Cork Artists

Among the most famous painters, sculptors and contemporary visual artists associated with the city or county of Cork are:

Atkinson, George Mounsey (Marine Artist), (1806-1884);
Ballagh, Robert (Pop-Art pictures, Graphic Design), (b.1943);
Barry, James (Neo-Classical History Painter), (1741-1806);
Barry, William Gerard (Portraitist, Landscape painter), (1864-1941);
Beechey, Richard Brydges (Marine Painter), (1808–1895);
Cross, Dorothy (Contemporary Sculptor), (b.1956);
Crozier, William (Still Life and Landscape Artist), (b.1930);
Hennessy, Patrick (Still Life, Landscape, Trompe l'oeil) (1915-1980);
Kingerlee, John (Contemporary Landscape Artist), (b.1936);
Maclise, Daniel (Portraitist, History Painter, Illustrator), (1806–1870);
Murphy, Seamus (One of Ireland's Greatest Sculptors) (1907-75).

Cork was also the home of the famous 19th century antiquarian George Petrie, and the art dealer/philanthropist Sir Hugh Percy Lane.

CORK ARTIST GROUPS
Cork Printmakers
Print collective
Maclise Art Society
City's leading art group
National Sculpture Factory
Ireland's leading 3-D institution.
West Cork Craft Design Guild
Co Cork's leading craft group.

TOP 10 PAINTERS
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top 10 or so painters in Ireland
see: Best Irish Artists.

THE MOST VALUABLE VISUAL ART
For facts about top prices for
works by artists in Ireland, see:
Most Expensive Irish Paintings.

ABSTRACTION
For details of Irish abstract
painters and sculptors, see:
Abstract Artists Ireland.

IRISH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS
For a list of monuments of
historical, architectural or
artistic interest, please see:
Archeological Monuments Ireland.

Cork Artists A-Z

For international painters and sculptors, see: Greatest Visual Artists.

Addey, Joseph Poole (Landscape and Portrait Artist), (1852-1922);
Allen, Jo (Contemporary Artist) (b.1950);
Ambrose, Edward (History Painter) (1814-90);
Ashlin, George (Architect) (1837-1921);
Atkinson, George (Painter, Sculptor, Printmaker) (1880-1941);
Atkinson, Richard Peterson (Marine Painter) (1856-82);
Barter, Richard (1824-96) (Sculptor) (1824-96);
Beale, James (Landscapes) (1798-1879);
Beamish, Janie E (Landscape Artist) (c.1870-1940);
Boucher Beug, Katherine (Contemporary Art), (b.1947);
Boydell, Cormac (Ceramicist) (b.1946);
Brandes, Stephen (Intricate Cartoon-style Painter), (b.1966);
Brenan, James Butler (Portrait Artist) (1825-89);
Buck, Adam (Watercolours, Portraits and Miniatures) (1759-1833);
Buckley, Jim (Sculptor) (b.1957);
Burke, John (Abstract Steel Sculptor) (b.1946);
Carver, Robert (Landscape Painter), (c.1730-1791);
Casey, William Linnaeus (Watercolourist) (1835-70);
Charde, Hugh (Plein-Air Landscape Artist) (1858-1946);
Climent, Tom (Colourist and Contemporary Artist), (b.1970);
Coghill, Egerton Bushe (Landscapes), (1853-1921);
Collins, Majella O'Neill (Landscape, Seascape Artist), (b.1967);
Conolly, Thurloe (Member of White Stag Group), (b.1918);
Cooke-Collis, Sylvia (Noted for her Gouache) (c.1900-74);
Cotter, Maud (Painter, Stained Glass Artist), (b.1954);
Coulter, William (Marine Artist), (1849-1936);
Dennis, Jill (Impressionistic Landscapes) (b.1957);
Desmond, Maurice (Landscape Painter), (b.1944);
Elmore, Alfred (History and Genre Painter), (1815-81);
Fagan, Robert (Portraiture), (c.1761–1816);
Fitzgerald, John (Woodcarver, Craftsman and Sketcher) (c.1825-c.1903);
Fitzgibbon, Brian (Lithographer) (b.1952);
Flannery, Bridget (Abstract Mixed-Media, Watercolours), (b.1959);
Foley, Marie (Ceramic Sculptor) (b.1959);
Forde, Samuel (Draughtsman and Painter) (1805-28);

Gibbings, Robert (Woodcarver and Engraver), (1889–1958);
Goldberg, David (Figurative Artist and Printmaker), (b.1945);
Goulding, Tim (Landscape and Still Life Artist), (b.1945);
Griffin, Bill (Religious Artist), (b.1947);
Grogan, Nathaniel (The Elder) (Illustrator, Oil Painter), (1740–1807);
Gubbins, Beatrice (Landscapes and Genre-Scenes) (1878-1944);
Harnett, Michael William (Trompe l'oeil Artist), (1848-1892);
Hartland, Gertrude (Illustrator and Flower Painter), (1865-1954);
Hartland, Henry Albert (Illustrator), (1840–1893);
Heffernan, James (Sculptor) (1785-1847);
Higgins, Joseph (Sculptor) (1885-1925);
Hodder, Carol (Landscape and Bog Artist), (b.1956);
Hogan, John (Ireland's Top Neo-Classical Sculptor) (1800-58);
Hovenden, Thomas (Irish American Realist Painter), (1840-1895);
Humphreys, Ian (Contemporary Landscape Artist), (b.1956);
Hussey, Philip (Portrait Artist, Genre Painter) (c.1713-83);
Hutson, Marshall C (Painter and Sculptor) (c.1903-c.1995);
Jermyn, Jane (Ceramic Artist), (b.1951);
Kane, Paul (Landscapes, Portraits, Aboriginal People), (1810-1871);
Kirk, Thomas (Sculptor) (1781-1845);
Lalor, Ayelet (Figurative Porcelain Sculptor), (b.1974);
Lalor, Brian (Illustrator and Painter) (b.1941);
Lyster, Richard (Portraits and Genre-Scenes) (1828-63);
MacDonald, Daniel (Sketches, Portraits), (1821-1853);
Mahoney, James (Watercolours, Illustrations), (1810-1879);
Martin, Fergus (Contemporary Artist), (b.1955);
Mehegan, Cormac (Stained Glass Art) (b.1924);
Merwick, Billy (Contemporary Painter and Sculptor), (b.1947);
Mulcahy, Michael (Contemporary Expressionist Painter), (b.1952);
Murphy, John (Stained Glass Artist) (b.1921);
Murray, Coilin (Printmaker, Founder Member West Cork Art Centre) (b.1945);
Murray, John Philip (Contemporary Draughtsman), (b.1952);
Nagle, Chara (Figurative Subject Painter), (b.1974);
O'Brien, Gretta (Abstract Landscapes);
O'Ceallachain, Diarmuid (Portraits, Landscapes, Genre-Scenes) (b.1915);
O'Leary, Cormac (Abstract Landscape, Figure Painter) (b.1969);
O'Mhurchada, Domhnall (Sculptor) (1914-91);
O'Sullivan, Patrick J (Sculptor) (b.1940);
Pennefather, George (Watercolour, Landscapes), (1905-1967);
Richardson, Victor (Pointillist Impressionism), (b.1952);
Roberts, Sara (Porcelain Ceramicist), (b.1962);
Roche, Vivienne (Steel Sculptor) (b.1953);
Scanlon, James (Stained Glass Artist) (b.1952);
Scott, Patrick (Abstract Artist noted for Gold Paintings) (b.1921);
Scully, Harry (Landscape Artist) (c.1868-1935);
Seeger, David (Ceramic Sculptor), (b.1937);
Sheehan, William (Figurative Painter), (1894-1923);
Sheil, Edward (Religious History Painter) (1834-1869);
Skillen, Samuel (Portraiture and Figure Paintings) (1819-47);
Smith, Blaise (Figurative & Plein Air landscape painting), (b.1967);
Smyth, Brian (Contemporary Artist), (b.1970);
Somerville, Edith Oenone (Genre Painter, French Realism), (1858-1949);
Thaddeus, Henry Jones (Realist and Portrait Painter), (1859–1929);
Tyrrell, Charles (Minimalist Abstract Artist), (b.1950);
Walker, Sarah (Contemporary Artist), (b.1965);
Watson, Samuel (Painter and Lithographer), (1818-1867);
Willes, William (Draughtsman and Landscape Artist) (c.1775-1851).

- For more about art in the city, see: Cork Art.
- For news, see: Cork Art News.

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