Herb Aach (1923–1985)
Hans von Aachen (1552–1615), German Mannerist painter
Pacita Abad (1946–2004), multimedia artist and painter, born in Philippine
Reza Abbasi (1565–1635), Persian miniaturist, painter and calligrapher of the Isfahan School of Art
Giuseppe Abbati (1836–1868), Italian artist of the Macchiaioli group
Edwin Austin Abbey (1852–1911), American artist, illustrator and painter
Mary Abbott (1921–present)
Basoeki Abdullah (1915–1993), South Asian artist
Josef Abel (1768–1818), Painter of historical works and professor, Australian
Nikolai Abraham Abildgaard (1743–1809), Danish artist and antiques artist
Ruth Abrams (1912–1986)
Philip Absolon (1960), English artist and founding member of stuckist art group
?smail Acar (1971),Turkish artist and painter
Bernard Accama (1697–1756), Dutch historian and portrait painter
Andreas Achenbach (1815–1910), German landscape painter
Oswald Achenbach (1827–1905), German landscape painter
Pat Adams (1928–part)
Jankel Adler (1895–1949), Polish painter and engraver
Pieter Aertsen (1508–1575), Dutch historical painter
Nadir Afonso (born 1920), geometric abstract painter
Leonid Afremov (born 1955),born in Belarus, lives in Israel, a modern painter of landscapes, cityscapes and figures uses a spatula to paint
Yaacov Agam (born 1928), Israeli sculptor and art historian
Lubna Agha (1949–present), South Asian artist
Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767–1848), painter of all that is of natural origin, animals and landscape
Christoph Ludwig Agricola (1667–1719), German landscape painter
AI Xuan (1947),Chinese painter
Ivan Aivazovsky (1817–1900), Russian painter of Armenian origin, in particular of seascapes
Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz (1852–1916), Polish portrait painter, portrait painter
Francesco Albani (1578–1660), Italian Baroque painter
Josef Albers (1888–1976), Born in Germany American artist, mathematician and educator
Mariotto Albertinelli (1474–1515), Italian Renaissance painter present in the Florentine high school
Ivan Albright (1897–1983), painter of magical realism and artist, in particular self-portraits, character studies, and still lifes
Kazimierz Alchimowicz (1840–1916), born in Lithuania, lived in Poland, a Romantic painter
L. Alcopley (1910–1992), German-American graduate in medical sciences and artist, attended the New York School
Pierre Alechinsky (1927),Belgian artist
Fedor Alekseev (1753–1824), Russian landscape painter
Mikoláš Aleš (1852–1913), Czech painter
Else Alfelt (1910–1974), Danish painter, is one of two women participating in the COBRA movement
Brian Alfred (born 1974), New York painter specializing in urban space representations
David Allan (1744–1796), Scottish painter, in particular of historical subjects
Lawrence Allen (1954–part)
Alessandro Allori (1535–1607), Italian portrait painter of late Mannerism, attended the Florentine school
Cristofano Allori (1577–1621), Italian portrait painter of late Mannerism, attended the Florentine school
Washington Allston (1779–1843), American poet and painter
Laura Teresa Alma-Tadema (1852–1909), second wife of painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema and a painter in her own right
Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836–1912), Dutch painter with English origins, portrays above all subjects that extol the luxury and decadence of the Roman Empire
Almeida Júnior (1859–1899), Brazilian realist painter
Charles Alston (1907–1977), African American artist, muralist, and teacher
Margareta Alströmer (1763–1816), Swedish painter and singer
Rudolf von Alt (1812–1908), Austrian architectural landscape painter
Albrecht Altdorfer (1480–1538), German landscape painter, engraver and Renaissance architect
Altichiero (1330–1395), Italian painter of Gothic style
Pedro Álvarez Castelló (1967–2004), Cuban artist
Edmond Aman-Jean (1860–1936), Symbolist painter French
Tarsila do Amaral (1886–1973), Latin American modernist artist
Gregory Amenoff (1948–part)
Friedrich von Amerling (1803–1887), Austro-Hungarian portrait painter at the court of Franz Joseph
Jacopo Amigoni (1682–1752), Late Baroque and Rococo Italian painter
Rodolfo Amoedo (1857–1941), Brazilian painter and interior designer
Rick Amor (1948–1948), Australian distinguished as an artist for war and figurative, as well as painter
Anna Ancher (1859–1935), Danish painter artist, in particular interiors and simple themes of people's daily lives
Michael Peter Ancher (1849–1927), Danish portrait painter
Cesare Andrade Faini (1913),Ecuadorian painter and teacher
Alfons Anders (1928–1998)
Dagmar Anders (1949–part)
Carl Andre (1935),American minimalist artist
Constantine Andreou (1917–2007), Greek painter and sculptor
Blessed Angelic (1387–1445), Italian Renaissance painter
Hermenegildo Anglada Camarasa (1872–1952), Spanish painter
Charles Angrand (1854–1926), new Impressionist French and anarchist
Sophonisba Anguissola (1532–1625), Italian Renaissance painter
Rita Angus (1908–1970), New Zealand portrait and landscape painter
Albert Anker (1831–1910), Swiss painter
Louis Anquetin (1861–1932), Painter and writer French
Horst Antes (born 1936), German painter and sculptor
Richard Anuszkiewicz (1930),American artist of Op Art
Apelles (4th century BC), painter of ancient Greece
Zvest Apollonio (1935–2009), Italian but with Slovenian connection, artist and painter
Karel Appel (1921–2006), Dutch painter, sculptor and poet
Oscar Araripe (1941),Brazilian artist, writer, educator, and social and ecological activist
Félix Arauz (born 1935), Latin American painter
Giussepe Arcimboldo (1527–1593), Italian painter, in particular the portrait of faces composed exclusively of objects, such as fruits and vegetables
Avigdor Arikha (born 1929), Israeli painter with French origins, engraver and art historian
John Armleder (1948–), Swiss Neo-Geo artist of paintings and sculptures
Jean Arp (1886–1966), German sculptor-French, painter, poet and abstract painter
Richard Artschwager (1929–present)
Jean-Michel Atlan (1913–1960), Artist French
John James Audubon (1785–1851), American ornithologist, naturalist, hunter, and painter
Frank Auerbach (born 1931), German-born English painter in particular of female models and scenes in London
Jules Robert Auguste (1789–1850), French painter
George Ault (1891–1948), American painter
Giuseppe Avanzi (1645–1718), Italian Baroque painter
Edward Avedisian (1936–2007), American abstract painter
Hendrick Avercamp (1585–1634), Dutch landscape painter
Milton Avery (1885–1965), modern American painter
Nikola Avramov (1897–1945), Bulgarian painter specializing in the reproduction of still lifes
Colin William Ayres (1947–part)
Anton Azbe (1870–1949), Slovenian painter and teacher
Giovanni Bernardino Azzolino or Mazzolini or Asoleni (c.1572-c.1645), Italian painter