Painting

Larry Dell Alexander (1953–2021)
Larry Dell Alexander was a visual artist, writer, and Bible teacher best known for his elaborate pen-and-ink d...
Al Allen (1925–2008)
aka: Alvin Lee Allen Jr.
Alvin Lee (Al) Allen Jr. was a painter whose contributions to Arkan...
Catherine Tharp Altvater (1907–1984)
Catherine Tharp Altvater was a nationally known watercolorist whose works were shown in numerous museums, incl...
Bruce Roy Anderson (1907–1985)
Bruce Roy Anderson was a prominent Arkansas architect and watercolorist in the mid-twentieth century. Bruce An...
Frederick Tanqueray Anderson (1846–1926)
Frederick Tanqueray Anderson was an early twentieth-century Arkansas watercolorist. Categorized as a romantic ...
John James Audubon (1785–1851)
John James Audubon, a frontier naturalist and artist, is famous for illustrating and writing The Birds of Amer...
Thomas Hart Benton (1889–1975)
Thomas Hart Benton—painter, muralist, and writer from Missouri—developed, along with artists Grant Wood an...
Louis L. Betts (1873–1961)
Louis L. Betts was a painter active in the first half of the twentieth century in the United States, especiall...
Helen Long Bittick (1918–1985)
Helen Marie Long Bittick was an artist of the “primitive folk style,” meaning that she had no academic art...
Barbara Ann Higgins Bond (1951–)
aka: Higgins Bond
Barbara Ann Higgins Bond—whose professional name is Higgins Bond...
Adrian Louis Brewer (1891–1956)
Adrian Louis Brewer, a native of Minnesota, is known in Arkansas primarily for his portraits of prominent citi...
Edwin Cook Brewer (1927–2002)
Edwin Cook Brewer was a founding member of the Arkansas-based Mid-Southern Watercolorists in 1970 and helped h...
Benjamin Chambers Brown (1865–1942)
Benjamin Chambers Brown was among the first Arkansas artists to attain national and international recognition ...
Henry Byrd (1805–1884)
Henry Byrd was one of Arkansas’s most prolific antebellum portrait painters. His portraits present Arkansas...
Carroll James Cloar (1913–1993)
Carroll James Cloar was a painter who earned national acclaim as a realist and surrealist. The majority of his...
Kevin Earlee Cole (1960– )
Kevin Earlee Cole, a Pine Bluff (Jefferson County) native, is one of the most renowned mid-career artists in A...
Sheila Holland Cotton (1947–)
Sheila Holland Cotton is an artist noted for her richly painted oils embracing the visual experience of Arkans...
V. L. Cox (1962–)
V. L. Cox is a painter and mixed media artist whose work has achieved national acclaim for confronting institu...
Dorris Lafferty Curtis (1908–2006)
Dorris Lafferty Curtis was a nationally recognized folk art painter, author, and songwriter. Compared to folk ...
George David Dombek (1944–)
The visual artist George Dombek is a nationally recognized master of watercolor. His work has been acquired by...
Jeffrey Richardson (Jeff) Donaldson (1932–2004)
Jeffrey Richardson Donaldson was an important and influential African-American artist and art educator during...
Elsie Mari Bates Freund (1912–2001)
Elsie Mari Bates Freund was a studio art jeweler, watercolorist, and textile artist. In 1941, she and her husb...
Harry Louis Freund (1905–1999)
Harry Louis Freund was a muralist who became famous for his depictions of life in the Ozark Mountains of Arkan...
Glenn Rowlett Gant (1911–1999)
Glenn Gant was an important figure in the art history of Eureka Springs (Carroll County). He is best remembere...
Josephine Hutson Graham (1915–1999)
Josephine Hutson Graham was a prolific artist, educator, author, and folklorist of Arkansas’s White River cu...
James Carl Hancock (1898–1966)
James Carl Hancock was a twentieth-century American etcher, designer, painter, and commercial artist active in...
Lester Gene Hatfield (1925–2017)
Lester Gene Hatfield was an artist and teacher closely associated with the University of Central Arkansas (UCA...
Paul Martin Heerwagen (1866–1955)
Paul Martin Heerwagen was an interior decorator who worked out of his Arkansas studios from 1891 to 1931. His ...
Natalie Smith Henry (1907–1992)
An artist of national significance, Natalie Smith Henry made her reputation as an easel painter and muralist d...
Thomas Melvin Hinton (1906–1975)
Thomas Melvin Hinton was a classically trained artist who produced many realistic and impressionistic oil pain...
Maud Spiller Holt (1866–1952)
Maud Spiller Holt was an avid traveler and painter who painted in every American state and throughout much of ...
John Miller Howard (1908–1980)
John Miller Howard was an African-American artist and arts educator who founded the Art Department and taught ...