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- Alexandre Cabanel (1823–1889)
- Vincenzo Cabianca (1827–1902)
- Paul Cadmus (1904–1999)
- Pogus Caesar
- Cagnaccio di San Pietro (1897–1946)
- Gustave Caillebotte (1848–1894)
- Lawrence Calcagno (1913–1993)
- Alexander Calder (1898–1976)
- Mary Callery (1903–1977), Modern sculptor; American Abstract Expressionist sculptor
- Jacques Callot (1592–1635)
- Abraham van Calraet (1642–1722)
- Luis Enrique Camejo (born 1971)
- Gianfredo Camesi (born 1940)
- Steven Campbell (1953–2007), Scottish painter
- Jacob van Campen (1596–1657)
- Robert Campin (1375–1444)
- Govert Dircksz Camphuysen (1623–1672)
- Canaletto (1697–1768)
- Noe Canjura (1922–1970)
- Cao Buxing
- Cao Zhibai (1271–1355)
- Josef Čapek (1887–1945)
- Jan van de Cappelle (1626–1679)
- Tom Carapic (born 1939)
- Caravaggio (1573–1610)
- Arthur B. Carles (1882–1952)
- Nancy Carline (1909–2004), English painter and sculptor
- Richard Carline (1896–1980), English artist, writer and arts administrator
- Sydney Carline (1888–1929), English landscape painter and war artist
- Carlo Carlone (1686–1775), Italian
- Emil Carlsen (1853–1932), American
- John Fabian Carlson (1875–1945)
- Rhea Carmi (born 1942), Israeli-American abstract expressionist and mixed-media artist
- Nicolas Carone (1917–2010), American Abstract Expressionist artist
- Emile Auguste Carolus-Duran (1838–1917)
- Carpaccio (c. 1460–1525)
- Jane Carpanini (born 1949), British watercolour artist
- Emily Carr (1871–1945)
- Henry Carr (1894–1970), English landscape and portrait painter
- Thomas Carr (1909–1999), English painter
- Carlo Carrà (1881–1966)
- Annibale Carracci (1557–1602)
- Agostino Carracci (1560–1609)
- Ludovico Carracci (1555–1619)
- Eugène Carrière (1849–1906)
- Dora Carrington (1893–1932)
- Joanna Carrington (1931–2003)
- Leonora Carrington (1917–2011), original surrealist painter
- Clarence Holbrook Carter (1904–2000)
- Ramon Casas i Carbó (1866–1932)
- Felice Casorati (1883–1963)
- Judy Cassab (born 1920)
- Mary Cassatt (1844–1926)
- Alfred Joseph Casson (1898–1992)
- Humberto Castro (born 1957)
- Carlos Catasse (born 1944)
- George Catlin (1796–1872)
- Patrick Caulfield (1936–2005), English
- Louis de Caullery (c. 1555–c. 1621)
- Giovanni Paolo Cavagna (1556–1627), Italian
- Bernardo Cavallino (1622–1654)
- Giorgio Cavallon (1904–1989), American Abstract and Abstract Expressionist artist
- Antonio Cavallucci (1752–1795)
- Mirabello di Antonio Cavalori (da Salincorno) (c. 1520–1572)
- Vija Celmins (born 1938), American, born in Latvia
- Maximilian Cercha (1818–1907)
- Avgust Černigoj (1898–1985)
- Bartolomeo Cesi (1556–1629)
- Paul Cézanne (1839–1906)
- Paul Émile Chabas (1869–1937)
- Marc Chagall (1887–1985)
- Alfred Edward Chalon (1780–1860)
- Charles Joshua Chaplin (1825–1891)
- Minerva J. Chapman (1858–1947)
- Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (1699–1779)
- Caroline Chariot-Dayez (born 1958)
- Michael Ray Charles (born 1967)
- Sam Charles (1887–1949)
- Elizabeth Charleston (1910–1987)
- Nicolas Charlet (1792–1845)
- Evan Charlton (1904–1984), British artist
- Felicity Charlton (1913–2009), British artist
- Chafik Charobim (1894–1975)
- Louisa Chase (1951–2016)
- William Merritt Chase (1849–1916)
- Théodore Chassériau (1819–1856)
- Russell Chatham (born 1939)
- Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824–1898)
- Jules Chéret (1836–1932)
- Evelyn Cheston (1875–1929), English painter
- Chen Chi (1912–2005)
- Patrick Ching (born 1962)
- Derek Chittock (1922–1986), British portrait painter and art critic
- Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy (1952–2012)
- Chén Chún (1483–1544)
- Chen Daofu (1480–1544)
- Chen Hong
- Chen Hongshou (1598–1652)
- Chen Jiru (1558–1639)
- Chen Lin (1260–1320)
- Chen Lu
- Chen Rong
- Chen Yifei (1946–2005)
- Cheng Jiasui (1565–1643)
- Cheng Shifa (1921–2007)
- Cheng Zhengkui (1604–1670)
- Billy Childish (born 1959)
- Giorgio de Chirico (1888–1978)
- Antonín Chittussi (1847–1891)
- Adam Chmielowski (1888–1878)
- Daniel Chodowiecki (1726–1801)
- Choi Buk
- Dan Christensen (1942–2007)
- Henry B. Christian (1883–1953), American
- Ernest William Christmas (1863–1918)
- Petrus Christus (1410–1476)
- Abdur Rahman Chughtai (1899–1975)
- Frederick Edwin Church (1826–1900)
- Betty Churcher (born 1931)
- Peter Churcher (born 1964)
- Winston Churchill (1874–1965)
- Leon Chwistek (1884–1937)
- Cimabue (1240–1302)
- Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727–1785)
- Antonio Ciseri (1821–1891)
- Joze Ciuha (born 1924)
- Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875–1924)
- Franz Cižek (1865–1946)
- George Claessen (1909–1999), Sri Lankan artist
- Pieter Claesz (1597–1660)
- Alson S. Clark (1876–1949)
- Edward Clark (born 1926)
- Jean Clark (1902–1999), English mural painter
- Walter Leighton Clark (1859–1935)
- Joaquín Clausell (1866–1935)
- Francesco Clemente (born 1952)
- Grace Clements (1905–1969)
- Isabel Codrington (1874–1943), British watercolour artist
- Dorothy Coke (1897–1979), British watercolour artist
- Ruth Collet (1909–2001), English painter
- Chuck Close (born 1940)
- François Clouet (1510–1572)
- Giorgio Giulio Clovio (1498–1578)
- Henry Ives Cobb, Jr. (1883–1974)
- Juan Fernando Cobo (born 1959)
- Pieter Codde (1599–1678)
- Charles Codman (1800–1842)
- Jon Coffelt (born 1963)
- Nevin Çokay (born 1930)
- William Coldstream (1908–1987), British realist painter
- Elsie Vera Cole (1885–1967), English painter
- Thomas Cole (1801–1948)
- Robert Colescott (1925–2009)
- Edwaert Collier (1640–1708)
- John Collier (1850–1934)
- Raphaël Collin (1850–1916)
- Elisabeth Collins (1904–2000), English painter and sculptor
- Jacob Collins (born 1964)
- Samuel Colman (1832–1920)
- Jean Colombe (1430–1493)
- Giovanni Battista Innocenzo Colombo (1717–1793)
- Jaime Colson (1901–1975), Dominican Republic
- José Comas Quesada (1928–1993)
- Robert Combas (born 1957)
- Mario Comensoli (1922–1993)
- Charles Conder (1868–1909)
- William Congdon (1912–1998)
- Charles Fremont Conner (1857–1905)
- Kevin Connor (born 1932)
- William Conor (1881–1968)
- John Constable (1776–1837)
- Constant (1920–2005)
- Theo Constanté (born 1934)
- John Kingsley Cook (1911–1994), English artist and wood engraver
- May Louise Greville Cooksey (1878–1943), English painter
- Cassius Marcellus Coolidge (1844–1934)
- Colin Campbell Cooper (1856–1937)
- Adriaen Coorte (1665–1707)
- D.M. Cooper (1856-1924), California painter
- Colin Campbell Cooper (1856–1937)
- Constance Copeman (1864–1953), English painter
- John Singleton Copley (1737–1815)
- Teresa Copnall (1882–1972), English painter
- Fern Coppedge (1883–1951)
- Coppo di Marcovaldo (1225–1276)
- Edward Corbett (1919–1971)
- Lovis Corinth (1858–1925)
- Corneille (1922–2010)
- Thomas Cornell (born 1937)
- Paul Cornoyer (1864–1923)
- Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796–1875)
- Correggio (1489–1534)
- Pietro da Cortona (1596–1669)
- Piero di Cosimo (1462–1521)
- Grace Cossington Smith (1892–1984)
- Francesco del Cossa (c. 1435–c. 1477)
- Pierre Auguste Cot (1837–1883)
- Colijn de Coter (1440–1532)
- Jean-Yves Couliou (1916–1995)
- Noel Counihan (1913–1986)
- Gustave Courbet (1819–1877)
- Thomas Couture (1815–1879)
- John Covert (1882–1960)
- Raymond Teague Cowern (1913–1986), British painter and illustrator
- James Cowie (1886–1956), Scottish portrait painter
- Jan Cox (1919–1980)
- Raymond Coxon (1896–1997), English painter
- Francesco Cozza (1605–1682), Italian
- Dirk Crabeth (1501–1574)
- Wouter Pietersz Crabeth (1510–1590)
- Frank Barrington Craig (1902–1951), British painter
- James Humbert Craig (1877–1944)
- Lucas Cranach the elder (1472–1553)
- Lucas Cranach the younger (1515–1586)
- Lefevre James Cranstone (1822–1893)
- Hugh Adam Crawford (1898–1982), Scottish portrait painter
- Fred Cress (born 1938)
- Susan Crile (born 1942)
- Carlo Crivelli (1435–1495)
- Ivan Lacković Croata (born 1932)
- Charles Crodel (1894–1974)
- Ray Crooke (born 1922)
- Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823–1900)
- Henri-Edmond Cross (1856–1910)
- Jean Crotti (1878–1958)
- Robert Crozier (1815–1891)
- Enzo Cucchi (born 1949)
- Cui Bai
- Cui Zizhong (died 1644)
- Constance Gordon Cumming (1837–1924)
- Charles Cundall (1890–1971), English painter of topographical subjects and townscapes
- Nora Cundell (1889–1948), English painter
- Rinaldo Cuneo (1877–1939)
- John Steuart Curry (1897–1946), American painter and illustrator
- Frances Currey (1925–2012), American painter
- Aelbert Cuyp (1620–1691)
- Benjamin Gerritsz Cuyp (1612–1652)
- Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp (1594–1652)
- Boleslaw Cybis (1895–1957)
- Władysław Czachórski (1850–1911)
- Jozef Czapski (1896–1993)
- Szymon Czechowicz (1689–1775)
- Alfons von Czibulka (1888–1969)
- Tytus Czyżewski (1880–1945)