1. Treffle Berthlaume (1803)

Canadian Artist

Canadian sculptor remembered for his contributions toward church carvings. He made the Barbeau Cross, displayed at the Church of Saint Jean in Quebec.

2. Emily Carr (1871)

Canadian Artist

Canadian author and "Blunden Harbour" painter who was inspired by the history and culture of indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. She was influenced by the post-impressionists and fauvists...

3. Tom Thomson (1877)

Canadian Artist

Canadian artist whose most famous paintings include The Jack Pine, The West Wind, and Northern River. His style was heavily influenced by trips to nature and was a member of...

4. Emanuel Hahn (1881)

Canadian Artist

German-born Canadian sculptor and coin designer who co-founded the Sculptors' Society of Canada. He created a monument to Ned Hanlan.

5. Brion Gysin (1916)

Canadian Artist

Artist, poet, and performance artist best known for his drawings, paintings, and calligraphic works.

6. Robert Chaplin (1968)

Canadian Artist

Canadian artist, writer, and publisher. His award-winning, artwork-filled books include Brussels Sprouts & Unicorns and Ten Counting Cat.

7. Daphne Odjig (1919)

Canadian Artist

Award-winning Woodlands Style painter whose aboriginal-themed works were exhibited by the National Gallery of Canada.

8. Charles Daudelin (1920)

Canadian Artist

Canadian sculptor and painter who is considered a Quebec artist. He made many public pieces, such as the Allegrocube, in Montreal.

9. Kenneth G. Mills (1923)

Canadian Artist

Known as a Renaissance man. His gifts extended to metaphysics, philosophy, extemporaneous poetry, and painting. He embraced the idea of oral tradition and delivered spontaneous lectures and poetry for more...

10. Michael Snow (1929)

Canadian Artist

Canadian multimedia artist best known for his experimental films. Also produced sculptures, holography, and music.

11. Guido Molinari (1933)

Canadian Artist

Canadian artist who was known best for his abstract paintings. His art has been exhibited at places like the National Gallery of Canada and the Guggenheim Museum.

12. Christian Cardell Corbet (1966)

Canadian Artist

Canadian sculptor, painter and designer who co-founded the Canadian Portrait Academy. He made the sculpture Glory Be Madonna and Child.

13. Kim Klassen (1968)

Canadian Artist

Visual artist whose still life photography of everyday household objects has given her an Instagram following totaling more than 50,000. She is also a painter whose first book, Prairie Blessings, was...

14. Tobi Wong (1974)

Canadian Artist

Donald Tobias Wong was a Canadian-born designer and artist. His work was heavily influenced by subversive art movements including Dada and Fluxus and having received numerous cease and desist orders...

15. Will Munro (1975)

Canadian Artist

Grant Will Munro was a Toronto artist club promoter and restaurateur known for his work as a community builder among disparate Toronto groups.

16. Maya Kulenovic (1975)

Canadian Artist

Maya Kulenovic is a Canadian artist and painter. She lives and works in Toronto Canada. She has been exhibiting nationally and internationally since 1993. She studied at Ontario College of...

17. Jessie Oonark (1906)

Canadian Artist

Jessie Oonark OC was a Canadian Inuit artist who is best known for her wall hangings and her prints.

18. Lee Matasi (1981)

Canadian Artist

Lee Matasi was a skateboarder and artist from Vancouver British Columbia Canada. Lee is best known for creating 'Leeside' a makeshift skatepark in Vancouver BC. Lee was an aspiring young...

19. Gordon A. Smith (1919)

Canadian Artist

Gordon Appelbe Smith born June 18 1919 in East Brighton England is a Canadian painter printmaker sculptor and teacher living in West Vancouver British Columbia. Smith taught with contemporaries Bruno...

20. Elisabetta Fantone (1982)

Canadian Artist

Elisabetta Fantone is a Canadian actress painter model and author. Elisabetta is best known for her acting and painting career. Elisabetta got much attention with her appearance on Quebec's 2006...

21. Françoise Sullivan (1923)

Canadian Artist

çoise Sullivan CM CQ is a Canadian painter sculptor dancer and choreographer.

22. Betty Goodwin (1923)

Canadian Artist

Betty Roodish Goodwin OC was a Canadian printmaker sculptor painter and installation artist.

23. Terry Isaac (1958)

Canadian Artist

Terry Isaac is an American painter from Salem Oregon who is known for his realism paintings of wildlife. In 2007 he moved to Canada. His work has been exhibited at...

24. Didier Mouron (Unknow)

Canadian Artist

Didier Mouron is a Swiss artist he was born on July 3 1958 in Vevey. From his first public appearances in 1976 Didier Mouron has been distinguished by an exceptional...

25. Rita Letendre (1928)

Canadian Artist

Rita Letendre ARCA OC QMG is a Canadian painter muralist and printmaker closely associated with the Automatistes. She is an officer of the Order of Canada and a recipient of...

26. Claude Tousignant (1932)

Canadian Artist

Claude Tousignant OC is a Canadian artist born in Montreal Quebec on December 23 1932. He is an important contributor to the development of geometric abstraction in Canada.

27. Dan Hudson (1959)

Canadian Artist

Dan Hudson is a Canadian artist and photojournalist.

28. Ivan Eyre (1935)

Canadian Artist

Ivan Kenneth Eyre OM is a Canadian painter.

29. Christopher Pratt (1935)

Canadian Artist

John Christopher Pratt CC is a Canadian painter and printmaker. Christopher Pratt first started painting watercolours in 1952. In 1953 he attended Mount Allison University in Sackville New Brunswick as...

30. Richard Hunt (artist) (Unknow)

Canadian Artist

Richard Hunt is a Canadian First Nations artist from the Kwakwaka'wakw nation of coastal British Columbia. He was born in 1951 at Alert Bay B. C. but has lived most...

31. Christiane Pflug (1936)

Canadian Artist

Christiane Pflug was a German-born Canadian painter and draughtswoman. During her short lifetime Pflug established a successful career in Canada. She held a teaching position at the Ontario Art College...

32. Calixte Duguay (1939)

Canadian Artist

Calixte Duguay CM is a multi-disciplinarian Canadian Artist born in Sainte-Marie Acadia on Lamèque Island. In 2009 he was made a Member of the Order of Canada for the impact...

33. Murray Favro (1940)

Canadian Artist

Murray Favro is a Canadian sculptor who lives in London Ontario. His work that includes drawing sculpture performance and installation often incorporating slide and film projections lighting effects computer and...

34. Jack Darcus (1941)

Canadian Artist

Jack Winston Darcus is a Canadian film director screenwriter and painter. Since graduating from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1963 Jack Darcus has...

35. Irene Whittome (1942)

Canadian Artist

Irene F. Whittome OC is a Canadian multi-media artist. Born in Vancouver British Columbia she attended the Vancouver School of Art. She then spent five years studying printmaking at the...

36. Charles Pachter (1942)

Canadian Artist

Charles Pachter is a Canadian contemporary artist. He is a painter printmaker sculptor designer historian and lecturer. He studied French literature at the Sorbonne art history at the University of...

37. Looty Pijamini (1953)

Canadian Artist

Looty Pijamini is an Inuit artist. He lives and works in Grise Fiord Nunavut. Pijamini was born November 14 1953 in Clyde River Nunavutand moved to Grise Fiord in...

38. Danièle Rochon (1946)

Canadian Artist

Danièle Rochon is a Quebec painter born on the 8th of April 1946 in Ottawa. In 1992 she was elected a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Her...

39. Jocelyne Alloucherie (1947)

Canadian Artist

Jocelyne Alloucherie OC is a Canadian sculptor and academic. Born in Quebec City Alloucherie received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Université Laval in 1971 and a Master of...

40. Jay Simeon (1976)

Canadian Artist

Jay Simeon is a Canadian artist of Haida heritage. He was born into the Kaawaas branch of the Sdast’a. aas Eagle clan.

41. Deryk Houston (1954)

Canadian Artist

Deryk Houston born January 7 1954 is a Canadian artist and the subject of a documentary created by the National Film Board of Canada titled From Baghdad to Peace Country....

42. Cliff Eyland (Unknow)

Canadian Artist

Cliff Eyland is a Canadian painter writer and curator. He studied at Holland College Mount Allison University and the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Since 1981 he has...

43. Barbara Astman (1950)

Canadian Artist

Barbara Astman RCA is a Canadian artist who specializes in a hybrid of photography and new media; often using her own body as object and subject merging art and technology.

44. Rob Gonsalves (1959)

Canadian Artist

Rob Gonsalves is a Canadian painter of magic realism with a unique perspective and style. He produces original works limited edition prints and illustrations for his own books. During his...

45. Jimi Bertucci (1951)

Canadian Artist

Jimi Bertucci is an Italian Canadian singer songwriter musician and composer. He is best known as the founding member bassist and singer-songwriter for the 1970s pop-rock band Abraham's Children.

46. Jane Ash Poitras (Unknow)

Canadian Artist

Jane Ash Poitras is a Canadian painter and printmaker of Cree descent. Her work uses the idioms of contemporary art to express the experience of aboriginal people in Canada.

47. Iris Häussler (1962)

Canadian Artist

Iris Häussler is a conceptual- and installation art artist of German origin. She lives in Toronto Ontario Canada. Many of Iris Häussler's works are detailed hyperrealistic installations that visitors can...

48. Terry Starr (1951)

Canadian Artist

Terry Starr is a Canadian artist from the Gispax Laats Tribe of the Tsimshian Nation.

49. Sarah Hall (glass artist) (1951)

Canadian Artist

Sarah Hall is a Canadian stained glass artist notable for her extensive career and current experimentation in the integration of photovoltaic technology into art glass. She lives in Toronto Ontario...

50. Andrew Qappik (1964)

Canadian Artist

Andrew Qappik is a Canadian Inuit graphic artist currently residing in Pangnirtung Nunavut. Qappik is known for his printmaking and his contribution to the Nunavut Coat of arms. Qappik's prints...