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- Dirck van Baburen (1595–1624), Dutch Carravagist painter
- Jacopo Baccarini (1605–1682)
- Marcello Bacciarelli (1731–1818)
- Irene Bache (1901–1999)
- Augustin Meinrad Bächtiger (1888–1971)
- Jacob Adriaensz Backer (1609–1651)
- Margaret Backhouse (1818–1888), English portrait painter
- Francis Bacon (1909–1992)
- Lucy Angeline Bacon (1857–1932)
- Marjorie May Bacon (1902–1988), English painter and printmaker
- Peggy Bacon (1895–1987)
- Joseph Badger (ca. 1707–1765), American portrait painter
- Jan de Baen (1633–1702)
- Jo Baer (born 1929)
- William Jacob Baer (1860–1941)
- Leonard Bahr (1905–1990)
- Edward Bailey (1814–1903), American/Hawaiian
- Alice Bailly (1872–1938)
- David Bailly (1584–1657)
- Thomas Baines (1820–1875)
- Baiōken Eishun (fl. 1710–1755)
- Kōno Bairei (1844–1895)
- Dionisio Baixeras Verdaguer (1862–1943)
- Enrico Baj (1924–2003)
- Mario Bardi (1922–1998)
- George Herbert Baker (1878–1943)
- Normand Baker (1908–1955)
- William Bliss Baker (1859–1886)
- Ludolf Bakhuizen (1631–1708), Dutch Baroque painter of marine paintings
- Léon Bakst (1866–1924)
- Alesso Baldovinetti (1427–1499)
- Hans Baldung (1484–1545), German Northern Renaissance
- Hendrick van Balen (1575–1632)
- Giacomo Balla (1871–1958)
- Robert Ballagh (born 1943)
- Karl Ballmer (1891–1958)
- Barbara Balmer (1929–2017), Scottish painter
- Balthus (1908–2001)
- Edward Mitchell Bannister (1828–1901)
- Bapu (born 1933)
- William Barak (1824–1903)
- Vladimir Baranov-Rossine (1888–1944)
- Jacopo de' Barbari (c. 1460/70–before 1516), Italian Renaissance
- Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Guercino) (1591–1666)
- James Bard (1815–1897)
- Magdalene Bärens (1737–1808), Danish
- George Barker (1882–1965)
- Lucette Barker (1816–1905), English
- John Noble Barlow (1861–1917)
- Duilio Barnabè (1914–1961), Italian
- Gwen Barnard (1912–1988), British painter and printmaker
- Ernie Barnes (born 1938)
- Robert C. Barnfield (1856–1893), British-born American
- Henri Alphonse Barnoin (1882–1940)
- Federico Barocci (1535–1612)
- Aimé Barraud (1902–1954)
- François Barraud (1899–1934)
- George Barret, Sr. (c.1730–1784), Irish landscape painter
- George Barret, Jr. (1767–1842), English landscape painter, son of George Barret, Sr.
- Syd Barrett (1946–2006)
- Mardi Barrie (1930–2004), Scottish painter
- James Barry (1741–1806)
- Hans von Bartels (1856–1913)
- Richmond Barthé (1901–c. 1990)
- Lindsay Bartholomew (born 1944), English watercolour painter
- Charles W. Bartlett (1860–1940)
- Jennifer Bartlett (born 1941)
- Fra Bartolomeo (1474–1517)
- Francesco Bartolozzi (1728–1815)
- Evaristo Baschenis (1617–1677), Italian Baroque painter of still life paintings
- Georg Baselitz (born 1938)
- Marie Bashkirtseff (1860–1884)
- Franz Karl Basler-Kopp (1879–1937)
- Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988)
- Jacopo Bassano (c. 1510–1592), Italian painter from the Late Renaissance
- Bartholomeus van Bassen (1590–1652)
- James Bateman (1893–1959), English painter and engraver
- Robert Bateman (1842–1922)
- Robert Bateman (born 1930)
- Cafer Bater (1913-1994)
- Maxwell Bates (1906–1980)
- Pompeo Batoni (1708–1787), Italian forerunner of Neoclassicism
- John Nelson Battenberg (born 1931)
- André Bauchant (1873–1958)
- Auguste Baud-Bovy (1848–1949)
- Wolfgang Bauer
- Lubin Baugin (ca. 1611–1663), French still life painter from the Baroque
- Edgar Schofield Baum (1916–2006)
- Walter Emerson Baum (1884–1956)
- Fritz Baumann (1886–1942)
- Tilo Baumgartel (born 1972)
- Armin Baumgarten (born 1967)
- Juan Bautista Garcia (1904–1974)
- Walter Bayes (1869–1956), English painter and illustrator
- Wyke Bayliss (1835–1906)
- James Baynes (1766–1837)
- Thomas Mann Baynes (1794–1854)
- Frédéric Bazille (1841–1870)
- Reynolds Beal (1867–1951)
- Sophia Beale (1837–1920)
- Romare Bearden (1914–1988)
- Robert Beauchamp (1923–March 1995)
- André Beauneveu (1335–1400)
- Cecilia Beaux (1855–1942)
- Domenico di Pace Beccafumi (1486–1551), Italian Mannerist painter
- Robert Bechtle (born 1932)
- Jasmine Becket-Griffith
- Clarice Beckett (1887–1935)
- Max Beckmann (1884–1950)
- Celia Frances Bedford (1904–1959), English portrait painter
- Ignat Bednarik (1882–1963)
- Vanessa Beecroft (born 1969)
- Tuvia Beeri (born 1929)
- Cornelis Pietersz Bega (1620–1664)
- Abraham Begeyn (1637–1697)
- Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād (born 1450)
- Abraham van Beijeren (1620–1690)
- Zdzisław Beksiński (1929–2005)
- George Bell (1878–1966)
- Gladys Kathleen Bell (1882–1965)
- Leland Bell (1922–1991)
- Vanessa Bell (1879–1961)
- Alexis Simon Belle (1674–1734)
- Henri Bellechose ( 1415; died before 28 January 1445)
- Giovanni Bellini (c. 1430–1516), Italian High Renaissance
- Gentile Bellini (c. 1429–1507), Italian High Renaissance
- Jacopo Bellini (c. 1400–1470), Italian Early Renaissance
- Bernardo Bellotto (1721–1780), Italian veduta
- George Bellows (1882–1925)
- Ludwig Bemelmans (1898–1962)
- Edward Ben Avram (born 1941)
- Marilyn Bendell (1921–2003)
- Wilhelm Bendz (1804–1832)
- Manfredi Beninati (born 1970)
- Jason Benjamin (born 1971)
- Martin Benka (1888–1977)
- Frank Weston Benson (1862–1951)
- Thomas Hart Benton (1889–1975)
- Alexandre Benois (1870–1960)
- Jean Béraud (1849–1935)
- Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem (1620–1683)
- Gerrit Adriaenszoon Berckheyde (1638–1698)
- Marcelle Bergerol (1900–1989)
- Christoffel van den Berghe (1590–1645)
- Carlos Berlanga (1959–2002)
- Hans Eduard von Berlepsch-Valendas (1849–1921)
- Helen Berman (born 1936)
- Émile Bernard (1868–1941)
- John E. Berninger (1896–1981)
- Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680)
- Morris Louis Bernstein (1912–1962)
- William Berra (born 1952)
- Albert Bertelsen (1921–2019)
- Johann Berthelsen (1883–1972)
- Robert Bery (born 1953)
- Elsa Beskow (1874–1953)
- Paul-Albert Besnard (1849–1934)
- Eleanor Best (1875–1958), English oil painter
- Joseph Beuys (1921–1986)
- Robert Bevan (1865–1925)
- Henryka Beyer (1782–1855)
- Riad Beyrouti (born 1944)
- Lujo Bezeredi (1898–1979)
- Roman Bezpalkiv (1938–2009)
- Bholekar Srihari (born 1941), Indian painter, sculptor and printmaker
- Bian Jingzhao
- Bian Shoumin (1684–1752)
- Heinrich Bichler (1466–1497)
- George Biddle (1885–1973)
- Candido Bido (1936–2011), Dominican Republic
- Johann Jakob Biedermann (1763–1830)
- André Charles Biéler (1896–1989)
- Ernest Biéler (1863–1948)
- Adolf Bierbrauer (1915–2012)
- Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902)
- Jan van Bijlert (1597–1671)
- Ivan Bilibin (1876–1924)
- Edmond Bille (1878–1959)
- Ejler Bille (1910–2004)
- Charles Billich (1934)
- George Caleb Bingham (1811–1879)
- Helen Binyon (1904–1979), British artist
- S J "Lamorna" Birch (1869–1955)
- Paul Bird (1923–1993), English artist
- Oswald Birley (1880–1952)
- Peter Birmann (1758–1844)
- Samuel Birmann (1793–1847)
- Thierry Bisch (born 1953)
- Elmer Bischoff (1916–1991)
- Tim Biskup (born 1967)
- Giuseppe Bernardino Bison (1762–1844)
- Vilhelm Bissen (1836–1913)
- Cornelis Bisschop (1630–1674)
- Emil Bisttram (1895–1976)
- Henri Biva (1848–1929)
- Mary Black (c.1737–1814)
- Sam Black (1913–1997), Scottish artist
- Ann Thetis Blacker (1927–2006)
- Vivien Blackett (born 1955), English artist
- Charles Blackman (born 1928)
- Basil Blackshaw (born 1932)
- Doris Blair (born 1915), Northern Ireland artist
- William Blake (1757–1827)
- Zelma Blakely (1921–1978), English painter and printmaker
- Ralph Albert Blakelock (1847–1919)
- Arnold Blanch (1896–1968)
- Jacques Blanchard (1600–1638)
- Ross Bleckner (born 1949)
- Johann Heinrich Bleuler (1758–1823)
- Johann Ludwig Bleuler (1792–1850)
- Carl Heinrich Bloch (1834–1890)
- Josef Block (1863–1943)
- Abraham Bloemaert (1566–1651)
- Hendrick Bloemaert (1601–1672)
- Flavia Blois (1914–1980), English landscape painter
- Tina Blondell (born 1953)
- Hyman Bloom (1913–2009)
- Pieter de Bloot (1601–1658)
- Godfrey Blow (born 1948)
- Peter Blume (1906–1992)
- Ditlev Blunck (1798–1854)
- Robert Henderson Blyth (1919–1970), Scottish landscape painter
- David Gilmour Blythe (1815–1865)
- Umberto Boccioni (1882–1916)
- Anna Boch (1848–1936)
- François Bocion (1828–1890)
- Thomas Bock (1793–1855)
- Arnold Böcklin (1827–1901)
- Karl Bodmer (1809–1893)
- Paul Bodmer (1886–1983)
- Edward Marshall Boehm (1913–1969)
- George Bogart (1933–2005)
- Krzysztof Boguszewski (1906–1988)
- Aaron Bohrod (1907–1992)
- Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761–1845)
- Maurice Boitel (born 1919)
- Ferdinand Bol (1616–1680)
- Kees Bol (1916–2009)
- Giovanni Boldini (1842–1931)
- Boetius Adamsz Bolswert (1585–1633)
- Schelte a Bolswert (1586–1659)
- Irvin Bomb (born 1967)
- David Bomberg (1890–1957)
- Camille Bombois (1883–1970)
- Stephen Bone (1904–1958), English painter and broadcaster
- Isidore Bonheur (1827–1901)
- Rosa Bonheur (1822–1899)
- Claude Bonin-Pissarro (born 1921)
- Richard Parkes Bonington (1802–1828)
- Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947)
- Francesco Bonsignori (1460–1519)
- Gerard ter Borch (1617–1681), Dutch
- Paul-Émile Borduas (1905–1960)
- Adolf Born (born 1930)
- Vladimir Borovikovsky (1757–1825)
- Dieter Borst (born 1950)
- Kameda Bōsai (1752–1826)
- Hieronymus Bosch (c. 1450–1516)
- Abraham Bosschaert (1612–1643)
- Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder (1573–1621)
- Ambrosius Bosschaert II (1609–1645)
- Johannes Bosschaert (1610–1650)
- Ángel Botello (1913–1986)
- Fernando Botero (born 1932)
- Andries Both (1612–1641)
- Jan Dirksz Both (1610–1652)
- Sandro Botticelli (1445–1510)
- François Boucher (1703–1770)
- Eugène Boudin (1824–1898)
- William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905)
- Gustave Boulanger (1824–1888)
- Doris Boulton-Maude (1892–1961)
- Douglas Bourgeois (born 1951), American figurative painter
- Francis Bourgeois (1753–1811)
- John Bourne (born 1943)
- Esaias Boursse (1631–1672)
- Dieric Bouts (1420–1475)
- Camille Bouvagne (1864–1936)
- Carol Bove (born 1971)
- David Bowie (1947–2016)
- Eden Box (1919–1988), English painter
- Zlatyu Boyadzhiev (1903–1976)
- Arthur Boyd (1920–1999)
- Arthur Merric Boyd (1862–1940)
- David Boyd (born 1924)
- Penleigh Boyd (1890–1923)
- Olga Boznańska (1865–1940)
- Dorothea Braby (1909–1987), English artist and illustrator
- John Brack (1920–1999)
- Robert Brackman (1898–1980)
- Marie Bracquemond (1841–1916)
- Dorothy Bradford (1918–2008), English painter and printmaker
- Dorothy Elizabeth Bradford (1897–1986), English painter
- Leonaert Bramer (1596–1674)
- Christian Hilfgott Brand (1694–1756), German
- Johann Christian Brand (1722–1795)
- Peter Brandes (born 1944)
- Petr Brandl (1668–1739)
- Warren Eugene Brandon (1916–1977)
- Eugène Brands (1913–2002)
- Józef Brandt (1841–1915)
- Muriel Brandt (1909–1981)
- Georges Braque (1882–1963)
- Arnold Franz Brasz (1888–1966)
- Maurice Braun (1877–1941)
- Victor Brauner (1903–1966)
- Robert J. Brawley (1936–2006)
- Jan de Bray (1627–1697)
- Dirck de Bray
- Phyllis Bray (1911–1991), English mural painter
- Salomon de Bray (1597–1664)
- Carl Frederik von Breda (1759–1818)
- Bartholomeus Breenbergh (1598–1657)
- George Hendrik Breitner (1857–1923)
- Quirijn van Brekelenkam (1622–1670)
- Mark A. Brennan (born 1968)
- Art Brenner (born 1924)
- Louise Catherine Breslau (1856–1927)
- Jules Breton (1827–1906)
- David Brewster (painter) (born 1960)
- James E. Brewton (1930–1967)
- Breyten Breytenbach (born 1939)
- Alfred Thompson Bricher (1837–1908)
- Ernest Briggs (1923–1984)
- Pierre Brissaud (1885–1964)
- Louis le Brocquy (born 1916)
- Heinrich Brocksieper (1898–1968)
- Antoni Brodowski (1784–1832)
- Melchior Broederlam (1350–after 1409)
- Agnolo Bronzino (1503–1572)
- Alexander Brook (1898–1980)
- Peter Brook (1927–2009)
- Bertram Brooker (1888–1955)
- Allan Brooks (1869–1946)
- Frank Leonard Brooks (born 1911)
- James Brooks (1906–1992), American Abstract Expressionist
- Romaine Brooks (1874–1970)
- Adriaen Brouwer (1605–1638)
- Cecily Brown (born 1969)
- Ford Madox Brown (1821–1893)
- Lucy Madox Brown (1843–1894)
- Francis Focer Brown (1891–1971)
- Joan Brown (1938–1990)
- Judith Brown (1931–1992)
- Nyuju Stumpy Brown (1924–2011), Australian
- Kathleen Browne (1905–2007), New Zealand painter
- Mia Brownell (born 1971)
- Václav Brožík (1851–1901)
- Patrick Henry Bruce (1881–1936)
- Lodewijk Bruckman (1903–1995)
- Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568–1625)
- Jan Brueghel the Younger (1601–1678)
- Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1525–1569)
- Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564–1638)
- Marjorie Frances Bruford (1902–1958), English painter
- Arnold Brügger (1888–1975)
- Elizabeth York Brunton (1880–c.1960)
- Barthel Bruyn the Elder (1493–1555)
- Barthel Bruyn the Younger (c. 1530–1607/1610)
- Karl Bryullov (1799–1852)
- Tadeusz Brzozowski (1818–1887)
- Ernest Buckmaster (1897–1968)
- Ota Bubeníček (1871–1962)
- Emanuel Büchel (1705–1775)
- Frank Buchser (1828–1890)
- Karl Buesgen (1917–1981)
- Bernard Buffet (1928–1999)
- Vlaho Bukovac (1855–1922)
- Norma Bull (1906–1980), Australian painter and printmaker
- Johann Balthasar Bullinger (1713–1793)
- Fritz Bultman (1919–1985)
- John Elwood Bundy (1853–1933)
- Dennis Miller Bunker (1861–1890)
- Charles Ragland Bunnell (1897–1968)
- Rupert Bunny (1864–1947)
- Mykola Burachek (1871–1942)
- Elbridge Ayer Burbank (1858–1949)
- Charles E. Burchfield (1893–1967)
- Jacob Burck (1907–1982)
- Hans Burgkmair (1473–1531)
- Francisco de Burgos Mantilla (1612–1672)
- Max Buri (1868–1915)
- Zdeněk Burian (1905–1981)
- Rodney Joseph Burn (1899–1984), English portrait painter
- Eugène Burnand (1850–1921)
- Dorothy Burroughes (1883–1963)
- Alberto Burri (1915–1995)
- Sergio Burzi (1901–1954)
- Theodore Earl Butler (1861–1936)
- Ambreen Butt (born 1969)
- John Button (1930–1982)
- Louis Buvelot (1814–1888)
- Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech (1591–1624)
- Byeon Sang-byeok
- Mary Byfield (1795–1871)
- John Byrne (artist) (1786–1847)
- Johann Rudolf Byss (1660–1738)