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Indigenous Australian

Native American

Ottoman/Turkish

Abanindranath Tagore

Indian painter and writer (1871–1951)

Indian artist (1500-1593)

Akira Yoshizawa

Japanese origamist

Albert Namatjira

Australian painter (1902–1959)

Aliquli Jabbadar

Iranian painter (1666–1694)

Amrita Sher-Gil

Hungarian-Indian painter

Winnebago painter

Anjolie Ela Menon

Nigerian painter and sculptor (1917-1994)

Bruce Onobrakpeya

Nigerian painter and sculptor

Chalermchai Kositpipat

Congolese painter

Chinese chancellor

Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri

Australian Aboriginal artist (1932-2002)

Lebanese painter

Washoe basket weaver

Chinese painter, scholar, calligrapher, and art theorist (1555-1636)

Chinese painter

Ghanaian artist (born 1944)

Emily Kame Kngwarreye

Aboriginal Australian artist from Utopia, Northern Territory (1910-1996)

Esther Mahlangu

South African artist

Chinese painter (990-1020)

Félix Resurrección Hidalgo

Filipino painter (1855-1913)

Fernando Amorsolo

Filipino painter

Contemporary artist from Tanzania

South African artist and musician (1913-1993)

Gonçalo Mabunda

Artist from Mozambique

Chinese painter and politician (c. 344–406)

Chinese artist and poet (1262-1319)

Song Dynasty painter (1020–1090)

Ottoman calligrapher

Hasegawa Tōhaku

Japanese painter (1539-1610)

Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock print artist

Japanese artist

Hon'ami Kōetsu

Japanese painter and calligrapher; (1558-1637)

Iranian painter (1894–1968)

Korean painter of the late Choson dynasty (1843-1897)

Painter (1676-1759)

American bonsai artist

Niuean artist and writer (born 1962)

Filipino painter, sculptor and political activist (1857-1899)

Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād

Persian artist (1450-1535)

Iranian artist (1847–1940)

16th-century Japanese artist

Japanese painter (1434–1530)

Kawanabe Kyōsai

Japanese artist

Korean scholar, calligrapher (1786-1856)

Azerbaijani artist

Li Tang (painter)

Chinese painter (1050–1130)

Indian artist (1915–2011)

Ma Yuan (painter)

Chinese painter from Song Dynasty (1160-1225)

Mir Emad Hassani

Iranian calligrapher

Korean feminist (1896–1948)

16th century Ottoman artist

Indian artist and a pioneer of modern Indian art (1882-1966)

Japanese artist

Turkish painter, architect and miniaturist (1952-2008)

Japanese painter, craftsman (1658-1716)

Sudanese painter and graphic artist

Confucian scholar and calligrapher (557-641)

Ivatan and Philippine-American painter

Chinese painter

Ming Dynasty 16th-century Chinese professional painter

Ming dynasty 16th-century Chinese woman painter

Bangladeshi artist (1921-1988)

Navajo painter and printmaker (1931–2005)

Raja Ravi Varma

Indian painter from Kerala (1848–1906)

Indian sculptor and painter (1906–1980)

Persian painter (1565–1635)

Sally Morgan (artist)

Indigenous Australian artist and writer

Japanese artist (1420–1506)

Japanese artist (1770-1825)

Sheikh Hamdullah

Ottoman calligrapher

Chinese painter (1427-1509)

Japanese painter and lacquerer

Japanese artist (1898-1972)

Chinese painter (1642–1707)

American painter

Korean painter (1758–1813)

Chinese painter and poet (1470–1524)

Tawaraya Sōtatsu

Japanese artist

Thawan Duchanee

Thai painter (1939-2014)

Tô Ngọc Vân

Vietnamese painter and art critic

Toyohara Chikanobu

Japanese artist (1838-1912)

Nigerian artist

Japanese artist (1875-1949)

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese artist (1769-1825)

Japanese artist

Cambodian writer and sculptor (1946-2011)

Chinese politician and calligrapher (303-361)

Painter (1470-1559)

Chinese artist (c.689–c.759)

Chinese chancellor (649-713)

Chinese calligrapher (709-785)

Chinese official and calligrapher (558-638)

Bangladeshi painter and pioneer of the modern art movement

Zhang Zhi (calligrapher)

Chinese calligrapher

Chinese painter (1254-1322)

Ming dynasty calligrapher, poet, and scholar-official