.3 Georges Braque (1882–1963), French : The Port of La Ciotat, oil on canvas, ID: 1998.74.6 Jan de Bray (1627–1697), Dutch : Portrait of the Artist's Parents, Salomon de Bray and Anna Westerbaen, oil on panel, ID: 2001.86.1 Carl Fredrik von Breda (1759–1818), Swedish : Mrs. William Hartigan, oil on canvas, ID: 1942.8.15 Adam van Breen (1585–1642), Dutch : Skating on the Frozen Amstel River, oil on panel, ID: 2010.20.1 Bronzino (1503–1572), Florentine : A Young Woman and Her Little Boy, oil on panel, ID: 1942.9.6 Samuel Marsden Brookes (1816–1892), American : Still Life with Fan and Pendant, oil on board, ID: 2004.165.3 Adriaen Brouwer (1605–1638), Flemish : Youth Making a Face, oil on panel, ID: 1994.46.1 Mather Brown (1761–1831), American : Thomas Dawson, Viscount Cremorne, oil on canvas, ID: 1947.17.28 W.H. Brown (active 1886/1887), American : Bareback Riders, oil on cardboard on wood, ID: 1958.9.4 Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568–1624), Flemish : Flowers in a Basket and a Vase, oil on panel, ID: 1992.51.7 George de Forest Brush (1855–1941), American : An Arapahoe Boy, oil on canvas (grisaille), ID: 2007.138.1 Barthel Bruyn the Elder (1493–1553), German : Portrait of a Man, oil on panel, ID: 1953.3.5 Jonathan Budington (c. 1779 – 1823), American : Father and Son, oil on canvas, ID: 1956.13.1 Giuliano Bugiardini (1475–1554), Florentine : Portrait of a Young Woman, oil on canvas, ID: 1939.1.31 Horace Bundy (1814–1883), American : Vermont Lawyer, oil on canvas, ID: 1953.5.4
C Gustave Caillebotte (1848–1894), French : Skiffs, oil on canvas, ID: 1985.64.6 H. Call (active 1876), American : Prize Bull, oil on canvas, ID: 1980.62.3 Canaletto (1697–1768), Venetian : Entrance to the Grand Canal from the Molo, Venice, oil on canvas, ID: 1945.15.4 Simone Cantarini (1612–1648), Pesarese : Saint Matthew and the Angel, oil on canvas, ID: 1972.44.1 Giovanni Cariani (c. 1485 – 1547), Venetian : A Concert, oil on canvas, ID: 1997.57.2 Emil Carlsen (1853–1932), American : Still Life with Fish, oil on canvas, ID: 1963.10.93 Fra Carnevale (c. 1425 – 1484), Umbrian–Florentine : The Annunciation, tempera on panel, ID: 1939.1.218 Annibale Carracci (1560–1609), Bolognese : River Landscape, oil on canvas, ID: 1952.5.58 Ludovico Carracci (1555–1619), Bolognese : The Dream of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, oil on canvas, ID: 1952.5.59 Rosalba Carriera (1675–1757), Venetian : Painting, pastel, ID: 1939.1.136 John William Casilear (1811–1893), American : View on Lake George, oil on canvas, ID: 1978.6.1 Mary Cassatt (1844–1926), American : Girl Arranging Her Hair, oil on canvas, ID: 1963.10.97 Andrea del Castagno (1410–1457), Florentine : Portrait of a Man, tempera on panel, ID: 1937.1.17 George Catlin (1796–1872), American : The White Cloud, Head Chief of the Iowas, oil on canvas, ID: 1965.16.347 Jean-Charles Cazin (1841–1901), French : The Windmill, oil on wood, ID: 1949.1.1 Vija Celmins (born Latvia, 1938), American : Tulip Car #1, oil on canvas, ID: 2005.142.12 Giuseppe Cesari (1568–1640), Roman : Martyrdom of Saint Margaret, oil on panel, ID: 1984.4.1 Paul Cézanne (1839–1906), French : The Battle of Love, oil on canvas, ID: 1972.9.2 Marc Chagall (1887–1985), Russian : Houses at Vitebsk, oil on paper on canvas, ID: 1973.7.1 Thomas Chambers (1808–1869), English-American : Lake George and the Village of Caldwell, oil on canvas, ID: 1966.13.1 Philippe de Champaigne (1602–1673), French : The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, oil on canvas, ID: 1998.68.1 Winthrop Chandler (1747–1790), American : Mrs. Samuel Chandler, oil on canvas, ID: 1964.23.2 Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (1699–1779), French : The Little Schoolmistress, oil on canvas, ID: 1937.1.91 William Merritt Chase (1849–1916), American : A Friendly Call, oil on canvas, ID: 1943.1.2 Thomas Chimes (1921–2009), American : Messenger, oil on wood, ID: 2009.122.1 Chipman (active mid-19th century), American : Melons and Grapes, oil on canvas, ID: 1957.11.5 Petrus Christus (1415–1476), Netherlandish : Portrait of a Female Donor, oil on panel, ID: 1961.9.11 Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900), American : El Rio de Luz (The River of Light), oil on canvas, ID: 1965.14.1 Cimabue (1240–1302), Florentine : Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Peter, tempera on panel, ID: 1952.5.60