Australian Artists

You've made it to our list of famous Australian artists in the Art in Australia section of the ArtQuotes.net website. Here you will find notable working artists and those from the history of Australian art. It includes all artists who create works of art. To find a more specific type of artist like a painter or a sculptor return to the Art in Australia hub.

Famous Australian Artists

• Arthur Boyd - Art Quotes - Famous Australian painter, potter and printmaker known for his depictions of the Australian landscape.
• John Brack - Art Quotes - 20th century Australian painter, draftsman, and printmaker famous for his depictions of life in Australia.
• Elisabeth Cummings - Art Quotes - Popular Australian female artist known for her landscape paintings and prints of Australia.
• William Dobell - Art Quotes - Australian portrait painter and Archibald Prize winner with his controversial Joshua Smith portrait.
• Ken Done - Art Quotes - Famous Australian artist known for his brightly colored expressive paintings of the Sydney Harbour and life in Australia.
• Russell Drysdale - Art Quotes - Notable Australian painter and draughtsman who painted the Australian outback and the people in it.
• James Gleeson - Art Quotes - Notable Australian gay artist, painter, poet, arts writer and surrealist.
• Emily Kngwarreye - Art Quotes - Famous Australian Aboriginal artist known for her contemporary looking paintings steeped in traditional history and culture.
• Frederick McCubbin - Art Quotes - Popular Australian painter associated with the Heidelberg School of painters and Australian Impressionism.
• Albert Namatjira - Art Quotes - Famous Aboriginal Australian artist known for his watercolor landscape painting of the Australian outback.
• Margaret Olley - Art Quotes - Notable Australian painter and philanthropist known for her still life and home interior paintings.
• John Olsen - Art Quotes - Famous landscape painter and printmaker known for his pictures of the Australian outback.
• Lloyd Rees - Art Quotes - Notable Australian artist famous for his wonderful landscape paintings, drawings and prints.
• Tom Roberts - Art Quotes - English born Australian painter associated with the Heidelberg School of painters and Australian Impressionism.
• Sidney Nolan - Art Quotes - Renowned Australian artist famous for his Ned Kelly series of paintings depicting the bushranger and outlaw.
• Jeffrey Smart - Art Quotes - Famous Australian painter of urban landscapes and the people that live in them.
• Grace Cossington Smith - Art Quotes - Famous Australian female painter and one of the pioneering modernists in the country.
• Arthur Streeton - Art Quotes - Famous Australian impressionist painter associated with the Heidelberg School of artists.
• Brett Whiteley - Art Quotes - Famous Australian painter, printmaker and sculptor known for his sensual line.
• Fred Williams - Art Quotes - Influential Australian artist who painted the landscapes of Australia like no painter before him.

 

See also Australian Arts or Art Worldwide.