List of Polish artists

The following is a list of some important Polish artists and groups of artists.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Contents: 

• Top
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

A

• Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930–2017), sculptor
• Julia Acker (1898–1942), painter
• Jankel Adler (1895–1949), painter
• Hiacynt Alchimowicz (1841–1897), painter
• Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz (1852–1916), painter
• Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz (1861–1917), painter
• Kazimierz Alchimowicz (1840–1916), painter
• Paweł Althamer (born 1967), sculptor, video art
• Maess Anand (born 1982), drawing artist
• Zygmunt Andrychiewicz (186100–1943), painter
• Włodzimierz Antkowiak (born 1946), painter, poet
• Zofia Atteslander (1874–1928), painter
• Teodor Axentowicz (1859–1938), painter

B

• Marcello Bacciarelli (1731–1818), painter
• Stanisław Baj (born 1953), painter
• Ladislaus Bakalowicz (1831–1904), painter
• Stefan Bakałowicz (1857–1947), painter
• Mirosław Bałka (born 1958), sculptor
• Andrzej Marian Bartczak (born 1945), painter, illustrator
• Anna Bilińska (1857–1893),
• Zdzisław Beksiński (1929–2005), painter
• Józef Bełch (1909–1993), painter
• Władysław T. Benda (1873–1948), painter, illustrator, designer
• Ludomir Benedyktowicz (1844–1926), painter
• Stanisław Bergman (1862–1930), painter
• Henryk Berlewi (1894–1967), painter and graphic designer
• Jan Betley (1908–1980), painter
• Dora Bianka (c. 1895–1979), painter, illustrator
• Paweł Bielec (1902–2002), photographer
• Antoni Blank (1785–1844), painter
• Krzysztof Boguszewski (died 1635), painter
• Stanisław Bohusz-Siestrzeńcewicz (1869–1927), painter
• Jan Bohuszewicz (1878–1935), painter
• Wacław Borowski (1885–1954), painter
• Olga Boznańska (1865–1940), painter
• Józef Brandt (1841–1915), painter
• Chrystian Breslauer (180200–1882), painter
• Tadeusz Breyer (1874–1952), sculptor and medallist
• Antoni Brodowski (1784–1832), painter
• Józef Brodowski the Elder (c. 1775/81–1853), painter
• Józef Brodowski the Younger (1828–1900), painter
• Tadeusz Brodowski (1821–1848), painter
• Urszula Broll (1930–2020), painter
• Tadeusz Brzozowski (1918–1987), painter
• Feliks Brzozowski (1836–1892), painter
• Joshua Budziszewski Benor (1950–2006), painter
• Alicja Buławka-Fankidejska (born 1983), ceramist
• Franciszek Bunsch (1926–2025), painter, graphics artist

C

• Maksymilian Cercha (1818–1907), painter, draftsman
• Ignacy Julian Cejzyk (1779–1858), painter, photographer, and forger
• Józef Charyton (1909–1975), painter
• Caziel (1906–1988), painter
• Józef Cempla (1918–2004), painter
• Józef Chełmoński (1849–1905), painter
• Stanisław Chlebowski (1835–1884), painter
• Daniel Chodowiecki (1726–1801), painter
• Bronisław Chromy (1925–2017), medallist, painter, and draughtsman
• Leon Chwistek (1884–1944), painter
• Halina Chrostowska (1929–1990), printmaker, educator, activist
• Jan Ciągliński (1858–1913), painter
• Henryk Cieszkowski (1835–1895), painter
• Boleslaw Cybis (1895–1957), painter, sculptor, and muralist
• Florian Cynk (1835–1912), painter, illustrator
• Władysław Czachorski (1850–1911), painter
• Józef Czajkowski (1872–1947), painter, architect, furniture designer, tapestries
• Marian Czapla (1946–2016), painter, graphic designer
• Józef Czapski (1896–1993), painter
• Zbigniew Czech (1909–1973), painter
• Szymon Czechowicz (1689–1775), painter
• Tytus Czyżewski (1880–1945), painter

Ć

• Zefiryn Ćwikliński (1871–1930), painter

D

• Krystyna Dąbrowska (1906–1944), sculptor and painter
• Andrzej Dłużniewski (1939–2012), painter
• Tadeusz Dominik (1928–2014), painter
• Kasia Domanska (1880–1972), painter
• Odo Dobrowolski (1883–1917), painter
• Tadeusz Dowgird (1852–1919), painter
• Karl Duldig (1902–1986), Austrian-Australian sculptor, born in what is now Poland
• Xawery Dunikowski (1875–1964), sculptor and painter
• Franciszek Duszeńko (1925–2008), sculptor

E

• Erwin Elster (1887–1977), painter

F

• Julian Fałat (1853–1929), painter
• Erazm Fabijański (1826–1892), painter
• Stanisław Fabijański (1865–1947), painter
• Wojciech Fangor (1922–2015), painter
• Samuel Finkelstein (1895–1942), painter
• Tadeusz Fuss-Kaden (1914–1985), painter

G

• Ewa Gargulinska (born 1941), painter
• Maria Gażycz (1860–1935), painter
• Wojciech Gerson (1831–1901), painter
• Adam Gerżabek (1898–1965), painter
• Stefan Gierowski (1925–2022), painter
• Aleksander Gierymski (1850–1901), painter
• Maksymilian Gierymski (1846–1874), painter
• Krzysztof Gliszczyński (born 1962), painter
• Adrian Głębocki (1833–1905), painter
• Jan Nepomucen Głowacki (1802–1847), painter
• Chaim Goldberg (1917–2004), painter, sculptor, engraver
• Wanda Gołkowska (1925–2013), painter
• Tadeusz Gorecki (1825–1866), painter
• Wiktoria Goryńska (1902–1945), painter, graphic artist, book illustrator.
• Józef Gosławski (1908–1963), sculptor and medallist
• Michał Gorstkin-Wywiórski (1861–1926), painter
• Henryk Gotlib (1890–1966), painter
• Maurycy Gottlieb (1865–1932), painter
• Stanisław Grocholski (1880–1945), painter
• Artur Grottger (1833–1879), painter
• Aleksander Gryglewski (1880–1945), painter
• Gustaw Gwozdecki (1880–1935), painter, sculptor, printmaker

H

• Wladyslaw Hasior (1928–1999), sculptor
• Karol Hiller (1891–1939), painter
• George Him (1900–1982), designer and artist
• Joanna Hoffmann-Dietrich (born 1968), artist and academic
• Horak, Eugeniusz (1914–1972), painter and woodblock printmaker

I

• Napoleon Iłłakowicz (1811–1857), painter
• Marian Iwańciów (1906–1971), painter

J

• Stanisław Jackowski (1887–1951), sculptor
• Janusz Janowski (born 1965), painter
• Jerzy Jarnuszkiewicz (1919–2005), sculptor
• Krzysztof Jung (1951–1998), painter and installation artist
• Ewa Juszkiewicz (born 1984), painter
• Izydor Jabłoński (1863–1932), painter
• Maria Jarema (1908–1958), painter, sculptor
• Zdzisław Jasiński (1880–1945), painter
• Renata Jaworska (born 1979), visual artist
• Danuta Joppek (born 1955), painter

K

• Stanisław Kamocki (1875–1944), painter
• Rajmund Kanelba (1897–1960), painter
• Jan Kaja (1957), painter
• Tadeusz Kantor (1915–1990), painter, theatre director
• Stanisława de Karłowska (1876–1952), painter
• Alfons Karpiński (1875–1961), painter
• Wincenty Kasprzycki (1802–1949), painter
• Apoloniusz Kędzierski (1861–1939), painter, illustrator
• Mojżesz Kisling (1891–1953), painter
• Raphaël Kleweta, (1949–2016), artist
• Stefan Knapp (1921–1996), painter, sculptor
• Marcin Kober (ca. 1550 – before 1598), painter
• Katarzyna Kobro (1898–1951), sculptor
• Roman Kochanowski (1857–1846), painter,
• Helga Kohl (born 1943), photographer
• Aleksander Kokular (1793–1954), painter, sculptor
• Urszula Kolaczkowska (1911–2009), textile artist
• Ludwik Konarzewski (1918–1989), painter
• Ludwik Konarzewski (junior) (1880–1945), painter
• Bogdan Korczowski (born 1954), painter
• Juliusz Kossak (1824–1899), painter
• Wojciech Kossak (1856–1942), painter
• Jerzy Kossak (1886–1955), painter
• Mieczysław Kościelniak (1912–1993), painter, graphic designer
• Franciszek Kostrzewski (1826–1911), painter
• Wilhelm Kotarbiński (1848–1921), painter
• Apolinary Kotowicz (1859–1917), painter
• Aleksander Kotsis (1836–1915), painter
• Alfred Kowalski (1849–1945), painter
• Andrzej Kowalski (1930–2004), painter
• Felicjan Kowarski (1890–1948), painter
• Nikifor Krynicki (1895–1968), painter
• Hilary Krzysztofiak (1926–1979), painter, graphic artist
• Konrad Krzyżanowski (1872–1922), painter
• Wlodzimierz Ksiazek (1951–2011), painter
• Alexander Kucharsky (1741–1819), painter
• Paweł Kuczyński (born 1976), painter, illustrator
• Teofil Kwiatkowski (1809–1891), painter
• Katarzyna Kozyra (born 1963), sculptor
• Stanisław Kubicki (1889–1943), painter, printmaker

L

• Małgorzata Turewicz Lafranchi (born 1961), contemporary artist
• Tamara de Lempicka (1898–1980), painter
• Roman Lipski, (born 1969) contemporary artist
• Natalia LL (1937–2022), painter, photographer

Ł

• Władysław Łuszczkiewicz (1828–1900), painter

M

• Tadeusz Makowski (1882–1932), painter
• Jerzy Makarewicz (1907–1944), painter
• Jacek Malczewski (1854–1929), painter
• Rafał Malczewski (1892–1965), painter, cartoonist
• Lech Majewski (born 1947), painter
• Goshka Macuga (born 1967), sculptor, photographer
• Władysław Malecki (1836–1900), painter
• Kazimir Malevich (1879–1935), painter
• Louis Marcoussis (1878–1941), painter
• Adam Marczyński (1908–1985), painter
• Stanisław Masłowski (1853–1926), painter
• Jan Matejko (1838–1893), painter
• Agata Materowicz (born 1962), painter
• Józef Mehoffer (1869–1946), painter
• Piotr Michałowski (1800–1855), painter
• Jacek Mierzejewski (1883–1925), painter
• Jerzy Mierzejewski (1917–2012), painter
• Augustyn Mirys (1700–1790), painter
• Ludwik Misky (1884–1938), painter
• Igor Mitoraj (1944–2014), sculptor
• Eugeniusz Molski (born 1942), painter, sculptor

N

• Eligiusz Niewiadomski (1869–1923), painter
• Jan Piotr Norblin (1745–1830), painter
• Zbigniew Nowosadzki (born 1957), painter
• Jerzy Nowosielski (1923–2011), painter

O

• Roman Opałka (1931–2011), painter
• Seweryn Obst (1847–1917), painter
• Rafał Olbiński (born 1943), painter
• Aleksander Orłowski (1777–1832), painter
• Maria Orłowska (1902–1993), painter

P

• Józef Pankiewicz (1866–1940), painter
• Ewa Pachucka (1936–2020), sculptor
• Józef Peszka (1793–1812), painter
• Jan Pieńkowski (1936–2022), painter, illustrator
• Jacek Papla (born 1951), graphic artist and painter
• Urszula Plewka-Schmidt (1939–2008), tapestry artist
• Władysław Pochwalski (1860–1924), painter
• Władysław Podkowiński (1866–1895), painter
• Peter Potworowski (1898–1962), painter
• Tadeusz Pruszkówski (1888–1942), painter
• Witold Pruszkówski (1846–1896), painter
• Stanislaw Przespolewski (1910–1989), painter, sculptor

R

• Józef Rapacki (1871–1929), painter
• Henryk Rodakowski (1823–1894), painter
• Zofia Romer (1885–1972), painter
• Moshe Rynecki (1881–1943), painter
• Kanuty Rusiecki (1800–1860), painter
• Ferdynand Ruszczyc (1870–1936), painter

S

• Stanisław Samostrzelnik (c. 1490–1541), painter
• Wojciech Sadley (1932), painter, draftsman
• Wilhelm Sasnal (born 1972), painter
• Jan Sawka (1946–2012), painter, sculptor, printmaker, stage and set design
• Bruno Schulz (1892–1942), painter
• Maria Seyda (1893–1989), portrait painter
• Henryk Siemiradzki (1843–1902), painter
• Józef Simmler (1823–1868), painter
• Wojciech Siudmak (born 1942), painter
• Władysław Skoczylas (1883–1934), painter, sculptor
• Władysław Ślewiński (1856–1918), painter
• Franciszek Smuglewicz (1745–1807), painter
• Anna Sobol-Wejman (born 1946), printmaker
• Aleksander A Sochaczewski (1843–1923), painter
• Jacek Soliński (born 1957), painter
• Kajetan Sosnowski (1913–1987), painter
• Kazimierz Stabrowski (1869–1925), painter
• Jan Stanisławski (1860–1907), painter
• Jan Byk Franciszek Starowieyski (1930–2009), painter
• Henryk Stażewski (1894–1988), painter
• Ludwik Stasiak (1858–1924), painter
• Abraham Straski (1903–1987), painter
• Władysław Strzemiński (1893–1952), painter
• Jan Styka (1858–1925), painter
• January Suchodolski (1797–1875), painter
• Józef Szajna (1922–2008), sculptor, scenography designer, theatre director
• Alina Szapocznikow (1926–1973), sculptor
• Mieczysław Szczuka (1898–1927), painter
• Zofia Szeptycka (1837–1904), painter, poet
• Józef Szermentowski (1833–1876), painter
• Stanisław Szukalski (1893–1987), painter and sculptor
• Zofia Szymanowska-Lenartowicz (1825–1870), painter, poet
• Arthur Szyk (1894–1951), painter of illuminated miniatures, book illustrator

T

• Włodzimierz Tetmajer (1861–1923), painter
• Franciszek Tepa (1829–1889), painter
• Teodor Talowski (1857–1910), painter, architect
• Henryk Tomaszewski (1914–2005), illustrator, poster artist
• Feliks Topolski (1907–1989), painter, draughtsman
• Franciszka Themerson (1907–1988), painter

U

• Piotr Uklański (born 1968), painter, installation artist
• Marian Ulc (born 1947), sculptor

W

• Zygmunt Waliszewski (1897–1936), painter
• Zygmunt Vogel (1764–1826), illustrator, painter
• Walenty Wańkowicz (1799–1842), painter
• Wojciech Weiss (1875–1950), painter
• Aleksander Werner (1920–2011), painter, sculptor
• Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański (born 1950), sculptor
• Katerina Wilczynski (1894–1978), painter and illustrator
• Stanisław Witkiewicz (1851–1915)
• Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz a.k.a. "Witkacy" (1885–1939)
• Karol D. Witkowski (1860–1910), painter
• Krzysztof Wodiczko (born 1943), installation artist
• Witold Wojtkiewicz (1879–1909), painter
• Andrzej Wróblewski (1927–1957), painter
• Leon Wyczółkowski (1852–1936), painter
• Stanisław Wyspiański (1869–1907), painter

Y

• Jacek Yerka (born 1952), painter

Z

• Marcin Zaleski (1796–1877), painter

Ż

• Eugeniusz Żak (1884–1926), painter
• Franciszek Żmurko (1859–1910), painter
• Marek Żuławski (1908–1985), painter

See also

• List of Poles
• List of Polish painters
• List of Polish contemporary artists