Irish Artists: 19th Century
Famous Painters, Sculptors & Printmakers of Ireland, Born in the Nineteenth Century.
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A Street in Brittany (1881).
By Stanhope Forbes, one of the
French-style Irish genre-painters
and plein air landscape artists.

HISTORY OF IRISH ART
For the earliest painters, see:
Irish Artists, 18th Century (1700-99)
For painters & sculptors of the
twentieth century, see:
Irish Artists 20th Century (1900-99)
For new painters & sculptors, see
Contemporary Irish Artists.
For a guide to art prices, see:
Most Expensive Irish Paintings.

Irish Artists: Nineteenth Century

See below for an alphabetical list of Irish artists, born 1800-1899.

Addey, Joseph Poole (Landscape and Portrait Artist), (1852-1922);
Atkinson, George Mounsey Wheatley (Marine Artist), (1806-1884);
Barry, William Gerard (Portraitist, Landscape Painter), (1864-1941);
Bartlett, William Henry (Landscapes), (1858-1932);
Barton, Rose (Townscape Painter), (1856-1929);
Beechey, Richard Brydges (Marine Painter), (1808-1895);
Blackham, Dorothy (Printmaker and Landscape Artist), (1896-1975);
Bradford, Louis King ARHA (Landscape, Subject Painter) (1807-1862);
Brenan, James (Realistic Genre Painter), (1837-1907);
Bridle, Kathleen (Landscape Art) (1897-1989);
Burke, Augustus Nicholas (Landscape, Rural Artist), (1838-1891);
Burton, Fredrick William (Watercolourist, Portraiture), (1816-1900);
Butler, Mildred Anne (Landscape Art), (1858-1941);
Carey, Joseph W (Illustrator and History Painter), (1859-1937);
Clarke, Harry (Stained Glass artist), (1889-1931);
Clarke, Margaret (Portraitist, Landscapes, Figures), (1888-1961);
Coghill, Egerton Bushe (Landscapes), (1853-1921);
Connor, Jerome (Kerry-born Sculptor) (1876-1943);

Conor, William (Working Class Scenes), (1881-1968);
Coulter, William (Marine Artist), (1849-1936);
Craig, James Humbert (Landscape Painter), (1878-1944);
Danby, Francis (Landscapes, Rustic Scenes) (1816-1875);
Davidson, Lilian Lucy (Landscape, Portrait & Genres), (1893-1954);
Dixon, James (Primitive Tory Island Landscape Artist), (1887-1970);
Dobbin, LADY Kate (Flower Painter, Landscapes) (1868-1955);
Dunlop, Ronald Ossory (Watercolour Artist), (1894-1975);
Faulkner, John (Atmospheric Watercolourist), (1835-1894);
Foley, John Henry (Bronze Sculptor and Public Artist), (1818-1874);
Forbes, Stanhope Alexander (Rural Life Artist), (1857-1947);
Fox, Kathleen (Still Life, Portrait Artist, Orientalist), (1880-1963);
French, Percy (William) (Watercolourist, Musician, Illustrator), (1854-1920);
Garstin, Norman (Figure Painter and Landscape Artist), (1847-1926);
Gonne, Maud (Illustrator and Portraitist) (1866-1953);

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

19TH CENTURY ENGLISH ART
For a list of the most important
artists of the nineteenth century
see: Best English Painters.

Gore, William Crampton (Still Life, Flower Artist), (1871-1946);
Markievicz Countess/Constance Gore-Booth (Landscape/Portrait)(1868-1927);
Gregory, Robert (Landscape and Portrait Artist), (1881-1918);
Guinness, May (Figurative Oil Painter and Muralist), (1863-1955);
Hamilton, Eva (Portrait and Landscape Artist), (1876-1960);
Hamilton, Letitia (Landscape Artist), (1878-1964);
Hare, St George (Figurative Painter), (1857-1933);
Harrison, Sarah Cecilia (Figurative Artist), (1863-1941);
Hartland, Gertrude (Illustrator and Flower Painter), (1865-1954);

Hayes, Edwin (Watercolourist and Marine Painter), (1820-1904);
Hayes, Claude RI, ROI (Landscape Artist and Portraitist) (1852-1922);
Hayes, Michael Angelo (Animal Painter), (1820-1877);
Hennessy, William John (Landscape, Genres, Illustrator), (1839-1917);
Henry, Grace (Landscape, Portrait & Flower Painter) (1868-1953);
Henry, Paul (Landscape Artist), (1876-1958);
Higgins, Joseph (Cork Sculptor) (1885-1925);
Hill, Nathaniel RHA (Genre Painter, Portrait Artist) (1861-1934);
Hogan, John (Ireland's Top Neo-Classical Sculptor) (1800-1858);
Hone, Evie (Cubist Painter and Stained Glass Artist), (1894-1955);
Hone, Nathaniel The Younger (Landscapes), (1831-1917);
Hughes, John (Classical Sculptor) (1865-1941);
Iten, Hans (Swiss Landscape Artist & Flower Painter), (1874-1930);
Jellett, Mainie (Abstract Art), (1897-1944);
Joy, George William (Historical and Figurative Painter), (1844-1925);
Kavanagh, Joseph Malachy (Landscapes, Genre works), (1856-1918);
Kay, Dorothy (nee Elvery) (Painter and Illustrator), (1886-1964);
Keating, Sean (Romantic Realist Painter), (1889-1977);
Kelly, Gerald Festus (Academic Portrait & Landscape Artist) (1879-1972);
Lamb, Charles (Landscape Art, Portraits, Figures), (1893-1964);
Lane, Hugh Percy SIR (Art Collector and Philanthropist) (1875-1915);
Lavery, John, SIR (Portraits, Impressionist Plein Air Painter), (1856-1941);
Lawless, Matthew James (Painter, Graphic Designer), (1837-1864);
Leech, William John (Plein Air Landscape Artist), (1881-1968);
MacDonald, Daniel (Portraits, Sketches, Genre Scenes), (1821-1853);
MacKenzie, William Gibbs (Landscape Art) (1857-1924);
Maclise, Daniel (History Painter noted for his Victorian art), (1806-70);
Mahoney, James (Painter, Sketcher and Illustrator), (1810-1879);
McGuiness, William Bingham RHA (Cityscapes, Watercolours) (1849-1928);
McKelvey, Frank (Landscape Artist and Portrait Painter), (1895-1974);
McSwiney, Eugene J (Portraiture and Landscape Art) (1866-1930);
Mitchell, Flora (Watercolour Views of Dublin), (1890-1973);
Moynan, Richard T. (Genre Scenes), (1856-1906);
Mulcahy, Jeremiah Hodges (Landscapes), (1810-1889);
Neill, Henry Echlin (Lithographer, and Landscape Artist), (1888-1981);
Nicholl, Andrew (Watercolourist and Sketcher), (1804-1886);
Nicol, Erskine (Irish-Scots Figurative Painter), (1825-1904);
Nietsche, Paul (Landscape, Portrait & Still Life), (1885-1950);
O'Brien, Dermod (Portraits, Landscape, Figures), (1865-1945);
O'Connor Andrew (Irish-American Sculptor) (1874-1941);
O'Conor, Roderic (Impressionist, Colourist) (1860-1940);
O'Kelly, Aloysius (Landscape, Figures, Orientalist painting), (1853-c.1941);
O'Meara, Frank (Landscapes, Naturalist Tradition), (1853-1888);
Orpen, William, SIR (Academic Portraitist and War Artist), (1878-1931);
Osborne, Walter, Frederick (Irish Impressionist Painter), (1859-1903);
Osborne, William (Animal Painter, Dogs, Horses) (1823-1901);
Powell, Moila (Miniaturist, Mixed-Media Artist), (1895-1994);
Power, Albert (Academic Realist Sculptor) (1881-1945);
Praeger, Sophia Rosamund (Sculpture, Still Life Artist) (1867-1954);
Purser, Sarah (Portrait Painter, Stained Glass Artist), (1848-1943);
Rothwell, Richard (Academic Portrait Artist), (1800-1868);
Russell, George "AE" (Landscape, Portraits, Murals), (1867-1935);
Scanlan, Robert Richard (Portraiture), (1826-1876);
Shannon, James, Jebusa, SIR (Eminent Portraitist) (1862-1923);
Sheppard, Oliver (Nationalistic Sculptor) (1864-1941);
Sleator, James Sinton (Portrait and Still Life Painter), (1889-1950);
Smith, Stephen Catterson (Portraits), (1806-1872);
Solomons, Estella Frances (Academic Portrait Artist), (1882-1968);
Somerville, Edith (Genre Painter, French Realism), (1858-1949);
Staples, Robert Ponsonby, SIR (Portraits, Landscapes), (1853-1943);
Swanzy, Mary (Figure, Landscape, Portrait Artist), (1882-1978);
Thaddeus, Henry Jones (Realist and Portrait Painter), (1859-1929);
Tuohy, Patrick (Academic Portraitist), (1894-1930);
Wall, William Guy (Landscape Artist) (1792-1864);
Watson, Samuel (Painter and Lithographer), (1818-1867);
Wheeler-Cuffe, Charlotte LADY (Botanical Artist), (1867-1967);
Whelan, Leo (Portrait and Genre Painter), (1892-1956);
Williams, Alexander (Landscape and Marine Painter), (1846-1930);
Woods, Padraic (Landscapes), (1893-1991);
Yeats, Jack Butler (Renowned Expressionist Painter), (1871-1957);
Yeats, John Butler (Portraiture) (1839-1922).

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