List of Belgian painters

This is a list of Belgian painters. Where available, it includes the painter's place and year of birth; the place and year of death; and painting style.

For painters from this region before 1830, see List of Flemish painters.

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A

• Pierre Abattucci (1871–1942)
• Edouard Agneessens (1842–1885)
• Pierre Alechinsky (born in Brussels, 1927) – Contemporary
• Harold Ancart
• Carla Arocha (born in Caracas, Venezuela)
• Alphonse Asselbergs (born in Brussels) (1839–1916)

B

• Albert Baertsoen (1866–1922) – Impressionism
• Émile Baes (12 November 1879, Brussels – 3 January 1953, Paris) Post-Impressionism
• Firmin Baes (born in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, 1874 – died in Uccle, 1943) – Impressionism
• Rachel Baes (born in Ixelles, 1912 – died in Bruges, 1983) – Surrealism
• Piet Bekaert (1939–2000) – Impressionism
• Anna Boch (1848–1936) – Neo-Impressionism
• Eugène Boch (1855–1941) – Impressionism
• Gaston Bogaert (1918–2008) – Surrealism
• Michaël Borremans (born in Geraardsbergen, 1963)
• Hippolyte Boulenger (1837–1874) – Realism
• Virginie Bovie (1821–1888) – eclectic painter with Flemish Baroque, Romantic, and Realist influences
• Ignace Brice (born in Brussels, 1795 – died in Brussels, 1866), Neoclassicism
• Jean Brusselmans (born in Brussels, 1884 – died in Dilbeek, 1953) Fauvism
• Louis Buisseret (born in Binche, 1888 – died in Brussels, 1956)
• André Buzin (born 1946) – paints animals and flowers

C

• Nestor Cambier (born in Couillet, 1879 – died in Brussels, 1957) – portraiture, landscapes, city views, still lifes, murals, drawings
• Jean-Baptiste Capronnier (born in Brussels, 1814 – died in Brussels, 1891) – stained-glass painter
• Jacques Carabain (born in Amsterdam, 1834 – died in Schaerbeek, 1933) – Cityscape painter
• Marcel Caron (born in Enghien, 1890 – died in Liège, 1961) – Expressionism
• Évariste Carpentier (born in Kuurne, 1845 – died in Liège, 1922) – Naturalism, Impressionism
• Anto Carte (born in Mons, 1886 – died in Ixelles, 1954) – Symbolism, Expressionism
• François Cautaerts (born in Brussels, 1810 – died in Brussels, 1881) – historical and religious themed paintings
• Cécile Cauterman (born in Ghent, 1882 – died in Ghent, 1957) – drawings
• Caroline Chariot-Dayez (born in Brussels, 1958) – Hyperrealism
• Emile Claus (born in Sint-Eloois-Vijve, 1849 – died in Astene, 1924) – Impressionism
• Paul Jean Clays (born in Bruges, 1819 – died in Brussels, 1900) – Marine painting
• Jan Cockx (born in Antwerp, 1891 – died in Antwerp, 1976) – painter and ceramicist
• Jean Baptiste Leopold Colin (1881–1961) – portraits, nudes, and still lifes
• Omer Coppens (born in Dunkirk, 1864 – died in Ixelles, 1926) – Impressionist painter, ceramic artist
• Léon Corthals (born in Temse, 1877 – died in Ixelles, 1935) – portraiture
• Franz Courtens (born in Dendermonde 1854 – died in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode 1943), Pleinairisme, landscape and marine painting
• Jan Cox (born in The Hague, 1919 – died in Antwerp, 1980) – Avant-garde, Abstract art, Figurative
• Luc-peter Crombé (born in Opwijk, 1920 – died 2005)

D

• Paul Daxhelet (born in Liège, 1905 – died in Liège, 1993) – Orientalism
• Hugo Debaere (born in Ghent, 1958 – died in Ghent, 1994) – Avant-garde
• Fritz de Brouckère (born in Brussels, 1879 – died in Brussels, 1928) – Impressionism, Symbolism
• Jan De Cock (born in Brussels, 1976) – Contemporary
• Jos De Cock (born in Kortrijk, 1934 – died in Paris, 2010)
• Henry de Groux (born in Brussels, 1866 – died in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, 1930) – Symbolism
• Carole Dekeijser – Contemporary
• Raoul De Keyser (born in Deinze, 1930–2012) – Abstract
• Hippolyte de la Charlerie (1827–1869) – painter and illustrator
• Basile De Loose (born in Zele, 1809 – died in Brussels, 1885) – portrait and genre painter
• Paul Delvaux (born in Antheit (Wanze) 1897 – died in Veurne, 1994) – Surrealism
• Jean Delville (1867–1953) – Symbolism
• André de Meulemeester (1894–1973) – Flemish-Belgian painter 1917
• Jos de Mey (1928–2007) – Flemish-Belgian painter, primarily of impossible objects in a photo-realistic style
• Albert Demuyser born in Laeken (1920–2003)
• William Degouve de Nuncques (born in Monthermé, 1867 – died 1935) – Symbolism
• Gustave De Smet (born in Ghent, 1877 – died in Deurle (Sint-Martens-Latem), 1943) – Expressionism
• Albrecht De Vriendt (Ghent, 8 December 1843 – Antwerp, 14 October 1900) – Belgian painter known for his genre scenes, history paintings, interiors and figure paintings
• The de Vriendt brothers (Juliaen Joseph (1842–1935) and Albrecht François Lieven (1843–1900))
• Louis Dewis (born in Mons, 1872 – died in Biarritz 1946) – Post-Impressionism
• August De Wilde (born in Lokeren, 1819 – died in Sint-Niklaas 1886) – portrait and genre painter
• Sam Dillemans (born in Leuven 1965) – Contemporary
• Christian Dotremont (born in Tervuren, 1922 – died in Buizingen, 1979) – Avant-garde
• Arpaïs Du Bois (born in Ghent 1973) – Contemporary

E

• James Ensor (born in Ostend, 1860 – died in Ostend, 1949) – painter and printmaker
• Henri Evenepoel (born in Nice, 1872 – died in Paris, 1899) – fauvism

F

• Émile Fabry (born in Verviers, 1865 – died in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, 1966) – Symbolism
• Jean-Michel Folon (born in Uccle 1934 – died in Monaco 2005)
• Théodore Fourmois (1814–1871)  – landscape painter and printmaker
• Pol Fraiture (1946–1981)  – oil paintings and monotypes
• Alice Frey (born in Antwerp, 1895 – died in Ostend, 1981) – Expressionism

G

• Louis Gallait (born in Tournai, 1810 – died in Schaerbeek, 1887)
• Jane Graverol (born in Ixelles, 1905 – died in Fontainebleau, 1984) – Surrealism

H

• Philip Henderickx (born 1976) – Contemporary
• Hugo Heyrman (born in Antwerp, 1942) – Contemporary

J

• Floris Jespers (1889–1965) – Avant-garde

K

• Fernand Khnopff (born in Grembergen, 1858 – died in Brussels, 1921) – Symbolism

L

• Paul Lauters (1806–1875)  – Abstraction, Tachisme, École de Paris
• Georges Emile Lebacq (born in Jemappes, 1876 – died in Bruges, 1950) – Impressionism, Post-Impressionism
• Charles Leickert (born in Brussels, 1816 – died in Mainz, 1907) – Winter scenes
• Georges Lemmen (1865–1916) – Neo-Impressionism
• Auguste Levêque (born in Nivelles, 1866 – died in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, 1921) – painter influenced both by Realism and Symbolism
• Jan August Hendrik Leys (born in Antwerp, 1815 – died in Antwerp, 1869) – Romance

M

• Jean Baptiste Madou (born in Brussels, 1796 – died in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, 1877) – painter and lithographer
• René Magritte (born in Lessines, 1898 – died in Brussels, 1967) – Surrealism
• Auguste Mambour (born in Liège, 1896 – died in Liège, 1968) – Expressionism, Cubism, African art
• Frans Masereel (born in Blankenberge, 1889 – died in Avignon, France, 1972) – painter and woodcutter
• Armand Massonet (1892–1979)
• Constantin Meunier (born Etterbeek, 1831 – died in Brussels, 1905) – painter and sculptor
• Henri Michaux (1899–1984) – painter, poet and writer
• Constant Montald (born in Ghent, 1862 – died in Brussels, 1944)

N

• François-Joseph Navez (born in Charleroi, 1787 – died in Brussels, 1869) – Neo-classicism
• Xavier Noiret-Thomé (born in 1971) – Contemporary
• Cristina Funes-Noppen  – Contemporary

O

• Jacques Ochs (born in Nice, 1883 – died in Liège, 1971) – Illustrator, Caricaturist
• Christian Otte (born in Theux, 1943 – died in Liège, 2005)

P

• Pierre Paulus (born in Châtelet, 1881 – died in Brussels, 1959) – Expressionism
• Constant Permeke (born in Antwerp, 1886 – died in Ostend, 1952) – Expressionism
• Erik Pevernagie (born 1939) – Contemporary
• Louis Pevernagie (1904–1970) – Expressionism
• Jean-François Portaels (born in Vilvoorde, 1818 – died in Schaerbeek, 1895)

R

• Armand Rassenfosse (born in Liège, 1862 – died in Liège, 1934) – Symbolism, Art nouveau
• Reniere&Depla (born in Poperinge, 1956 and born in Ostend, 1954)
• Roger Raveel (Machelen-aan-de-Leie, 1921–2013) – painter especially of pop art
• Gaston Relens (1909 – 2011)
• Félicien Rops (born in Namur, 1833 – died in Essonne, France, 1898) – artist, and printmaker in etching and aquatint

S

• Anthoni Schoonjans (1655–1726)
• Pierre Schwarz (born in Brussels, 1950) – Neo-expressionism
• Albert Servaes (1883–1966) – Expressionism
• Victor Servranckx (born in Diegem, 1897 – Elewijt, 1965) – Cubism
• Leon Spilliaert (born in Ostend, 1881 – died in Ostend, 1946) – Symbolism, Expressionism
• Alfred Stevens (born in Brussels, 1828 – died in Paris, France, 1906)
• Alexander Struys (born in Berchem, 1852 – died in Uccle, 1941)

T

• Jan Theuninck (born in Zonnebeke, 1954) – Contemporary painter and poet
• Albert Thys (born in Kontich, 1894 – died in 1976) – portraiture, landscapes
• Luc Tuymans (born in Mortsel, 1958) – Contemporary
• Edgard Tytgat (born in Brussels, 1879 – died in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, 1957) – Fauvism

U

• Raoul Ubac (born in Malmedy or Cologne, 1910 – died in Dieudonné, Oise, 1985)

V

• Hilaire Vanbiervliet (born in Courtray, 1890 – died 1981) – Expressionism
• Jef Van Campen (born in Antwerp, 1934) – Expressionism
• Frans Van Damme (born in Hamme, 1858 – died in Brussels, 1925) – Impressionism, Realism
• Hans Vandekerckhove (born in Kortrijk, 1957) – Contemporary
• Philippe Vandenberg (born in Ghent, 1952 – died in Brussels, 2009)
• Frits Van den Berghe (born in Ghent, 1883 – died in Ghent, 1939) – Expressionism
• Louis Van den Eynde (born in Anderlecht, 1881 – died in 1966) – portrait and genre painter
• Jef Van der Veken (born in Antwerp, 1872 – died in Ixelles, 1964) – copyist and art restorer
• Henry van de Velde (born in Antwerp, 1863 – died in Zürich, Switzerland, 1957) – Art Nouveau
• Gustave Van de Woestijne (born in Ghent, 1891 – died in Brussels, 1947)
• Albert Van Dyck (born in Turnhout, 1902 – died in Antwerp, 1951) – portrait and genre painter
• Peter Van Gheluwe (born in Ghent, 1957) – Contemporary
• Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven (born in Antwerp, 1951) – Contemporary
• Cornelius Van Leemputten (1841–1902) – painter especially of landscapes with sheep
• Louis Van Lint (born in Brussels, 1909 – died in Brussels, 1986) – Abstract Expressionism
• Koen Vanmechelen (born in Sint-Truiden, 1965) – Contemporary
• Eugeen Van Mieghem (born in Antwerp, 1875 – died in Antwerp, 1930) – Impressionism
• Jan Vanriet (born in Antwerp, 1958) – Contemporary
• Théo van Rysselberghe (born in Ghent, 1862 – died in Saint-Clair, Var, France, 1926) – Pointillism
• Eugène Joseph Verboeckhoven (1790–1881) – animal painter
• Jan Verdoodt – Magic realism; follower of Magritte
• Fernand Verhaegen (born in Marchienne-au-Pont (Charleroi), 1883 – died in Montigny-le-Tilleul, 1975) – painter and etcher
• Frans Verhas (born in Dendermonde, 1827 – died in Schaerbeek, 1897) – portrait and genre painter
• Jan Verhas (born in Dendermonde, 1834 – died in Schaerbeek, 1896) – portrait and genre painter
• Charles Verlat (born in Antwerp, 1824 – died in Antwerp, 1890) – painter and etcher

W

• Baron Gustaf Wappers (born in Antwerp, 1803 – died in Paris, France, 1874) – Romanticism
• Camille Wauters (born in Temse, 1856 – died in Lokeren, 1919) – Landscape painting
• Charles Augustin Wauters (born in Boom, 1808 – died in Mechelen, 1869) – Religious subjects and genre scenes
• Emile Wauters (1846–1933) – history painter and portraitist
• Ernest Welvaert (born in Lokeren, 1880 – died in Uccle, 1946)
• Antoine Joseph Wiertz (born in Dinant, 1806 – died in Brussels, 1865) – Romanticism
• Florent Joseph Marie Willems (1823–1905) – genre painter
• Roger Wittevrongel (born in Blankenberge, 1933) – Contemporary
• Rik Wouters (1882–1916) – Fauvism
• Cindy Wright (born 1972)
• Juliette Wytsman (1866–1925)
• Rodolphe Wytsman (1860–1927)
• Peter Weidenbaum (born in Antwerp, 1968) – Contemporary

See also

• Art of Belgium