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- Aileen Eagleton (1902–1984), English painter
- Thomas Eakins (1844–1916), American realist painter, photographer, sculptor, and fine arts educator
- Ralph Earl (1751–1801), American
- Augustus Earle (1793–1838), London-born travel artist
- Alfred East (1849–1913), English
- Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783–1853), Danish
- Otto Eckmann (1865–1902), German painter and graphic artist
- Don Eddy (born 1944), American painter who gained initial fame as a photorealist artist
- Albert Edelfelt (1854–1905), Finnish
- Ursula Edgcumbe (1900–1985), English sculptor and painter
- Edith Edmonds (1874–1951), British painter
- May de Montravel Edwardes (1887–1967), British painter
- Helen Edwards (1882–1963), British landscape painter
- Gerbrand van den Eeckhout (1621–1674)
- Beverly K. Effinger (born 1955), American
- Camilo Egas (1889–1962), Latin American master painter and teacher
- Maude Kaufman Eggemeyer (1877–1959) painter of the Richmond Group
- Albin Egger-Lienz (1868–1926), Austrian painter of rustic genre and historical paintings
- Ei-Q (1911–1960)
- Louis Eilshemius (1864–1941), American painter primarily of landscapes and nudes
- Einar Hakonarson (born 1945)
- Eishōsai Chōki, designer of ukiyo-e style Japanese woodblock prints
- Ib Eisner (1925–2003), Danish artist
- Eizan Kikukawa (1787–1867)
- Bouchta El Hayani (born 1952)
- Mildred Eldridge (1909–1991), British painter and muralist
- Clifford Ellis (1907–1985), English painter and printmaker
- Adam Elsheimer (1578–1610), German artist of cabinet paintings
- Pieter Janssens Elinga (1623–1682)
- Arthur Webster Emerson, American/Hawaiian
- Tracey Emin (born 1963)
- Paul Emmert (1826–1867)
- Lydia Field Emmet (1866–1952), American portrait artist
- Rosalie Emslie (1891–1977), English landscape and portrait painter
- Gonzalo Endara Crow (1936–1996), Latin American
- Cornelis Engebrechtsz (1462–1527)
- Florence Engelbach (1872–1951)
- Grace English (1891–1956)
- Ron English (born 1948), pop artist of popular brand imagery and advertising
- Carlos Enríquez Gómez (1900–1957), Cuban painter, illustrator and writer
- James Ensor (1860–1949), Belgian painter and printmaker
- Ben Enwonwu (1921–1994), leading Nigerian artist of the 20th century
- Sir Jacob Epstein (1880–1959), American-born sculptor and painter
- Sven Erixson (1899–1970)
- Hans Erni (born 1909)
- Max Ernst (1891–1976), German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and poet
- Rodolfo Escalera (1929–2000), Mexican American Oil Painter who specialized in realism
- C. Escher (1898–1972), Dutch graphic artist especially of mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs and mezzotints
- Robert Lee Eskridge (1891–1975), American
- Jacob Esselens (1626–1687)
- Richard Estes (born 1936), American painter especially of photorealistic paintings
- Bracha L. Ettinger (born 1951), artist, painter, photographer, theorist and psychoanalyst
- William Etty (1787–1849), English painter especially of nudes
- Dulah Marie Evans (1875–1951), American painter, printmaker, illustrator, and photographer
- Vincent Evans (1896–1976), Welsh artist
- Eamon Everall (born 1948), English artist and educator
- Allaert van Everdingen (1621–1675)
- Caesar van Everdingen (1617–1678)
- Philip Evergood (1901–1971), American painter, etcher, lithographer, sculptor, illustrator and writer
- Mikhail Evstafiev (born 1963), Russian artist, photographer, and writer
- Julius Exner (1863–1939), Danish genre painter
- Barthélemy d'Eyck (1420–after 1470)
- Hubert van Eyck (1385–1426)
- Jan van Eyck (1390–1441), Early Netherlandish painter
- John Eyre (1771–1812), Australian painter and engraver
- Carl Eytel (1862–1925), German-American landscape painter and illustrator
- Andrey Esionov (born 1963), Russian