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Herb Aach (1923–1985), American painter an writer

Hans von Aachen (1552–1615), German mannerist

Pacita Abad (1946–2004), multi-media artist and painter, born in the Philippines

Riza Abbasi (1565–1635), Persian miniaturist, painter and calligrapher of the Isfahan School

Niccolò dell' Abbate (ca. 1510–1571), Italian painter of the first School of Fontainebleau

Giuseppe Abbati (1836–1868), Italian artist of the Macchiaioli group

Louise Abbéma (1853–1927), French painter, sculptor, and designer

Edwin Austin Abbey (1852–1911), American artist, illustrator and painter

Mary Abbott (1921–2019), American abstract expressionist

Basuki Abdullah (1915–1993), Southeast Asian realist

Rowena Meeks Abdy (1887–1945), American modernist landscape

Josef Abel (1768–1818), Austrian historical painter and etcher

Evelyn Abelson (1886–1967), English artist

Gertrude Abercrombie (1909–1977), American artist

Johann Ludwig Aberli (1723–1786)

Anna Maria Barbara Abesch (1706–1773), Swiss reverse glass painter

Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard (1743–1809), Danish artist and antiquarian draughtsman

Ruth Abrahams (1931–2000), British artist

Herbert Abrams (1921–2003), American portraitist

Ruth Abrams (1912–1986)

Philip Absolon (born 1960), British artist and a founder member of the Stuckists art group

Otto Abt (1903–1982), Swiss surrealist

Ismail Acar (born 1971), Turkish painter

Bernard Accama (1697–1756), Dutch historical and portrait painter

Andreas Achenbach (1815–1910), German landscape painter

Oswald Achenbach (1827–1905), German landscape painter

Elinor Proby Adams (1885–1945), British painter and illustrator

Ottis Adams (1851–1927), American impressionist

Pat Adams (born 1902), American painter and printmaker

Sarah Gough Adamson (1883–1963), British landscape painter

Mary Adshead (1906–1983), English painter and muralist

Jankel Adler (1895–1949), Polish painter and printmaker

Willem van Aelst (1627–1683), Dutch Golden Age artist specializing in still-life painting

Pieter Aertsen (1508–1575), Dutch historical painter

Nadir Afonso (born 1920), geometric abstractionist painter

Yaacov Agam (born 1928), Israeli sculptor and experimental artist

Lubna Agha (born 1949), South Asian artist

Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767–1848), animal and landscape painter

Knud Agger (1895–1973), Danish painter

Christoph Ludwig Agricola (1667–1719), German landscape painter

An Gyeon (15th century), Korean painter

Ai Xuan (born 1945), Chinese painter

Ai-Mitsu (1907–1946), Japanese surrealist

Edgar Ainsworth (1905–1975), British painter and illustrator

Ivan Aivazovsky (1817–1900), Russian painter of Armenian descent, especially of seascapes

Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz (1852–1916), Polish painter of portraits

Ras Akyem, Barbadian

Francesco Albani (1578–1660), Italian Baroque

Josef Albers (1888–1976), German-born American artist, mathematician and educator

Mariotto Albertinelli (1474–1515), High Renaissance Italian painter of the Florentine school

Giocondo Albertolli (1743–1839), Swiss-born architect, painter, and sculptor active in Italy during the Neoclassical period

Ivan Albright (1897–1983), magic realist painter and artist, especially of self-portraits, character studies, and still lifes

Kazimierz Alchimowicz (1840–1916), Lithuanian-born, Polish romantic painter

Alcopley (1910–1992), German-American artist at the New York School

Eileen Aldridge (1916–1990), British painter

Pierre Alechinsky (born 1927), Belgian artist

George Aleef (1887–1970), Russian historical painter

Fyodor Alekseyev (1753–1824), Russian painter of landscapes

Mikoláš Aleš (1852–1913), Czech

Larry D. Alexander (born 1953), American artist (realism), teacher, and author

Lena Alexander (1899-1983), Scottish painter

Else Alfelt (1910–1974), Danish painter and one of the two women in the CoBrA movement

Brian Alfred (born 1974), New York painter who specializes in depictions of urban spaces

Jessie Algie (1859–1927), Scottish painter

David Allan (1744–1796), Scottish painter, especially of historical subjects

Griselda Allan (1905–1987), British flower painter

Rosemary Allan (1911–2008), British artist

Daphne Allen (1899–1985), British painter

Kathleen Allen (1906–1983), English painter and muralist

Alessandro Allori (1535–1607), Italian portrait painter of the late Mannerist Florentine school

Cristofano Allori (1577–1621), Italian portrait painter of the late Mannerist Florentine school

Washington Allston (1779–1843), American poet and painter

Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema (1852–1909), second wife of the painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema and a painter in her own right

Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836–1912), Dutch-born English painter, especially of luxury and decadence of the Roman Empire

Almeida Júnior (1859–1899), Brazilian realist

Charles Alston (1907–1977), African American artist, muralist, and teacher

Margareta Alströmer (1763–1816), Swedish painter and singer

Rudolf von Alt (1812–1908), Austrian landscape and architectural painter

Albrecht Altdorfer (1480–1538), German landscape painter, printmaker and architect of the Renaissance era

Altichiero (1330–1395), Italian painter of the Gothic style

John Altoon (1925–1969), American

Pedro Álvarez Castelló (1967–2004), Cuban artist

Edmond Aman-Jean (1860–1936), French symbolist

Tarsila do Amaral (1886–1973), Latin American modernist artist

Christoph Amberger (ca. 1505–1561), German Northern Renaissance painter of the Augsburg School

Friedrich von Amerling (1803–1887), Austro-Hungarian portrait painter in the court of Franz Josef

Cuno Amiet (1868–1961), Swiss modernist artist

Jacopo Amigoni (1682–1752), Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Rococo period

Rodolfo Amoedo (1857–1941), Brazilian painter and interior designer

Rick Amor (born 1948), Australian war artist and figurative painter

An Zhengwen, Chinese painter of the Ming Dynasty

Anna Ancher (1859–1935), Danish pictorial artist, especially of interiors and simple themes from the everyday lives of the Skagen people

Michael Ancher (1849–1927), Danish portrait

Werner Andermatt (1916–2013), Swiss

Caesar Andrade Faini (1913–1995), Ecuadorian painter and teacher

Sophie Gengembre Anderson (1823–1903), French-born British artist who specialised in genre painting of children and women, typically in rural settings

Emma Andijewska (born 1931), Ukrainian surrealist painter, poet and writer

Ion Andreescu (1850–1882), Romanian impressionist

Constantine Andreou (1917–2007), painter and sculptor of Greek origin

Michael Andrews (1928–1995)

Anthony Angarola (1893–1929), American

Marie Angel (1923–2010), English artist

Fra Angelico (1387–1445), Early Italian Renaissance

Heinz Anger (born 1941), Austrian

Hermenegildo Anglada Camarasa (1872–1952), Spanish

Gaston Anglade (1854-1919), French

Charles Angrand (1854–1926), French neo-Impressionist painter and anarchist

Sofonisba Anguissola (1532–1625), Italian painter of the Renaissance

Peggy Angus (1904-1993), British painter and designer of tiles and textiles

Rita Angus (1908–1970), New Zealand painter of portraits and landscapes

Albert Anker (1831–1910), Swiss

Louis Anquetin (1861–1932), French painter and author

Pieter van Anraedt (1635–1678), Dutch Golden Age painter of history scenes

Lizzy Ansingh (1875–1959), Dutch

Mary Anne Ansley (fl.1810–1840), English painter

Horst Antes (born 1936), German painter and sculptor

Cornelis Anthonisz. (ca. 1505–1553), Dutch Mannerist

Richard Anuszkiewicz (born 1930), American artist of Op Art

Aoki Shigeru (1882–1911), Japanese

Aoshima Chiho (born 1974), Japanese Pop artist

Apelles (4th century BCE), painter of ancient Greece

Zvest Apollonio (1935–2009), Italian/Slovenian painter and scenographer

Karel Appel (1921–2006), Dutch painter, sculptor and poet

Leonard Appelbee (1914–2000), English painter and printmaker

Joseph Ignaz Appiani (1706–1785), German painter

Félix Arauz (born 1935), Latin American painter from Ecuador

Janet Archer (fl.1873–1916), English painter

Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527–1593), Italian painter especially of portrait heads made entirely of objects such as fruits and vegetables

Arent Arentsz (1585–1631), Dutch Golden Age landscape painter

Avigdor Arikha (1929–2010), Israeli and French painter, printmaker, and art historian

Abram Arkhipov (1862–1930), Russian realist

John Armleder (born 1948), Swiss Neo-Geo artist of paintings and sculptures

John Armstrong (1893–1973), English surrealist artist

Georg Arnold-Graboné (1896–1982), German impressionist

Jean Arp (1886–1966), German-French sculptor, painter, poet and abstract artist

Eugenio de Arriba (1934-1977), Spanish painter

Art & Language (founded 1968), British conceptual artists, writers and painters

Richard Artschwager (born 1929), American painter, illustrator and sculptor

Asai Chū (1856–1907), Japanese painter, noted for his pioneering work in developing the yōga  (Western-style) art movement

Pieter Jansz van Asch (1603–1678), Dutch Golden Age

Pamela Ascherson (1923–2010), English painter and sculptor

Ásgrímur Jónsson (1876–1958), Icelandic

Dennis Ashbaugh (born 1946), American

Ashiyuki Gigadō (early-19th century), Japanese ukiyo-e artist

Hans Asper (1499–1571), Swiss

Jan Asselijn (1610–1652), Dutch Golden Age

Balthasar van der Ast (1593–1657), Dutch Golden Age

Nikolai Astrup (1880–1928), Norwegian neo-romantic painter and printmaker

Jean-Michel Atlan (1913–1960), French artist

René Auberjonois (1872–1957), Swiss artist

Étienne Aubry (1746–1781), French

Louis-François Aubry (1770–1850), French portraitist

Mary Audsley (1919–2008), English painter and sculptor

John James Audubon (1785–1851), American ornithologist, naturalist, hunter, and painter

Frank Auerbach (born 1931), German-born British painter especially of female models and scenes of London

Jules Robert Auguste (1789–1850), French Impressionist painter

George Ault (1891–1948), American

Cassandra Austen (1773–1845), English

Giuseppe Avanzi (1645–1718), Italian Baroque

Edward Avedisian (1936–2007), American abstract

Hendrick Avercamp (1585–1634), Dutch Baroque landscape painter of the Dutch Golden Age

Milton Avery (1885–1965), American modern

Nikola Avramov (1897–1945), Bulgarian painter especially of still lifes

Awataguchi Takamitsu

Joan Ayling (1907-1993), British painter

Ay-O (born 1931), Japanese artist associated with the Fluxus movement

Aya Goda (born 1967), Japanese author and artist

Anton Ažbe (1870–1949), Slovene painter and teacher

Giovanni Bernardino Azzolinior Mazzolini or Asoleni (c. 1572–c. 1645), Italian