List of French painters

This is a list of French painters sorted alphabetically and by the century in which the painter was most active.
Alphabetically
A–C
- Pierre Abadie (1896–1972)
 - Edmond Aman-Jean (1858–1936)
 - Albert André (1869–1954)
 - Mathuren Arthur Andrieu (1822–1896)
 - Gaston Anglade (1854–1919)
 - Charles Angrand (1854–1926)
 - Alexandre Antigna (1817–1878)
 - Joseph Apoux (1846–1910)
 - Arcabas (1926–2018)
 - Renée Aspe (1922–1969)
 - Louise Astoud-Trolley (1817–1883)
 - Etienne Aubry (1746–1781)
 - Louis-François Aubry (1770–1850)
 - Joseph Aved (1702–1766)
 - Jean Bardin (1732–1809)
 - Rex Barrat (1914–1974)
 - Georges Barrière (1881–1944)
 - Cécile Bart (born 1958)
 - Jacques Barcat (1877–1955)
 - Adrien Bas (1884–1925)
 - Jean-François Batut (1828–1907)
 - Jean René Bazaine (1904–2001)
 - Frédéric Bazille (1841–1870)
 - Geneviève Brossard de Beaulieu (fl. c. 1770–1815)
 - Amar Ben Belgacem (1979–2010)
 - Andrée Belle (1840–1901)
 - Louis Émile Benassit (1833–1902)
 - Pierre Berchet (1659–1720)
 - Marcelle Bergerol (1901–1989)
 - Antoine Berjon (1754–1843)
 - André Beronneau (1886–1973)
 - Louis Béroud (1852–1930)
 - Jean-Baptiste Bertrand (1823–1887)
 - Raymond Besse (1899–1969)
 - Louis Bissinger (1899–1978)
 - Sophie Blum-Lazarus (1867–1944)
 - Pierre Bobot (1902–1974)
 - Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761–1845)
 - Jean-François Boisard (1762–1820)
 - Maurice Boitel (1919–2007)
 - Rosa Bonheur (1822–1899)
 - Leon Bonnat (1833–1922)
 - Jean de Botton (1898–1978)
 - François Boucher (1703–1770)
 - Henri Bouchet-Doumenq (1834–1884)
 - Eugène Boudin (1824–1898)
 - William Bouguereau (1825–1905)
 - Gustave Boulanger (1824–1888)
 - Charles Boulanger de Boisfremont (1773–1838)
 - Valentin de Boulogne (1591–1632)
 - Abel-Dominique Boyé (1864–1934)
 - Louis Braquaval (1854–1919)
 - Georges Braque (1882–1963)
 - Ernest Breton (1812–1875)
 - Gustave Brion (1824–1877)
 - Pierre Brissaud (1885–1964)
 - Pierre-Nicolas Brisset (1810–1890)
 - François Brochet (1925–2001)
 - Bernard Buffet (1928–1999)
 - Étienne Buffet (1866–1948)
 - Camille-Léopold Cabaillot-Lassalle (1839–1902)
 - Louis-Nicolas Cabat (1812–1893)
 - Gustave Caillebotte (1848–1894)
 - Philippe Calandre (born 1964)
 - Robert Campin (1378–1445)
 - Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (1824–1887)
 - Louis-Robert Carrier-Belleuse (1848–1913)
 - Eugène Carrière (1849–1906)
 - Clément Castelli (1870–1959)
 - Paul Cézanne (1839–1906)
 - Narcisse Chaillou (1835–1916)
 - Marguerite Émilie Chalgrin (1760–1794)
 - Charles-Michel-Ange Challe (1718–1778)
 - Jean-Baptiste de Champaigne (1631–1681)
 - Philippe de Champaigne (1602–1674)
 - Jérôme-François Chantereau (1710?—?)
 - Jean Chardin (1643–1713)
 - Jean Siméon Chardin (1699–1779)
 - José Charlet (1916–1993)
 - Théodore Chassériau (1819–1856)
 - Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824–1898)
 - Wang Yan Cheng (born 1960)
 - Jules Chéret (1839–1932)
 - Aimée Julie Cheron (1821–c. 1890)
 - Serge Chubine/Choubine, pseudonym of Sergei Aleksandrovich Zalshupin (1898/1900-1931)
 - Antoine Chintreuil (1816–1873)
 - Félix Auguste Clément (1826–1888)
 - Charles-Louis Clérisseau (1721–1820)
 - François Clouet (1515–1572)
 - Jean Clouet (1480–1541)
 - Léon Cogniet (1794–1880)
 - Alphonse Colas (1818–1887)
 - Émile Colinus (1884–1966)
 - Nicolas Colombel (1646–1717)
 - Charles-Fernand de Condamy (1855–1913)
 - Lydia Corbett (born 1927)
 - Roger de la Corbière (1893–1974)
 - Frédéric Samuel Cordey (1854–1911)
 - Karen Joubert Cordier (born 1954)
 - Gilles Cormery (1950–1999)
 - Fernand Cormon (1845–1924)
 - Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796–1875)
 - Pierre Auguste Cot (1837–1883)
 - Charles Cottet (1863–1925)
 - Amédée Courbet (1827–1885)
 - Gustave Courbet (1819–1877)
 - Jean Cousin the Elder (1500–c. 1593)
 - Jean Cousin the Younger (c. 1522–1595)
 - Thomas Couture (1815–1879)
 - Joseph Crepin (1875–1948)
 - Louis-Philippe Crépin (1772–1851)
 - Eugene Emmanuel Amaury Duval (1808–1885)
 - Théodore Basset de Jolimont (1787–1854)
 
D–G
- Albert Dagnaux (1861–1933)
 - Augustine Dallemagne (1821–1875)
 - Charles-François Daubigny (1817–1878)
 - Fernand Dauchot (1898–1982)
 - Adrien Dauzats (1804–1868)
 - Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825)
 - Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps (1803–1860)
 - Adolphe Déchenaud (1868–1926)
 - Johan Stephan Decker (1784–1844)
 - Edgar Degas (1834–1917)
 - Alfred Dehodencq (1822–1882)
 - Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863)
 - Édouard Delaporte (1909–1983)
 - Paul Delaroche (1797–1856)
 - Jules-Élie Delaunay (1828–1891)
 - Robert Delaunay (1885–1941)
 - François-Alfred Delobbe (1835–1920)
 - Marguerite Delorme (1876–1946)
 - Maite Delteil (born 1933)
 - Maurice Denis (1870–1943)
 - André Derain (1880–1954)
 - Jean-Baptiste-Henri Deshays (1729–1765)
 - Henry d'Estienne (1872–1949)
 - Édouard Detaille (1848–1912)
 - Narcisse Virgilio Díaz (1807–1876)
 - Étienne Dinet (1861–1929)
 - Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968)
 - Suzanne Duchamp (1889–1963)
 - Joseph Ducreux (1735–1802)
 - Georges Dufrénoy (1870–1943)
 - Marie Duhem (1871–1918)
 - Henri-Julien Dumont (1859–1921)
 - Joseph Siffred Duplessis (1725–1802)
 - François-Léonard Dupont-Watteau (1756–1824)
 - Jules Dupré (1811–1899)
 - Jean Dupuy (1925–2021)
 - Marcel Dyf (1899–1985)[1]
 - Pierre Ernou (1685–1739)
 - Charles Eschard (1748–1810)
 - Bracha L. Ettinger (born 1948)
 - Henri Fantin-Latour (1836–1904)
 - Auguste Feyen-Perrin (1826–1888)
 - Clara Filleul (1822–1878)
 - Hélène Feillet (1812–1889)
 - Jean Fernand (born 1948)
 - Charles Filiger (1863–1928)
 - Rosalie Filleul (1752–1794)
 - Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin (1809–1864)
 - Camille Flers (1802–1868)
 - René Fontayne (1891–1952)
 - Jean Fouquet (1425–1481)
 - Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806)
 - Yitzhak Frenkel (1899–1981)
 - Pierre Édouard Frère (1819–1886)
 - Charles-Théodore Frère (1814–1886)
 - Émile Friant (1863–1932)
 - Eugène Fromentin (1820–1876)
 - Pierre Gandon (1899–1990)
 - Paul Gauguin (1848–1903)
 - François Gérard (1770–1837)
 - Théodore Géricault (1791–1824)
 - Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904)
 - Félix-Henri Giacomotti (1828–1909)
 - René Gillotin (1814–1861)
 - Georges Gimel (1898–1962)
 - Charles Léon Godeby (1866–1952)
 - Alain Godon (born 1964)
 - Eugène Goyet (1798–1857)
 - Zoé Goyet (died 1869)
 - Jean-Baptiste Goyet (1779–1854)
 - Jean-Pierre Granger (1779–1840)
 - Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725–1805)
 - Antoine-Jean Gros (1771–1835)
 - Gabriel Guay (1848–1923)
 - Anne Guéret (1760–1805)
 - François Guiguet (1860–1937)
 - Armand Guillaumin (1841–1927)
 - Alvaro Guillot (1931–2010)
 
H–M
- Ahmed Hajeri (born 1948)
 - Fulchran-Jean Harriet (1778–1805)
 - T'ang Haywen (1927–1991)
 - I.J. Berthe Hess (1925–1996)
 - René Charles Edmond His (1877–1960)
 - Anne Marguerite Hyde de Neuville (1771–1849)
 - Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780–1867)
 - Étienne Jeaurat (1699–1789)
 - Jeanne Jégou-Cadart
 - Henri de Jordan (1944–1996)
 - Jean Jouvenet (1644–1717)
 - Victor Koulbak (born 1946)
 - Georges Lacombe (1868–1916)
 - Pierre Laffillé (1938–2011)
 - Louis Lafitte (1770–1828)
 - Antonio de La Gándara (1861–1917)
 - Pierre Lamalattie (born 1956)
 - Elisa de Lamartine (1790–1863)
 - Espérance Langlois (1805–1864)
 - Eustache-Hyacinthe Langlois (1777–1837)
 - Jean-Charles Langlois (1789–1870)
 - Polyclès Langlois (1813–1872)
 - Langlois de Sézanne (1757–1845)
 - François Lanzi (1916–1988)
 - Edmond-Édouard Lapeyre (1880–1960)
 - Gaston La Touche (1854–1913)
 - Alfred Latour (1888–1964)
 - Georges de La Tour (1593–1652)
 - Joseph Latour (1806–1863)
 - Jean-Paul Laurens (1838–1921)
 - Jules Laurens (1825–1901)
 - Andrée Lavieille (1887–1960)
 - Eugène Lavieille (1820–1889)
 - Marie Adrien Lavieille (1852–1911)
 - Charles Lebayle (1856–1898)
 - Charles Le Brun (1619–1690)
 - Claude Lefebvre (1633–1675)
 - Fernand Léger (1881–1955)
 - Amélie Legrand of Saint-Aubin (1797–1878)
 - Anne-Louise Le Jeuneux (died 1794)
 - Le Nain brothers (c. 1599–1677)
 - Louis Le Nain (1593–1648)
 - Charles-Amable Lenoir (1860–1926)
 - Jean Paul Leon (born 1955)
 - Eugène Lepoittevin (1806–1870)
 - Xavier Leprince (1799–1826)
 - Alfred Lesbros (1873–1940)
 - Eustache Lesueur (1617–1655)
 - Pierre Le Tellier (1614–1702)
 - Louis Levacher (1934–1983)
 - Jacques Linard (1597–1645)
 - Fleury Linossier (born 1902)
 - Louis-Anselme Longa (1809–1869)
 - Inès Longevial (born 1990)
 - Claudine Loquen (born 1965)
 - Louis Michel van Loo (1707–1771)
 - Évariste Vital Luminais (1821–1896)
 - Richard Maguet (1896–1940)
 - Aristide Maillol (1861–1944)
 - André Maire (1898–1984)
 - Jacques Majorelle (1886–1962)
 - Henri Malançon (1876–1960)
 - Henri Malançon (1876–1960)
 - Eugène de Malbos (1811–1858)
 - Vincent Manago (1880–1936)
 - Édouard Manet (1832–1883)
 - Adrien Manglard (1695–1760)
 - Pierre Marcel-Béronneau (1869–1937)
 - Prosper Marilhat (1811–1847)
 - Paul Marny (1829–1914)
 - Henri Marret (1878–1964)
 - Olivier Masmonteil (born 1973)
 - Henri Matisse (1869–1954)
 - Théo Mercier (born 1984)
 - Pierre-Charles Le Mettay (1726–1759)
 - Pierre Émile Metzmacher (1842–1916)
 - Pierre Mignard (1612–1695)
 - Ksenia Milicevic (born 1942)
 - Jean-François Millet (1814–1875)
 - Maurice Moisset (1860–1946)
 - Benoît-Hermogaste Molin (1810–1894)
 - Alphonse Monchablon (1835–1907)
 - Jan Monchablon (1854–1904)
 - Claude Monet (1840–1926)
 - Jules Monge (1855–1934)
 - François-André Vincent (1746–1816)
 - Nicolas-André Monsiau (1754–1837)
 - Gustave Moreau (1826–1898)
 - Berthe Morisot (1841–1895)
 - Zareh Moskofian (1898–1987)
 - Henri-Paul Motte (1846–1922)
 
N–R
- Nasty (graffiti) (born 1975)
 - Louis Nattero (1870–1915)
 - Louis Nattero (1870–1915)
 - Alfred-Arthur Brunel de Neuville (1852–1941)
 - Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville (1836–1885)
 - Virgilije Nevjestić (1935–2009)
 - Joseph de La Nézière (1873–1944)
 - Jean Nicolle (1610–c. 1650)
 - Boris O'Klein (1893–1985)
 - Jean-Baptiste Olive (1848–1936)
 - Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686–1755)
 - Milena Palakarkina (born 1959)
 - Gen Paul (1895–1975)
 - Fernand Pelez (1843–1913)
 - Jacques Pellegrin (1944–2021)
 - Albert Joseph Pénot (1862–1930)
 - Edmond Marie Petitjean (1844–1925)
 - Hippolyte Petitjean (1854–1929)
 - Alexis Peyrotte (1699–1769)
 - Francis Picabia (1879–1953)
 - Charles Picart Le Doux (1881–1959)
 - François-Édouard Picot (1786–1868)
 - Henri-Pierre Picou (1824–1895)
 - Patrick Pietropoli (born 1953)[2]
 - Henri Pinta (1856–1944)
 - Camille Pissarro (1830–1903)
 - Claude Plessier (born 1946)
 - Nicolas de Poilly the Younger (1675–1747)
 - Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665)
 - Auguste Prévot-Valéri (1857–1930)
 - André Prévot-Valéri (1890–1959)
 - Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824–1898)
 - Jean Puy (1876–1960)
 - Denis Prieur (born 1957)
 - Léon Printemps (1871–1945)
 - Quentin de La Tour (1704–1788)
 - Yehiel Rabinowitz (born 1939)
 - Alexandre Rachmiel (1835–1918)
 - Odilon Redon (1840–1916)
 - Jean-Baptiste Regnault (1754–1829)
 - Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919)
 - Charles-Caïus Renoux (1795–1846)
 - Eustache Restout (1655–1743)
 - Jacques Restout (1650–1701)
 - Marc Restout (1616–1684)
 - Thomas Restout (1671–1754)
 - Philippe Richard (born 1962)
 - Raymond Rochette (1906–1993)
 - Jeff Roland (born 1969)
 - Bernard Rosenblum (1927–2007)
 - Édouard Rosset-Granger (1853–1934)
 - Georges Rouault (1871–1958)
 - Jean Rouppert (1887–1979)
 - Henri Rousseau (1844–1910)
 - Théodore Rousseau (1812–1867)
 - Monique de Roux (born 1946)
 - Ferdinand Roybet (1840–1920)
 - Henri Royer (1869–1938)
 
S–Z
- Fernande Sadler (1869–1949)
 - Niki de Saint Phalle (1930–2002)
 - Lucienne de Saint-Mart (1866–1953)
 - Nicola Rosini Di Santi (born 1959)
 - Maurice Savin (1894–1973)
 - Jean-Jacques Scherrer (1855–1916)
 - Franz Schrader (1844–1924)
 - Théophile Schuler (1821–1878)
 - René Schützenberger (1860–1916)
 - Hippolyte Sebron (1801–1879)
 - Jean Seignemartin (1848–1875)
 - Jean Pierre Serrier (1934–1989)
 - Henri Sert (1938–1964)
 - Georges Seurat (1859–1891)
 - Ibrahim Shahda (1929–1991)
 - Paul Sibra (1889–1951)
 - Sotiris René Sidiropoulos (born 1977)
 - Paul Signac (1863–1935)
 - Pierre Soulages (1919–2022)
 - Nicolas de Staël (1914–1955)
 - Jacques Stella (1596–1657)
 - Michel Suret-Canale (born 1957)
 - Alfred Swieykowski (1869–1953)
 - Tancrède Synave (1870–1936)
 - Octave Tassaert (1800–1874)
 - Louis Tauzin (1842–1915)
 - Georges William Thornley (1857–1935)
 - James Tissot (1836–1902)
 - François Topino-Lebrun (1764–1801)
 - Victor Tortez (1843–1890)
 - Édouard Toudouze (1848–1907)
 - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901)
 - Anthelme Trimolet (1798–1866)
 - Constant Troyon (1810–1865)
 - Marie-Renée Ucciani (1883–1963)
 - Maurice Utrillo (1883–1955)
 - Suzanne Valadon (1865–1938)
 - Pierre Adolphe Valette (1876–1942)
 - Aimé Venel (born 1950)
 - Louis Mathieu Verdilhan (1875–1928)
 - Claude Joseph Vernet (1714–1789)
 - Horace Vernet (1789–1863)
 - Bernard Vidal (born 1944)
 - Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun (1755–1842)
 - Victor Vignon (1847–1909)
 - Jean Vigoureux (1907–1986)
 - Jean-Marie Villard (1828–1899)
 - Marie-Denise Villers (1774–1821)
 - Jacques Villon (1875–1963)
 - Henri Vincent-Anglade (1876–1956)
 - André-Léon Vivrel (1886–1976)
 - Lucien Vogt (1891–1968)
 - Simon Vouet (1590–1649)
 - Arnaud Courlet de Vregille (born 1958)
 - Édouard Vuillard (1868–1940)
 - Joseph Wamps (1689–1744)
 - Antoine Watteau (1684–1721)
 - François Willi Wendt (1909–1970)
 - Georges Yatridès (1931–2019)
 - Sergei Aleksandrovich Zalshupin (1898/1900-1931)
 - Félix Ziem (1821–1911)
 - Achille Zo (1826–1901)
 
By century
15th century
- Robert Campin (1378–1445)
 - Jean Fouquet (1425–1481)
 
16th century
- Jean Clouet (1480–1541)
 - Corneille de Lyon (1500–1575)
 - Jean Cousin the Elder (1500–c. 1593)
 - François Clouet (1515–1572)
 - Jean Cousin the Younger (c. 1522–1595)
 
17th century
- Simon Vouet (1590–1649)
 - Louis Le Nain (1593–1648)
 - Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665)
 - Jacques Stella (1596–1657)
 - Jacques Linard (1597–1645)
 - Sebastian Stoskopff (1597–1657)
 - Le Nain brothers (c. 1599–1677)
 - Philippe de Champaigne (1602–1674)
 - Jean Nicolle (1610–c. 1650)
 - Pierre Mignard (1612–1695)
 - Daniel Hallé (1614–1675)
 - Pierre Le Tellier (1614–1702)
 - Marc Restout (1616–1684)
 - Eustache Lesueur (1617–1655)
 - Charles Le Brun (1619–1690)
 - Jean-Baptiste de Champaigne (1631–1681)
 - Jean Chardin (1643–1713)
 - Jean Jouvenet (1644–1717)
 - François de Troy (1645–1730)
 - Nicolas Colombel (1646–1717)
 - Jacques Restout (1650–1701)
 - Claude Guy Hallé (1652–1736)
 - Eustache Restout (1655–1743)
 - Louis de Boullogne (1657–1733)
 - Pierre Berchet (1659–1720)
 
18th century
- Nicolas Bertin (1667–1736)
 - Thomas Restout (1671–1754)
 - Nicolas de Poilly the Younger (1675–1747)
 - Antoine Watteau (1684–1721)
 - Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686–1755)
 - Nicolas Lancret (1690–1743)
 - Jean Siméon Chardin (1699–1779)
 - Étienne Jeaurat (1699–1789)
 - Joseph Aved (1702–1766)
 - François Boucher (1703–1770)
 - Maurice Quentin de La Tour (1704–1788)
 - Louis Michel van Loo (1707–1771)
 - Jérôme-François Chantereau (1710?–?)
 - Noël Hallé (1711–1781)
 - Charles-Louis Clérisseau (1721–1820)
 - Joseph Siffred Duplessis (1725–1802)
 - Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725–1805)
 - Michel-Bruno Bellengé (1726–1793)
 - Jean-Baptiste-Henri Deshays (1729–1765)
 - Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806)
 - Jean Bardin (1732–1809)
 - Joseph Ducreux (1735–1802)
 - Marie-Geneviève Navarre (1737–1795)
 - Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825)
 - Charles Eschard (1748–1810)
 - Rosalie Filleul (1752–1794)
 - Jean-Baptiste Regnault (1754–1829)
 - Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun (1755–1842)
 - François-Léonard Dupont-Watteau (1756–1824)
 - Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761–1845)
 - Sophie Prieur (active late 18th century)
 
19th century
- Zoé Goyet (died 1869)
 - Jean-Baptiste Goyet (1779–1854)
 - Jean-François Boisard (1762–1820)
 - Thomas Henry (1766–1836)
 - Marie-Denise Villers (1774–1821)
 - Dominique Ingres (1780–1867)
 - Johan Stephan Decker (1784–1844)
 - Stéphanie de Virieu (1785–1873)
 - Charles-Caïus Renoux (1795–1846)
 - Xavier Leprince (1799–1826))
 - Clara Filleul (1822–1878)
 - Théodore Géricault (1791–1824)
 - Jean-Baptiste Louis Gros (1793–1870)
 - Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796–1875)
 - Amélie Legrand of Saint-Aubin (1797–1878)
 - Eugène Goyet (1798–1857)
 - Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863)
 - Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps (1803–1860)
 - Eugène Lepoittevin (1806–1870)
 - Narcisse Virgilio Díaz (1807–1876)
 - Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin (1809–1864)
 - Théodore Rousseau (1812–1867)
 - Ernest Breton (1812–1875)
 - Jean-François Millet (1814–1875)
 - Antoine Chintreuil (1816–1873)
 - Louise Astoud-Trolley (1817–1883)
 - Charles-François Daubigny (1817–1878)
 - Théodore Chassériau (1819–1856)
 - Gustave Courbet (1819–1877)
 - Eugène Lavieille (1820–1889)
 - Alfred Dehodencq (1822–1882)
 - Rosa Bonheur (1822–1899)
 - Jean-Baptiste Bertrand (1823–1887)
 - Gustave Boulanger (1824–1888)
 - Henri-Pierre Picou (1824–1895)
 - Eugène Boudin (1824–1898)
 - Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824–1898)
 - William Bouguereau (1825–1905)
 - Achille Zo (1826–1901)
 - Gustave Moreau (1826–1898)
 - Jules-Élie Delaunay (1828–1891)
 - Camille Pissarro (1830–1903)
 - Édouard Manet (1832–1883)
 - Leon Bonnat (1833–1922)
 - Louis Émile Benassit (1833–1902)
 - Edgar Degas (1834–1917)
 - Jean-Paul Laurens (1838–1921)
 - Paul Cézanne (1839–1906)
 - Claude Monet (1840–1926)
 - Auguste Renoir (1841–1919)
 - Frédéric Bazille (1841–1870)
 - Berthe Morisot (1841–1895)
 - Armand Guillaumin (1841–1927)
 - Victor Tortez (1843–1890)
 - Henri Rousseau (1844–1910)
 - Gustave Caillebotte (1848–1894)
 - Paul Gauguin (1848–1903)
 - Gabriel Guay (1848–1923)
 - Gaston Anglade (1854–1919)
 - Charles Angrand (1854–1926)
 - Frédéric Samuel Cordey (1854–1911)
 - Hippolyte Petitjean (1854–1929)
 - Jules Monge (1855–1934)
 - Henri Pinta (1856–1944)
 - Auguste Prévot-Valéri (1857–1830)
 - Georges Seurat (1859–1891)
 - Charles-Amable Lenoir (1860–1926)
 - James Tissot (1836–1902)
 
20th century
- Pierre Abadie (1896–1972)
 - Jean-François Batut (1828–1907)
 - Paul Marny (1829–1914)
 - Alexandre Rachmiel (1835–1918)
 - Narcisse Chaillou (1835–1916)
 - Andrée Belle (1840–1901)
 - Louis Tauzin (1842–1915)
 - Franz Schrader (1844–1924)
 - Alfred-Arthur Brunel de Neuville (1852–1941)
 - Charles-Fernand de Condamy (1855–1913)
 - Jules Monge (1855–1934)
 - Henri-Julien Dumont (1859–1921)
 - Maurice Moisset (1860–1946)
 - Aristide Maillol (1861–1944)
 - Albert Joseph Pénot (1862–1930)
 - Paul Signac (1863–1935)
 - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901)
 - Charles Léon Godeby (1866–1952)
 - Sophie Blum-Lazarus (1867–1944)
 - André Devambez (1867–1944)
 - Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947)
 - Édouard Vuillard (1868–1940)
 - Alfred Swieykowski (1869–1953)
 - Henri Matisse (1869–1954)
 - Henri Royer (1869–1938)
 - Clément Castelli (1870–1959)
 - Georges Dufrénoy (1870–1943)
 - Maurice Denis (1870–1943)
 - Tancrède Synave (1870–1936)
 - Georges Rouault (1871–1958)
 - Léon Printemps (1871–1945)
 - Henry d'Estienne (1872–1949)
 - Alfred Lesbros (1873–1940)
 - Joseph de La Nézière (1873–1944)
 - Louis Mathieu Verdilhan (1875–1928)
 - Joseph Crepin (1875–1948)
 - Henri Malançon (1876–1960)
 - Henri Vincent-Anglade (1876–1956)
 - Marguerite Delorme (1876–1946)
 - Jean Puy (1876–1960)
 - René Charles Edmond His (1877–1960)
 - Henri Marret (1878–1964)
 - Edmond-Édouard Lapeyre (1880–1960)
 - Vincent Manago (1880–1936)
 - Fernand Léger (1881–1955)
 - Georges Barrière (1881–1944)
 - Pierre Bodard (1881–1937)
 - Charles Picart Le Doux (1881–1959)
 - Georges Braque (1882–1963)
 - Maurice Utrillo (1883–1955)
 - Émile Colinus (1884–1966)
 - André Beronneau (1886–1973)
 - André-Léon Vivrel (1886–1976)
 - Jacques Majorelle (1886–1962)
 - Jean Rouppert (1887–1979)
 - Alfred Latour (1888–1964)
 - Paul Sibra (1889–1951)
 - André Prévot-Valéri (1890–1959)
 - Lucien Vogt (1891–1968)
 - René Fontayne (1891–1952)
 - Boris O'Klein (1893–1985)
 - Roger de la Corbière (1893–1974)
 - Maurice Savin (1894–1973)
 - Jean de Botton (1898–1978)
 - André Maire (1898–1984)
 - Fernand Dauchot (1898–1982)
 - Zareh Moskofian (1898–1987)
 - Sergei Aleksandrovich Zalshupin / Serge Chubine / Serge Choubine (1898/1900-1931)
 - Jean Cocteau (1899–1963)
 - Louis Bissinger (1899–1978)
 - Raymond Besse (1899–1969)
 - Yitzhak Frenkel (1899–1981)
 - Jean Dubuffet (1901–1985)
 - Marcelle Bergerol (1901–1989)
 - Pierre Bobot (1902–1974)
 - Jean Bazaine (1904–2001)
 - Henri Cadiou (1906–1989)
 - Raymond Rochette (1906–1993)
 - Camille Bryen (1907–1977)
 - Jean Vigoureux (1907–1986)
 - Édouard Delaporte (1909–1983)
 - François Willi Wendt (1909–1970)
 - Rex Barrat (1914–1974)
 - Gérard Locardi (1915–1998)
 - José Charlet (1916–1993)
 - Andrée Le Coultre (1917–1986)
 - Maurice Boitel (1919–2007)
 - Renée Aspe (1922–1969)
 - François Brochet (1925–2001)
 - I.J. Berthe Hess (1925–1996)
 - Arcabas (1926–2018)
 - Bernard Rosenblum (1927–2007)
 - T'ang Haywen (1927–1991)
 - Alvaro Guillot (1931–2010)
 - Georges Yatridès (1931–2019)
 - Jean Pierre Serrier (1934–1989)
 - Virgilije Nevjestić (1935–2009)
 - Henri Sert (1938–1964)
 - Yehiel Rabinowitz (born 1939)
 - Ksenia Milicevic (born 1942)
 - Bernard Vidal (1944–2019)
 - Henri de Jordan (1944–1996)
 - Jacques Pellegrin (painter) (born 1944)
 - Claude Plessier (born 1946)
 - Monique de Roux (born 1946)
 - Victor Koulbak (born 1946)
 - Ahmed Hajeri (born 1948)
 - Bracha L. Ettinger (born 1948)
 - Aimé Venel (born 1950)
 - Karen Joubert Cordier (born 1954)
 - Jean Paul Leon (born 1955)[3]
 - Pierre Lamalattie (born 1956)
 - Denis Prieur (born 1957)
 - Michel Suret-Canale (born 1957)
 - Arnaud Courlet de Vregille (born 1958)
 - Nicola Rosini Di Santi (born 1959)
 - Wang Yan Cheng (born 1960)
 - Jean Fernand (born 1948)
 - Philippe Richard (born 1962)
 - Philippe Calandre (born 1964)
 - Jeff Roland (born 1969)
 - Olivier Masmonteil (born 1973)
 - Sotiris René Sidiropoulos (born 1977)
 - Amar Ben Belgacem (1979–2010)
 - Théo Mercier (born 1984)
 - Seb Toussaint (born 1988)
 
See also
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