This list of Irish artists includes notable visual artists born or working mainly in Ireland along with a list of critics, collectors and curators who have had an influence on Irish visual arts. A Kevin Abosch (born 1969) – artist Henry Allan (1865–1912) – painter Mabel Annesley (1881–1959) – Anglo-Irish watercolourist and wood engraver William Ashford (1746–1824) – British painter who worked exclusively in Ireland B Francis Bacon (1909–1992) – Irish painter Robert Ballagh (born 1943) – artist Robert Barker (1739–1806) – painter from Kells George Barret, Sr. (1728–1784) – landscape artist, especially of portraits of the British countryside James Barry (1741–1806) William Gerard Barry (1864–1941) – painter Rose Maynard Barton (1856–1929) Mary Battersby (fl. 1801–1841) Richard Brydges Beechey (1808–1895) – Anglo-Irish painter and Admiral in the Royal Navy John Behan (born 1938) – sculptor Shane Berkery (born 1992) Pauline Bewick (born 1935) – artist Renée Bickerstaff (1904–1983) – founding member & treasurer of the Ulster Society of Women Artists, & honorary secretary of the Royal Ulster Academy of Arts Francis Bindon (1690–1765) Basil Blackshaw (1932–2016) – painter, especially of rural scenes with greyhounds, Irish Travellers and the landscape Brian Bourke (born 1936) – artist and winner of the Arts Council of Ireland award for portraiture Alicia Boyle (1908–1997) – abstract landscapes John Boyne (1750–1810) Charles Brady (1926–1997) – New York-born painter who spent most of his life in Ireland James Brenan (1837–1907) – artist Gordon Brewster (1889–1946) – cartoonist Deborah Brown (born 1927) – painting and sculpture Vincent Browne (born 1947) – sculptor Colleen Browning (1918–2003) – realist painter Adam Buck (1759–1833) Augustus Nicholas Burke (1838–1891) – artist and a member of the Royal Hibernian Academy John Burke (1946–2006) – sculptor Thomas Burke (1749–1815) – engraver and painter Frederick William Burton (1816–1900) – painter born in Corofin, County Clare Mildred Anne Butler (1885–1941) – painter John Butts (c. 1728 – 1764) John Byrne – contemporary artist Gerard Byrne (born 1958) – figurative painter and en plein air landscape painter Gerard Byrne (born 1969) – installation artist C Niccolo d'Ardia Caracciolo (1941–1989) – painter Robert Carver (c. 1730 – 1791) – painter of theatre scenery and framed works John Cassidy (1860–1939) – sculptor and painter Anna Cheyne (1926–2002) –sculptor and painter Alfred E. Child (1875–1939) – stained glass artist Harry Clarke (1889–1931) – stained glass artist and book illustrator Anne Cleary (born 1965) – installation and video artist Egerton Coghill