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• Willem Labeij (1943–2011)
• Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (1749–1803)
• Félix Labisse (1905–1982)
• Georges Lacombe (1868–1916)
• Pieter van Laer (1599–1642)
• Pierre Laffillé (1938–2011)
• Emile Lahner (1893–1980)
• Gerard de Lairesse (1640–1711)
• Wifredo Lam (1902–1982)
• Henry Lamb (1883–1960)
• George Lambourn (1900–1977), British artist
• Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov (1910–1972)
• Lam Qua (1801–1860), Chinese portrait painter
• Lan Ying (1585–1664)
• Nicolas Lancret (1690–1743)
• Myra Landau (born 1926)
• Ronnie Landfield (born 1947)
• Sir Edwin Landseer (1802–1873)
• Fitz Hugh Lane (1804–1865)
• Giovanni Lanfranco (1582–1647)
• Otto Lange (1879–1944), German Expressionist painter and graphic artist
• Peter Lanyon (1918–1964)
• Ibram Lassaw (1913–2003)
• Mikhail Larionov (1881–1964)
• Julio Larraz (born 1944)
• Carl Larsson (1859–1919)
• Pieter Lastman (1583–1633)
• Rainer Maria Latzke (born 1950)
• Georges de La Tour (1593–1652)
• William Langson Lathrop (1859–1938)
• Marie Laurencin (1885–1956)
• Jean-Paul Laurens (1838–1921)
• John Lavery (1856–1941)
• Andrew Law (1873–1967), Scottish portrait painter
• Edith Lawrence (1890–1973)
• Jacob Lawrence (1917–2000)
• Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769–1830)
• Jesús Mari Lazkano (born 1960)
• Gregorio Lazzarini (1655–1730)
• Antoine Le Nain (c.1599–1648)
• Louis Le Nain (c.1601–1648)
• Mathieu Le Nain (1607–1677)
• Henri Le Sidaner (1862–1939)
• Benjamin Williams Leader (1831–1923)
• Georges Emile Lebacq (1876–1950)
• Mikhail Lebedev (1811–1837)
• Charles Lebrun (1619–1690)
• Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1836–1911)
• Silvestro Lega (1826–1895)
• Fernand Léger (1881–1955)
• Alphonse Legros (1837–1911)
• Anton Lehmden (born 1929)
• Wilhelm Leibl (1844–1900)
• Lord Frederic Leighton (1830–1896)
• Margaret Leiteritz (1907–1976)
• Sir Peter Lely (1618–1680)
• Ulrich Leman (1885–1988)
• Georges Lemmen (1865–1916)
• August Lemmer (1862–19??)
• Tamara de Lempicka (1898–1980)
• Franz von Lenbach (1836–1904)
• Leng Mei
• Robert Lenkiewicz (1941–2002)
• Lennie Lee (born 1958)
• Achille Leonardi (c.1800–1870)
• Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), Italian polymath, being a scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician and writer
• Stanislas Lépine (1835–1892)
• Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (1814–1841)
• Charles Le Roux (1814–1895)
• Niels Lergaard (1893–1982)
• Alfred Leslie (born 1927)
• Hans Leu the Elder (1460–1507)
• Michael Leunig (born 1945)
• Leo Leuppi (1893–1972)
• Emanuel Leutze (1816–1868)
• Jack Levine (1915–2010)
• Isaac Levitan (1860–1900)
• Rafail Levitsky (1847–1940)
• Dmitry Levitzky (1735–1822)
• Bill Lewis (born 1953)
• Wyndham Lewis (1884–1957)
• Aertgen van Leyden (1498–1564)
• Lucas van Leyden (1494–1533)
• Alfred Leyman (1856–1933)
• Thyrza Anne Leyshon (1892–1996)
• Judith Jans Leyster (also Leijster) (1609–1660), Dutch
• André Lhote (1885–1962)
• Liaqat Ali Khan
• Li Cheng (919–967)
• Li Di (1100–after 1197)
• Li Fangying (1696–1755)
• Li Gonglin (1049–1106)
• Li Kan (1245–1320)
• Li Keran (1907–1989)
• Li Mei-shu (1902-1983), Taiwanese painter, sculptor, and politician
• Li Rongjin
• Li Shan (1686–1756)
• Li Shida
• Li Shixing (1282–1328)
• Li Song
• Li Tang (d. 1130)
• Li Zai
• Liang Kai (12th century–13th century)
• Liao Chi-chun (1902-1976), Taiwanese painter and sculptor
• Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1997)
• Ash Lieb (born 1982)
• Max Liebermann (1847–1935)
• Irene Lieblich (1923–2008)
• Josse Lieferinxe (14??–1508)
• Jan Lievens (1607–1674)
• Maxwell Gordon Lightfoot (1886–1911), English painter
• Bruno Liljefors (1860–1939)
• Limbourg brothers (?–1416)
• Lin Liang (1424–1500)
• Lin Tinggui (active 1174–1189)
• Liaqat Ali Khan
• Emil Lindenfeld (1905–1986)
• Arlington Nelson Lindenmuth (1856–1950)
• Allan Linder (born 1966)
• Carl Walter Liner (1914–1997)
• Johannes Lingelbach (1622–1674)
• John Linnell (1792–1873)
• Amalia Lindegren (1814–1891), Swedish artist and painter
• Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
• Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702–1789)
• Filippino Lippi (1457–1504)
• Fra Filippo Lippi (ca.1406–1469)
• Oleg Lipchenko (born 1957)
• Arthur Lismer (1885–1969)
• Johann Liss (also called Jan Lys) (ca. 1590 or 1597–1627 or 1631)
• Dirck van der Lisse (1607–1669)
• El Lissitzky (1890–1941)
• Beatrice Ethel Lithiby (1889-1966), English painter
• Stephen Little (born 1954)
• Alexander Litovchenko (1835–1890)
• Liu Haisu (1896–1994)
• Liu Jue (1409–1472)
• Liu Jun
• Elizabeth Jane Lloyd (1928–1995), English painter
• Stefan Lochner (c. 1410–1451)
• Dorothy Lockwood (1910–1991), English watercolour painter
• Lojze Logar (1944–2014)
• Paul Lohse (1902–1988)
• Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler (1899–1940)
• German Londoño (born 1961)
• Leonard Long (born 1911)
• McKendree Long (1888–1976)
• Barbara Longhi (1552–1638)
• Pietro Longhi (1702–1785)
• Charles-André van Loo (1705–1765)
• Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo (1719–1795)
• Jean-Baptiste van Loo (1684–1745)
• Louis-Michel van Loo (1707–1771)
• Candido Lopez (1840–1902)
• Melchior Lorck (1526 or 1527–after 1583)
• Christian August Lorentzen (1746–1828)
• Pietro Lorenzetti (ca.1280–1348)
• Lorenzo Lotto (c. 1480–1556/57)
• Morris Louis (1912–1962), (also listed under Bernstein)
• Louisa Matthíasdóttir (1917–2000)
• Claude Lorrain (1600–1682)
• L. S. Lowry (1887–1976)
• Lu Guang
• Lu Ji (1477–15??)
• Lu Zhi (1496–1576)
• Luo Mu (1622–1706)
• Luo Pin (1733–1799)
• Maximilien Luce (1858–1941)
• Lucebert (1924–1994)
• Stefan Luchian (1868–1917)
• John Luke (1906–1975)
• George Benjamin Luks (1867–1933)
• Juan Luna (1857–1899)
• Henrik Lund (1875–1948)
• J. L. Lund (1777–1867)
• Johan Lundbye (1818–1848)
• Vilhelm Lundstrøm (1893–1950)
• Luo Zhichuan
• Oskar Lüthy (1882–1945), Swiss painter of still-lifes, landscapes and religious art
• Laura Muntz Lyall (1860–1930)
• Genevieve Springston Lynch (1891–1960)