List of Austrian artists and architects

This is a list of notable Austrian artists and architects.

A

Josef Abel (1768–1818), painter
Erika Abels d'Albert (1896–1975), painter and graphic designer
Raimund Abraham (1933–2010), architect
Soshana Afroyim (1927–2015), painter
Joseph Matthäus Aigner (1818–1886), painter
Oz Almog (born 1956), painter and writer
Franz Alt (1821–1914), artist, watercolorist
Rudolf von Alt (1812–1905), painter
Friedrich von Amerling (1803–1887), painter
Christian Attersee (born 1940), pop-art artist

B

Ferdinand Bauer (1760–1826), botanical illustrator
Herbert Bayer (1900–1985), graphic designer, typographer, photographer, painter, architect
Franz von Bayros (1866–1924), erotic artist
Maria Bach (1896–1978), painter
Antonietta Brandeis(1849–1910), painter
Roswitha Bitterlich (1920–2015), painter, graphic artist, sculptor, and writer
Arik Brauer (1929–2021), painter; born in Vienna
Günter Brus (1938-2024), performance artist
Tina Blau (1845–1916), landscape painter

C

Bernhard Cella (born 1969), conceptual artist; born in Salzburg
Eduard Charlemont (1848–1906), impressionist painter; born in Vienna
Isabel Czerwenka-Wenkstetten (born 1969), visual artist

D

Günther Domenig (1934–2012), architect
Gerti Deutsch (1908–1979), photographer
Karl Duldig (1902–1986), Austrian-Australian sculptor

E

Joachim Eckl (born 1962), artist
Albin Egger-Lienz (1868–1926), painter
Bettina Ehrlich (1903–1985), painter and illustrator
Fanny Elssler (1810–1884), dancer
Ursula Endlicher, multi-media
Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (1656–1723), architect
Valie Export (born 1940), media artist

F

Bernd Fasching (born 1955), painter and sculptor; born in Vienna
Marina Faust (born 1950), photographer
Thomas Feuerstein (born 1968), media artist, bio artist, sculptor
Josef Frank (1885–1967), architect
Emil Fuchs (1866–1929), sculptor, medallist, painter
Ernst Fuchs (1930–2015), painter and sculptor; born in Vienna
Joseph von Führich (1800–1876), painter; born in Kratzau, Austria-Hungary
Hortensia Fussy (born 1954), sculptor

G

Richard Gerstl (1883–1908), painter
Bruno Gironcoli (1936–2010), sculptor; born in Villach
Gareis, Fritz (1872–1925), artist and cartoonist for the leftwing Vienna
Hilda Goldwag (1912–2008), painter
Johannes Grenzfurthner (born 1975), founder of monochrom
Eva Grubinger (born 1970), installation artist
Nilbar Gures (born 1977), multi-media

H

Ernst Haas (1921–1986), photographer
Jasmin Hagendorfer, installation artist, sculpturer, performance artist
Alice Berger Hammerschlag (1917–1969), abstract painter
Karin Hannak (born 1940), multi-media
Edith Tudor Hart (1908–1973), photographer and spy
Karl Freiherr von Hasenauer (1833–1894), architect
Johann Hattey (1859–1904), architect
Rudolf Hausner (1914–1995), painter and graphic artist
Xenia Hausner (born 1951), painter
Gottfried Helnwein (born 1948), artist; born in Vienna
Kurt Hentschlager (born 1960), new media artist; born in Linz
Louis Christian Hess (1895–1944), painter and sculptor
Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt (1668–1745), architect
Adolf Hitler (1889–1945), painter
Josef Hoffmann (1870–1956), architect
Hans Hollein (1934–2014), architect
Wilhelm Holzbauer (1930–2019), architect
Carl Holzmann (1849–1914), architect
Clemens Holzmeister (1886–1983), architect
Alfred Hrdlicka (1928–2009), sculptor and graphic artist; born in Vienna
Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928–2000), artist; born in Vienna

I

Nicky Imber (1920–1996), sculptor

K

Arnold Karplus (1877–1968), Viennese architect
Dora Kallmus (1881–1963), photographer
Manfred Kielnhofer (born 1967), designer and sculptor
Ernestine von Kirchsberg (1857–1924), painter
Franz Klein (1779–1840), sculptor; creator of bust of Beethoven
Gustav Klimt (1862–1918), artist; prominent figure of the Vienna Secession
Hubert Klumpner (born 1965), architect; born in Salzburg
Kiki Kogelnik (1935–1997), pop-art painter
Oskar Kokoschka (1886–1980), painter; born in Pöchlarn, Lower Austria
Sacha Kolin (1911–1981), painter
Kevin Kopacka (born 1987), painter and film director
Michaela Konrad (born 1972), contemporary artist
Edith Kramer (1916–2014), painter and art therapist
Siegfried L. Kratochwil (1916–2005), Viennese painter
Alfred Kubin (1877–1959), painter (graphics)
Max Kurzweil (1867–1916), artist; co-founder of the Vienna Secession
Elke Krystufek (born 1970), painter
Felicitas Kuhn (1926–2022), illustrator

L

Joseph Lanzedelly the Elder (1772–1831), lithographer
Maria Lassnig (1919–2014), painter; born in Vienna
Roberta Lima (born 1974), video and performance artist
Adolf Loos (1870–1933), architect
Josef Lorenzl (1892–1950), sculptor

M

Marianne Maderna (born 1944), sculptor and illustrator
Anna Mahler (1904–1988), sculptor
Hans Makart (1840–1884), history painter, designer and decorator
Anton Erhard Martinelli (1684–1747), architect
Domenico Martinelli (1650–1719), architect
Franz Martinelli (1651–1708), architect
Johann Baptist Martinelli (1701–1754), architect
Georg Mayer-Marton (1897–1960), artist
Gustav Mezey (1899–1981) , painter of large scale posters
Edgar Meyer (1853–1925), painter and political activist
Josef Mikl (1929–2008), abstract painter
Elizabeth Burger Monath (1907–1986), painter and illustrator
Inge Morath (1923–2002), photographer
Koloman Moser (1868–1918), artist
Otto Muehl (1925–2013), artist, action art
Ulrike Müller (born 1971), mixed-media artist

N

Moritz Nähr (1859–1945), photographer
Christian Heinrich Nebbien (1778–1841), landscaping architect
Richard Neutra (1892–1970), architect; emigrated to the United States
Hans Niessenberger
Hermann Nitsch (born 1938), painter and performance artist; born in Vienna

P

Gustav Peichl (1928–2019), architect
Hubert Petschnigg (1913–1997), architect
Martina Pippal (born 1957), painter, sculptor and art historian
Boris Podrecca (born 1940), architect
Alf Poier (born 1967), artist and stand-up comedian
Jakob Prandtauer (1660–1726), architect
Wolf Prix (born 1942), architect
Thomas Pucher (born 1969), architect

R

Arnulf Rainer (born 1929), painter
Elise Ransonnet-Villez (1843–1899), painter
Barbara Rapp (born 1972), painter and mixed-media artist
Erwin Redl (born 1963), LED installation artist and painter
Lily Renée (born 1921), illustrator and writer
Lili Réthi (1894–1969), artist and illustrator
Lucie Rie (1902–1995), potter
Anton Pius Riegel (1789–18??), architect
Felice Rix-Ueno (1893–1967), textile artist
Anton Romako (1832–1889), painter
Johann Michael Rottmayr (1656–1730), Baroque painter
Bernard Rudofsky (1905–1988), designer, architect and social critic

S

Stefan Sagmeister (born 1962), graphic designer and typographer
Karin Schäfer (born 1963), performance artist
Martina Schettina (born 1961), mixed media artist
Egon Schiele (1890–1918), painter
Rudolf Schindler (1877–1953), architect; emigrated to the United States in 1914
Lene Schneider-Kainer (1885–1971), painter
Barbara Schurz (born 1973), performance artist and writer
Paul Schuss (born 1948), painter and mixed media artist; emigrated to France in 1949
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky (1897–2000), architect and political activist
Karl Schwanzer (1918–1975), architect
Hans Schwarz (1922–2003), artist
Rosa Schweninger (1849–1918), painter
Moritz von Schwind (1804–1871), painter
Florian Seidl (born 1979), vehicle designer
Harry Seidler (1923–2006), architect; emigrated to Australia in 1948
Günther Selichar (born 1960), media artist / photographer
Deborah Sengl (born 1974), painter and sculptor
Santino Solari (1576–1646), architect
Martina Steckholzer (born 1974), artist
Adalbert Stifter (1805–1868), painter, pedagogue, poet and writer
Ceija Stojka (1933–2013), painter, writer and musician
Marianne Stokes (1855–1927), painter
Jörg Streli (1940–2019), architect

T

Johann Joseph Thalherr (1730–1801), architect
Ottilie Tolansky (1912–1977), painter
Hede von Trapp (1877–1947), painter, illustrator and poet
Esin Turan (born 1970), sculptor and painter

U

Carola Unterberger-Probst (born 1978), painter, installations, experimental films, digital art

W

Aloys Wach (1892–1940), painter
Otto Wagner (1841–1918), Jugendstil architect behind much of turn-of-the-century Viennese architecture
Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (1793–1865), painter
Peter Weibel (1944–2023), media artist
Max Weiler (1910–2001), painter
Susanne Wenger (1915–2009), painter and sculptor
Franz West (1947–2012), artist
Olga Wisinger-Florian (1844–1926), painter
Fritz Wotruba (1907–1975), sculptor; born in Vienna
Marie Elisabeth Wrede (1898–1981), painter
Erwin Wurm (born 1954), sculptor

Z

Roman Zenzinger (1903–1990), commercial designer and painter; born in Olmuetz
Liane Zimbler (1892–1987), architect and interior designer
Lisbeth Zwerger (born 1954), illustrator

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