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• B. Jackson (d. 1981), African American painter who broke an art-related color barrier in 1966
• Robert Jacobsen (1912–1993), Danish sculptor and painter
• Lambert Jacobsz (1598–1636), Dutch Golden Age painter and preacher
• Yvonne Jacquette (born 1934), American painter and printmaker especially of aerial landscapes
• Jan Jahn (1739–1802), Czech painter and art historian
• Božidar Jakac (1899–1989), Slovene Expressionist, Realist and Symbolist painter, graphic artist, art teacher, photographer and filmmaker
• Rihard Jakopič (1869–1943), Slovene painter
• Matija Jama (1872–1947), Slovene Impressionist
• Terrell James (born 1955), American painter
• Jang Seung-eop (1843–1897), Korean painter
• Louis Janmot (1814–1892), French painter and poet
• Ruud Janssen (born 1959), Dutch Fluxus and mail artist
• James Jarvaise (born 1924), American painter
• Eero Järnefelt (1863–1937), Finnish realist painter
• Karl Jauslin (1842–1904), Swiss history painter
• Alexej von Jawlensky (1864–1941), Russian expressionist painter
• William Jennys (1774–1859), American primitive portrait painter
• Alfred Jensen (1903–1981), Guatemalan abstract painter
• Jeong Seon (1676–1759), Korean landscape painter
• Walther Jervolino (1944–2012), Italian Surrealist painter
• Ji Sheng, Chinese painter of the Ming Dynasty
• Jiang Tingxi (1669–1732), Chinese painter, and an editor
• Jiao Bingzhen (1689–1726), Chinese painter and astronomer
• Jin Nong (1687–c.1763-64), Chinese painter and calligrapher
• Jin Tingbiao, Qing Dynasty painter
• Ferenc Joachim (1882–1964), Hungarian painter of portraits and landscapes in oil, watercolors and pastels
• Chantal Joffe (born 1969)
• Jóhannes Geir Jónsson (1927–2003)
• Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval (1885–1972)
• Augustus John (1878–1961), Welsh painter, draughtsman, and etcher.
• Gwen John (1876–1939), Welsh painter of small-scale portraits and still lifes
• Jasper Johns (born 1930), American contemporary painter and printmaker
• Mitchell Johnson (born 1964), contemporary painter
• Sargent Johnson (1888–1967), Californian African-American painter, potter, ceramist, printmaker, graphic artist, sculptor, and carver
• Allen Jones (born 1937), British pop artist, sculptor, and graphic artist
• Lois Mailou Jones (1905–1998), African American Harlem Renaissance painter
• Ludolf Leendertsz de Jongh (1616–1679)
• Johan Jongkind (1819–1891), Dutch painter and printmaker
• Jacob Jordaens (1593–1678), Flemish Baroque painter of the Antwerp school
• Asger Jorn (1914–1973), founding member of the Situationist International, artist, and essayist
• José Rodrigues (1828–1887), Portuguese painter
• Lily Delissa Joseph (1863–1940), English painter
• Josetsu ( 1405–1423), Japanese suiboku artist
• Jean Jouvenet (1644–1717), French painter
• Ju Chao (1811–1865)
• Ju Lian (1828–1904)
• Donald Judd (1928–1994), American minimalist artist
• Jens Juel (1745–1802), Danish portrait painter
• Júlíana Sveinsdóttir (1889–1966)
• Gabrijel Jurkić (1886–1974), Bosnian artist