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This is a list of notable artists born in Scotland and/or well known for their work in Scotland, arranged alphabetically by surname and by period.


Born before 1700

* John Alexander (died 1733), painter and engraver * Arnold Bronckhorst (fl. 1565–1583),
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painter, the first King's Painter of Scotland * William Gouw Ferguson (1632/3 – c. 1689),
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painter, active in France and Italy * Gawen Hamilton (1698–1737), painter largely working in London * George Heriot (1563–1624), Scottish
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George Jamesone George Jamesone (or Jameson) (c. 1587 – 1644) was a Scottish painter who is regarded as Scotland's first eminent portrait-painter. Early years He was born in Aberdeen, where his father, Andrew Jamesone, was a stonemason. Jamesone attended t ...
(or Jameson, c. 1587–1644), Scotland's first eminent portrait painter * David Paton, active 1660–1700, painter of miniatures * François Quesnel (c. 1543–1619), Scotland-born French painter *
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(1617–1694), portrait painter in the
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Born 1700–1799

* Cosmo Alexander (c. 1724–1772), noted North American portrait painter * David Allan (1744–1796), painter of historical subjects * Andrew Bell (1726–1809), engraver and printer, co-founder of ''
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'' * John Zephaniah Bell (1794–1883), painter * John Brown (1752–1787), artist * Thomas Campbell (1790–1858), sculptor * Alexander Carse (c. 1770–1843), painter known for scenes of Scottish life * Robert Edmonstone (1794–1834), painter * Robert Freebairn (1765–1808), landscape painter * Andrew Geddes (1783–1844), portrait painter and etcher *
John Watson Gordon Sir John Watson Gordon (1788 – 1 June 1864) was a Scottish portrait painter and president of the Royal Scottish Academy. Life and work Gordon was born John Watson in Edinburgh, the eldest son of Captain Watson, R.A., a cadet of the famil ...
(1788–1864), painter * Gavin Hamilton (1723–1798), Scottish neoclassical history painter * David Ramsay Hay (1798–1866), artist, interior decorator and colour theorist * Andrew Henderson (1783–1835), portrait painter * John Kay (1742–1826),
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William Home Lizars William Home Lizars (1788 – 30 March 1859) was a Scottish painter and engraver. Life The son of Daniel Lizars, and brother of the surgeon John Lizars, he was born at Edinburgh in 1788, and was educated at the high school there. His siste ...
(1788–1859), painter and engraver * William Miller (1796–1882), engraver * Jacob More (1740–1793), landscape painter * William Mossman, 1793–1851, sculptor *
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(1758–1840), landscape painter * Patrick Nasmyth (1787–1831), landscape painter, son of Alexander * Jane Nasmyth (1788–1867), landscape painter, daughter of Alexander * Barbara Nasmyth (1790–1870), landscape painter, daughter of Alexander * Anne Nasmyth (1798–1874), landscape painter, daughter of Alexander *
Henry Raeburn Sir Henry Raeburn (; 4 March 1756 – 8 July 1823) was a Scottish portrait painter. He served as Portrait Painter to King George IV in Scotland. Biography Raeburn was born the son of a manufacturer in Stockbridge, on the Water of Leith: a fo ...
(1756–1823), portrait painter * Allan Ramsay (1713–1784), painter * David Roberts (1796–1864), painter and lithographer * Alexander Robertson (1772–1841), painter, brother of Andrew and Archibald * Andrew Robertson (1777–1845), miniaturist painter * Archibald Robertson (1765–1835), painter * Alexander Runciman (1736–1785), painter of historical and mythical subjects * John Runciman (1744–1768/9), painter known for Biblical and literary scenes, brother of Alexander * Archibald Skirving (1749–1819), portrait painter * Reverend John Thomson (1778–1840), landscape painter and minister of Duddingston Kirk * William John Thomson RSA (1771–1845), portrait and miniaturist painter * George Watson (1767–1837), painter * David Wilkie (1785–1841), painter * Hugh William Williams (1773–1829), landscape painter * William Yellowlees (1796–1855), portrait painter


Born 1800–1899

* John Brown Abercromby (1843–1929), painter ranging from traditional portraiture to avant-garde modernism *
Patrick Adam Patrick William Adam RSA (1852–1929) was a Scottish artist. He was a joint founder of the artistic group the Society of Eight. He is mainly remembered for his landscapes and interiors. Life He was born on 12 October 1852 at 9 Brandon Str ...
(1852–1929), painter * Robert Adamson (1821–1848), photographer * John Macdonald Aiken (1880–1961), water-colourist and oil painter * Lena Alexander (1899–1983), painter * Jessie Algie (1859–1927), flower painter * Andrew Allan (1863–1942), lithographer * Robert Weir Allan (1851–1942), water-colour and oil painter of landscape and marine subjects * Marion Ancrum (fl. 1885–1919), water-colour painter * Hazel Armour (1894–1985), sculptor and medallist * George Bain (1881–1968), art teacher whose writing revived interest in Celtic and
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* James Ballantine (1806–1877), artist and author * Penelope Beaton (1886–1963), painter * Jemima Blackburn (1823–1909), painter and illustrator * John Blair (c. 1849–1934), painter * Muirhead Bone (1876–1953),
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* Phyllis Bone (1894–1972), sculptor * William Bonnar (1800–1863), portraitist and history and genre painter * William Brodie (1815–1881), sculptor * Robert Brough (1872–1905), painter * John Crawford Brown (1805–1867), landscape artist * William Kellock Brown (1856–1934), sculptor * Elizabeth York Brunton (1880 – c. 1960), painter *
Robert Bryden Robert Bryden (1865–1939) was a Scots artist and sculptor. Bryden was born in Coylton in South Ayrshire, Scotland. After a period working in the office of Hunter & Morris, architects in Ayr, he moved to London where he stayed for fifteen year ...
(1865–1939), artist, sculptor and engraver * Thomas Stuart Burnett (1853–1888), sculptor * Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell (1883–1937), member of the
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school * James Cadenhead (1858–1927), painter * Alexander Milne Calder (1846–1923), sculptor known for the
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*Sir David Young Cameron (1865–1945), painter and etcher * Mary Cameron (1865–1921), portraitist * George Paul Chalmers (1833–1878), painter *
Thomas J Clapperton Thomas John Clapperton FRBS (14 October 1879 – 15 February 1962) was a Scottish sculptor, famous for the statue of Robert the Bruce at the entrance of Edinburgh Castle erected in 1929. Biography Clapperton was born on 14 October 1879 in Gala ...
(1879–1962), sculptor * James Cowie (1886–1956), painter * Hugh Adam Crawford (1898–1982), painter * William Crozier (1893–1930), landscape painter * Jessie Alexandra Dick (1896–1976), painter and teacher * Sir William Fettes Douglas (1822–1891), painter * Thomas Millie Dow (1848–1919), painter, member of the Glasgow Boys school *
Jack M. Ducker Jack M. Ducker (years flourished 1910–1930) was a European painter (possibly of Scottish origin) who specialized in Scottish highland landscapes. Although most of the artist's documented works are undated they are thought to have been creat ...
(born 1890), painter specializing in Highland landscapes * Ian Fairweather (1891–1974), Scottish/Australian painter * Christian Jane Fergusson (1876–1957), Dumfries and Galloway landscape and still-life painter * John Duncan Fergusson (1874–1961), member of the
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school * Henry Snell Gamley (1865–1928), sculptor specialising in
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and tombs * Robert Gavin (1827–1883), painter * William Geissler (1894–1963), water-colourist of the natural world * David Cooke Gibson (1827–1856), painter and poet * James William Giles (1801–1870), Scottish landscape painter * Sir William George Gillies (1898–1973), landscape and still-life painter * Constance Frederica "Eka" Gordon-Cumming (1837–1924), travel writer and painter * Mary Grant 1831–1908, sculptor * Norah Neilson Gray (1882–1931), Glasgow School artist * Herbert James Gunn (1893–1964), portraitist * James Guthrie (1859–1930), painter * Maggie Hamilton (1867–1952), painter * Peter Alexander Hay (1866–1952) * John Henderson (1860–1924), painter and Director of
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* Joseph Henderson (1832–1908), Scottish landscape painter * George Henry (1858–1943), painter, one of the most prominent of the Glasgow School * Joseph Morris Henderson (1863–1936), Scottish landscape painter * Amelia Robertson Hill (née Paton, 1821–1904), sculptor and artist, wife of David Octavius * David Octavius Hill (1802–1870), painter and photography pioneer as Hill & Adamson * Edward Atkinson Hornel (1864–1933), painter of landscapes, flowers and foliage with children * Anna Hotchkis (1885–1985), painter * John Kelso Hunter (1802–1873), portrait painter and book author * George Leslie Hunter (1877–1931), painter and Scottish Colourist * Beatrice Huntington (1889–1988), artist, sculptor and musician * John Hutchison, (1832–1910), sculptor * Alexander Johnston (1815–1891), painter known for genre and history subjects * Dorothy Johnstone (1892–1980), painter of landscapes and portraits, especially children * Jeka Kemp (1876–1966), painter * Annabel Kidston (1896–1981), painter * Jessie M King (1875–1949), illustrator mainly of children's books, designer of jewellery and fabric * Annie Rose Laing (1869–1946), painter * Robert Scott Lauder (1803–1869), artist and portrait painter * Andrew Law (1873–1967), artist and portrait painter * William Mustart Lockhart (1855–1941), artist mainly of Glasgow-area landscapes in water-colours * John Henry Lorimer (1856–1936), portraitist and genre painter, brother of architect
Robert Lorimer Sir Robert Stodart Lorimer, KBE (4 November 1864 – 13 September 1929) was a prolific Scottish architect and furniture designer noted for his sensitive restorations of historic houses and castles, for new work in Scots Baronial and Goth ...
* Robert Macaulay Stevenson (1854–1952), painter * Robert Walker Macbeth (1848–1910), painter, water-colourist and print-maker * Henry Macbeth-Raeburn (1860–1947), painter and print-maker * Dugald MacColl (1859–1948) * Frances MacDonald (1873–1921), Glasgow School artist, sister of Margaret * Margaret MacDonald (1865–1933), Glasgow School artist, wife of
Charles Rennie Mackintosh Charles Rennie Mackintosh (7 June 1868 – 10 December 1928) was a Scottish architect, designer, water colourist and artist. His artistic approach had much in common with European Symbolism. His work, alongside that of his wife Margaret Macd ...
* James MacGillivray (1856–1938), sculptor * William York Macgregor (1855–1923), landscape artist * Esther Blaikie MacKinnon (1885–1934), painter and engraver *
Charles Rennie Mackintosh Charles Rennie Mackintosh (7 June 1868 – 10 December 1928) was a Scottish architect, designer, water colourist and artist. His artistic approach had much in common with European Symbolism. His work, alongside that of his wife Margaret Macd ...
(1868–1928), architect, designer, husband of Margaret MacDonald * Chica Macnab (1889–1980), painter and wood engraver * James Herbert MacNair (1868–1955), Glasgow School artist, designer and teacher * Harrington Mann (1864–1937), portraitist and decorative painter, member of the Glasgow Boys movement * George Manson (1850–1876), water-colourist * James McBey (1883–1959), painter, etcher and war artist * Horatio McCulloch (1806–1867), landscape painter * R. R. McIan (1803–1856), painter * William McTaggart (1835–1910), landscape painter *
Arthur Melville Arthur Melville (1855–1904) was a Scottish painter of Orientalist subjects, among others. Early life and art education Arthur Melville was born in Loanhead-of-Guthrie, Forfarshire (now Angus, Scotland) on 10 April 1855. The family moved ...
(1858–1904), painter remembered for Oriental subjects * James Coutts Michie (1859-1919), landscape and portrait painter * Thomas Corsan Morton (1859–1928), artist known as one of the Glasgow Boys * James MacLauchlan Nairn (1859–1904), Glasgow-born painter who influenced late 19th-century New Zealand painting * Charlotte Nasmyth (1804–1884), landscape painter, daughter of
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* Jessie Newbery (1864–1948), Glasgow School artist and embroiderer * James Campbell Noble (1846–1913), landscape and marine painter * Robert Noble, (1857–1917), painter of landscapes, first President of the Society of Scottish Artists * Emily Murray Paterson (1855–1934), painter * James Paterson (1854–1932), landscape and portrait painter associated with The Glasgow Boys movement * Viola Paterson (1899–1981), painter, wood engraver *Sir Joseph Noel Paton (1821–1901), painter of religious subjects * Samuel John Peploe (1871–1935), member of the Scottish Colourist school of painting * John Pettie (1839–1893), painter * Sir George Pirie (1863–1946), artist associated with the Glasgow Boys in the 1880s * John Quinton Pringle (1865–1925), painter influenced by
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and associated with the Glasgow Boys * Annie Pirie Quibell (1862–1927), artist and archaeologist * Arabella Rankin (1871 – c. 1935) painter and coloured woodcut artist * Anne Redpath (1895–1967), artist best known for still life works * Sir George Reid (1841–1913), landscape and portrait painter * John Robertson Reid (1851–1926), painter * John Stevenson Rhind (1859–1937), sculptor * Robert Sivell (1888–1958), painter * Sir John Robert Steell RSA (1804–1891), sculptor, including the statue of Sir Walter Scott at the Scott Monument *
David Watson Stevenson David Watson Stephenson (25 March 1842 – 18 March 1904) was a Scottish sculptor, executing portraits and monuments in marble and bronze. Biography Stevenson was born in Ratho, Midlothian, Scotland, on 25 March 1842, the son of William Ste ...
(1842–1904), sculptor of portraits and monuments in marble and bronze * William Grant Stevenson (1849–1919), sculptor and painter * David Macbeth Sutherland (1883–1973), painter of Scottish and Breton landscapes, and of portraits * Adam Bruce Thomson (1885–1976), The Edinburgh School artist, landscape and portrait painter * Ottilie Maclaren Wallace (1875–1947), sculptor * Edward Arthur Walton (1860–1922), painter of landscapes and portraits * Cecile Walton (1891–1956), painter, illustrator and sculptor * George Fiddes Watt (1873–1960), portrait painter and engraver * James Cromar Watt (1862–1940), artist, architect and jeweller * Saul Yaffie (1898–1957), Jewish artist later known as Paul Jeffay


Born 1900–1949

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(born 1948), sculptor * Eric Auld (1931–2013), painter * Robert Bain (1911–1973), sculptor and art professor in South Africa * Edward Baird (1904–1949), painter * Barbara Balmer (1929–2017), painter * Mardi Barrie (1930–2004), painter * John Bellany (1942–2013), painter *
Helen Biggar Helen Biggar (25 May 1909 – 28 March 1953) was a Scottish sculptor, filmmaker and theatre designer. She was politically active in the 1930s, she joined the Communist Party of Great Britain and was one of the filmmakers behind ''Hell UnLtd'', ...
(1909–1953), sculptor, film-maker and theatre designer * Douglas Robertson Bisset (1908–2000), sculptor * Sam Black (1913–1997) * Robert Henderson Blyth (1919–1970) * Leonard Boden (1911-1999), portrait painter * Margaret Boden (1912–2001), painter * John Boyd (1925–2018), milliner * Mary Syme Boyd (1910–1997), artist and sculptor * Jimmy Boyle (born 1944), sculptor, author and convicted murderer * Mark Boyle (1934–2005) * Howard Butterworth, painter working in
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since the 1960s * John Byrne (born 1940) * W. Lindsay Cable (1900–1949), illustrator for ''Punch'' and Enid Blyton * Robert Colquhoun (1914–1962), painter and print-maker *
Victoria Crowe Victoria Elizabeth Crowe OBE, DHC, FRSE, MA ( RCA) RSA, RSW (born 1945) is a Scottish artist known for her portrait and landscape paintings. She has works in several collections including the National Galleries of Scotland, the National Portr ...
(born 1945) * Richard Demarco (born 1930), artist and promoter of visual and performing arts * David Abercrombie Donaldson (1916–1996), painter and limner to Her Majesty The Queen * Margaret Cross Primrose Findlay (1902–1968), sculptor and modeller * Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925–2006), sculptor and installation artist * Hannah Frank (1908–2008), artist and sculptor * Alison Cornwall Geissler MBE, (1907–2011), glass engraver * Marianne Grant (1921-2007), artist * Tom Gourdie (1913–2005), artist *
Alasdair Gray Alasdair James Gray (28 December 1934 – 29 December 2019) was a Scottish writer and artist. His first novel, ''Lanark'' (1981), is seen as a landmark of Scottish fiction. He published novels, short stories, plays, poetry and translations, and ...
(1934–2019), artist and writer * Thomas Symington Halliday (1902–1998), painter and sculptor * Alison Kinnaird M.B.E (born 1949), glass artist, musician, teacher and writer *
Hew Lorimer Hew Martin Lorimer, OBE (22 May 1907 – 1 September 1993) was a Scottish sculptor. Early life He was born in Edinburgh, the second son of architect Sir Robert Lorimer. He was educated at Loretto School in Musselburgh, then at Magdalen Col ...
(1907–1993), sculptor and brother of architect
Robert Lorimer Sir Robert Stodart Lorimer, KBE (4 November 1864 – 13 September 1929) was a prolific Scottish architect and furniture designer noted for his sensitive restorations of historic houses and castles, for new work in Scots Baronial and Goth ...
* Edwin G Lucas (1911–1990), painter * Robert MacBryde (1913–1966), painter and theatre-set designer * Hamish MacDonald (1935–2008), artist * Rory McEwen (1932–1982), artist and musician * George McGavin (1915–2004), painter * William MacTaggart (1903–1981), landscape painter * John Maxwell (1905–1962), painter of landscapes and imaginative subjects * David Michie (1928–2015), painter * James Morrison (1932–2020), landscape painter * John Lowrie Morrison (born 1948), expressionist oil painter of Scottish landscapes * Alberto Morrocco (1917–1998), artist *
Eduardo Paolozzi Sir Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi (, ; 7 March 1924 – 22 April 2005) was a Scottish artist, known for his sculpture and graphic works. He is widely considered to be one of the pioneers of pop art. Early years Eduardo Paolozzi was born on 7 March ...
(1924–2005), sculptor * James McIntosh Patrick (1907–1998), painter of landscapes and portraits * Ronald Rae (born 1946), granite sculptor and artist * Pat Semple (1939–2021), landscape artist * Pamela So (1947–2010), multimedia artist and photographer * Ancell Stronach (1901–1981), artist * Alan Sutherland (1931–2019), portrait painter * Alasdair Taylor (1934–2007), sculptor * Sylvia Wishart (1936–2008), Orcadian landscape artist * George Wyllie MBE (1921–2012), sculptor known for public art


Born 1950–1999

* Crawfurd Adamson (born 1953), figurative artist * Charles Avery (born 1973), artist * David Batchelor (born 1955) * Karla Black (born 1972), sculptor nominated for 2011 Turner Prize * Martin Boyce (born 1967), sculptor * Hugh Buchanan (born 1958), water-colourist * Roderick Buchanan (born 1965), artist working in film and photography * Paul Carter (1970–2006) artist known for constructions * Stephen Conroy (born 1964) * Andrew Cranston (born 1969), painter * Ken Currie (born 1960), English-born member of New Glasgow Boys * Helen Denerley (born 1956), sculptor often reusing scrap * Alan Dimmick (born 1956), photographer of the Glasgow art scene. * Helen Douglas (book artist) (born 1952), book artist * Kate Downie (born 1958), painter and print-maker * Erica Eyres (born 1980), Canadian-born artist * Lizzie Farey (born 1962), willow sculptor and artist * Michael Fullerton (born 1971), portrait painter based in London *
Anya Gallaccio Anya Gallaccio (born 1963) is a British artist, who creates site-specific, minimalist installations and often works with organic matter (including chocolate, sugar, flowers and ice). Her use of organic materials results in natural processes ...
(born 1963), creator of minimalist installations *
Douglas Gordon Douglas Gordon (born 20 September 1966) is a Scottish artist. He won the Turner Prize in 1996, the Premio 2000 at the 47th Venice Biennale in 1997 and the Hugo Boss Prize in 1998. He lives and works in Berlin, Germany. Work Much of Gordon's ...
(born 1966), winner of 1996 Turner Prize * Andrew Grassie (born 1966), painter in
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* Claire Harrigan (born 1964), painter * Peter Howson (born 1958), painter and official war artist * Richard Johnson (born 1966), Scotland-born and educated war artist * Anna King (born 1984), painter * Henry Kondracki (born 1953), painter * David Mach (born 1956), sculptor and installation artist * John McKenna (born 1964), public artist, statue and monument creator * Abigail McLellan (1969–2009), artist * Susan Philipsz OBE (born 1965), sound installation artist, winner of 2010 Turner Prize * Andy Scott (born 1964), figurative sculptor * Lucy Skaer (born 1975), sculptor and painter *
Carol Rhodes Carol Mary Rhodes (7 April 1959 – 4 December 2018) was a Scottish artist known for paintings and drawings of landscapes and marked by human intervention. Rhodes was born in Edinburgh, but spent her infancy and youth in Serampore, India. She m ...
(1959–2018), painter * Evlynn Smith (1962–2003), artist, designer and furniture maker * Alexander Stoddart (born 1959), neoclassical sculptor * Thomson & Craighead (Alison Craighead born 1971), works with video and internet * Jack Vettriano (born 1951), painter * Alison Watt (born 1965), painter


Born 2000 and after


See also

* Art in Scotland * List of Scottish women artists


References

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