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• Nadim Karam (born 1957)
• Isabel Naftel (1832–1912), British artist
• Nagahide Urakusai
• Nagasawa Rosetsu (1754–1799)
• Aaron Nagel (born 1980), contemporary American artist
• Patrick Nagel (1945–1984), American artist and illustrator
• Matthijs Naiveu (1647–1721)
• Naka Bokunen (born 1953)
• Nakahara Nantenbō (1839–1925)
• Naondo Nakamura (1905–1981)
• Nakayama Tadashi (born 1927)
• Nam Gye-u (1811–1888)
• Naza: (born 1955) American Brazilian Painter
• Albert Namatjira (1902–1959), Australian aboriginal painter of Impressionist
• Lisa Nankivil (born 1958), American abstract painter and printmaker
• Nara Yoshitomo (born 1959)
• Jørgen Nash (1920–2004), Danish artist, writer and central proponent of situationism
• Paul Nash (1889–1946), English war artist
• Alexander Nasmyth (1758–1840), Scottish portrait and landscape painter
• Patrick Nasmyth (1787–1831), Scottish landscape painter
• Jean-Marc Nattier (1685–1766), French painter especially of portraits
• Bruce Nauman (born 1941), contemporary American artist
• Josef Navrátil (1798–1865), Bohemian painter of murals, and frescos
• Naza (born 1955), Brazilian American painter
• Radi Nedelchev (born 1938), Bulgarian naïve art artist especially of landscapes, village life, and festivals
• Alice Neel (1900–1984), American portrait painter
• Aert van der Neer (1603–1677)
• Eglon van der Neer (1633–1703)
• Almada Negreiros (1893–1970), Portuguese painter, poet and writer
• LeRoy Neiman (1927–2012), American semi-abstract painter of athletes and sporting events
• Kristin Nelson (1945-2018)
• Albert Nemethy (1920–1998), Hungarian-American painter
• Odd Nerdrum (born 1944), Norwegian figurative painter.
• Ismael Nery (1900–1934), Brazilian painter, poet, and architect
• Ugo Nespolo (born 1941), Italian artist
• Mikhail Nesterov (1862–1942), Russian artist especially of religious Symbolism
• Caspar Netscher (1639–1684)
• Louise Nevelson (1900–1988), Ukrainian-born American artist
• NEVERCREW (1980 & 1979), Swiss urban artists duo
• Barnett Newman (1905–1970), American abstract expressionism artist
• Roy Newell (1914–2006), American abstract painter
• Ni Duan (1436–1505)
• Ni Tian (1855–1919)
• Ni Yuanlu (1593–1644)
• Ni Zan (1301–1374), Yuan Dynasty Chinese painter
• Ejnar Nielsen (1872–1956)
• Jan Nieuwenhuys (1922–1986), Dutch painter and founder of CoBrA
• Ben Nicholson (1894–1982), English abstract painter
• Sir William Nicholson (1872–1949), English painter
• Nicomachus of Thebes (4th century BC), ancient Greek painter
• Caro Niederer (born 1963)
• Nína Tryggvadóttir (1913–1968)
• Nishida Shunei (born 1953)
• Nishikawa Sukenobu (1671–1750)
• Margaret Graeme Niven (1906–1997), English landscape painter
• Nōami (1397–1471)
• Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988), Japanese American artist and landscape architect
• Sidney Nolan (1917–1992), Australia painter and printmaker
• Kenneth Noland (1924–2010), American abstract painter
• Emil Nolde (1867–1956), German painter and printmaker
• Reinier Nooms (1623–1667)
• Raymond Normand (1919–2000)
• Vladimir Novak (painter) (born 1947), Czech painter, graphic artist and illustrator
• Guity Novin (born 1944), Iranian-Canadian figurative painter, Founder of Transpressionism
• Max Magnus Norman (born 1973), Swedish artist, painter, and sculptor
• Zbigniew Nowosadzki (born 1957), Polish painter
• Zoltán Nuridsány (1925-1974), Hungarian-Armenian painter
• Arvid Nyholm (1866–1927)