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• Bacchiacca (Francesco d'Ubertino, Italian, 1495–1557)
• Bacot, Edmond (French, 1814–1875)
• Bada Shanren (Zhu Da) (Chinese, 1626–1705)
• Bakst, Léon (Russian, 1866–1924)
• Baldung, Hans, called Grien (German, 1484/85–1545)
• Baldus, Édouard (French, born Prussia, 1813–1889)
• Balenciaga, Cristobal (French, born Spain, 1895–1972)
• Balthus (Klossowski, Balthasar) (French, 1908–2001)
• Bapst, Germain (French, 1853–1921)
• Barbari, Jacopo de' (Italian, ca. 1460/70–before 1516)
• Barnard, George N. (American, 1819–1902)
• Barnett, Michael (English, 1763–1817)
• Barocci, Federico (Italian, ca. 1535–1612)
• Bartholomew, Edward Sheffield (American, 1822–1858)
• Bartolini, Lorenzo (Italian, 1777–1850)
• Bartolo di Fredi (Italian, Sienese, active 1353, dated 1410)
• Bartolo di Fredi (Italian, Sienese, died 1410)
• Bartolomeo di Tommaso (Italian, Umbrian, active by 1425, died 1453/54)
• Barye, Antoine–Louis (French, 1796–1875)
• Basawan (Pakistani, active second half of 16th century)
• Bassano, Jacopo (Jacopo da Ponte) (Italian, ca. 1510–1592)
• Bastien–Lepage, Jules (French, 1848–1884)
• Bastis Master (Greek, Active Mid 3rd Millennium)
• Batoni, Pompeo (Italian, 1708–1787)
• Bayard, Hippolyte (French, 1801–1887)
• Bayer, Herbert (American, born Austria, 1900–1985)
• Bazille, Jean–Frédéric (French, 1841–1870)
• Baziotes, William (American, 1912–1963)
• Beall, Lester (American, 1903–1969)
• Bearden, Romare (American, 1911–1988)
• Beaux, Cecilia (American, 1855–1942)
• Becher, Bernd (German, born 1931)
• Becher, Hilla (German, born 1934)
• Beckmann, Max (German, 1884–1950)
• Beer, Jan da (Netherlandish, ca. 1475–1528)
• Beham, Barthel (German, 1502–1540)
• Beham, Hans Sebald (German, 1500–1550)
• Bell, William H. (American, 1830–1910)
• Bella, Stefano della (Italian, Florentine, 1610–1664)
• Bellange, Jacques (French, ca. 1575–1616)
• Bellano, Bartolomeo (Italian, Paduan, 1437/38–1496/97)
• Belle, Josias (French, 1628–1695)
• Bellegambe, Jean (Netherlandish, active in France 1504–34)
• Bellery–Desfontaines, Henri (French, 1867–1904)
• Bellini, Giovanni (Italian, Venetian, active by 1459, died 1516)
• Bellmer, Hans (French, born Silesia, 1902–1975)
• Bellocq, E.J. (American, 1873–1949)
• Bellotto, Bernardo (Italian, 1721–1780)
• Belter, John H. (American, born Germany, 1804–1863)
• Benbridge, Henry (American, 1743–1812)
• Benecke, Ernest (English, active France, 1817–1894)
• Bening, Simon (Netherlandish, born ca. 1483/84, died 1561)
• Bennet, William James (American, ca. 1784–1844)
• Benson, Frank W. (American, 1862–1951)
• Bérain, Jean (French, 1640–1711)
• Bergeron, dit d'Argent, Isaac (French, recorded working 1649–94)
• Bergognone (Ambrogio di Stefano da Fossano) (Italian, Milanese, active 1481–1522)
• Berlin Painter (Greek, ca. 500–475 B.C.)
• Berlinghiero (Italian, Lucca, active by 1228, died by 1236)
• Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (Italian, 1598–1680)
• Bernini, Pietro (Italian, 1562–1629)
• Berthault, Louis–Martin (French, 1770–1823)
• Beutmüller the Elder, Caspar (German, Nuremberg, active ca. 1590–1600)
• Beveren, Mattheus van (Flemish, ca. 1630–1690)
• Beyeren, Abraham van (Dutch, 1620/21–1690)
• Bhavsar, Natvar (American, born India 1934)
• Biagio d'Antonio (Italian, Florentine, active 1446–1516)
• Biederman, Charles (American, born 1906)
• Biennais, Martin Guillaume (French, 1764–1843)
• Bierstadt, Albert (American, 1830–1902)
• Bingham, George Caleb (American, 1811–1879)
• Bischof, Werner (Swiss, 1916–1954)
• Blachon, Joseph (French, recorded ca. 1725–35)
• Black, James Wallace (American, 1825–1896)
• Blake, William (British, 1757–1827)
• Blanca, Oscar Tusquets (Spanish, born 1941)
• Blechen, Karl (German, 1798–1840)
• Blondel, Georges Francois (French, 1730–after 1791)
• Blume, Peter (American, born Russia, 1906–1992)
• Bobillet, Etienne (Franco–Netherlandish, active in Bourges, 1453)
• Bobinet, Charles (Swiss, 1610–1678)
• Boccioni, Umberto (Italian, 1882–1916)
• Böcklin, Arnold (Swiss, 1827–1901)
• Boekhout, Thomas (Dutch, 1666–1715)
• Boelen, Jacob (American, ca. 1657–1729/30)
• Boetticher, Otto (American, ca. 1816–after 1864)
• Böhm, Joseph (Austrian, 1786–ca. 1850)
• Boizot, Louis–Simon (French, 1743–1809)
• Bologna, Niccolò di Giacomo da (Italian, active 1349–1403)
• Bolotowsky, Ilya (American, 1907–1981)
• Boltraffio, Giovanni Antonio (Italian, ca. 1467–1516)
• Bompo Gyokuen (Japanese, 1348–after 1420)
• Bonasone, Giulio (Italian, Bolognese, ca. 1510–after 1576)
• Bonheur, Rosa (French, 1822–1899)
• Bonington, Richard Parkes (British, 1802–1828)
• Bonnard, Pierre (French, 1867–1947)
• Bonsall, Isaac H. (American, 1833–1909)
• Bontecou, Reed Brockway (American, 1824–1907)
• Booth, Peter (Australian, born England, 1940)
• Borch, Gerard ter (Dutch, 1617–1681)
• Bordon, Paris (Italian, Venetian, 1500–1571)
• Borglum, Solon Hannibal (American, 1868–1922)
• Bos, Jacob (Netherlandish, born 's Hertogenbosch, ca. 1520, flourished Rome ca. 1549–80)
• Botero, Fernando (Colombian, born 1932)
• Botticelli (Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi) (Italian, Florentine, 1444/45–1510)
• Botticini, Francesco (Francesco di Giovanni) (Italian, Florentine, ca. 1446–1497)
• Boucher, Francois (French, 1703–1770)
• Boudin, Eugène (French, 1824–1898)
• Bouguereau, William–Adolphe (French, 1825–1905)
• Boulle, Andre–Charles (French, 1642–1732)
• Boulogne, Jean, called Giambologna (Flemish, 1529–1608, active in Italy)
• Boulogne, Valentin de (French, 1591–1632)
• Boulton, Matthew (British, 1728–1809)
• Bourke–White, Margaret (American, 1904–1971)
• Bouts, Dieric (Netherlandish, active by 1457, died 1475)
• Boyvin, Rene (French, ca. 1525–after 1580)
• Bracquemond, Félix (French, 1833–1914)
• Brady, Matthew B. (American, 1823–1896)
• Bramantino (Bartolomeo Suardi) (Italian, active by 1490, died 1530)
• Brancusi, Constantin (French, born Romania, 1876–1957)
• Brandely, Jean (French, act. 1855–67)
• Brandt, Marianne (German, 1893–1983)
• Braque, Georges (French, 1882–1963)
• Braun, Adolphe (French, 1812–1877)
• Brauner, Victor (Romanian, 1903–1966)
• Bravo, Manuel Alvarez (Mexican, 1902–2002)
• Breed, Mary (American, 1751–?)
• Breenbergh, Bartholomeus (Dutch, 1598–1657)
• Brekelenkam, Quirijn van (Dutch, after 1622–1669)
• Breuer, Marcel (American, born Hungary, 1902–1981)
• Briot, François (French, 1550–1616)
• Briseis Painter (Attic vase painter, active ca. 480 B.C.)
• Brodovitch, Alexey (American, born Russia, 1898–1971)
• Brongniart, Louise (1772–1845)
• Bronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano) (Italian, Florentine, 1503–1572)
• Brouwer, Adriaen (Flemish, 1606?–1638)
• Brown, Henry Kirke (American, 1814–1886)
• Brown, John George (American, 1831–1913)
• Bruegel, Pieter, the Elder (Netherlandish, active by 1551, died 1569)
• Brueghel the Elder, Jan (Flemish, 1568–1625)
• Brueghel the Younger, Jan (Flemish, 1601–1678)
• Brueghel, Abraham (Flemish, 1631–1697)
• Brugghen, Hendrick ter (Dutch, 1588–1629)
• Brunn, Samuel (English, 1795–1819)
• Brychtová, Jaroslava (Czech, born 1924)
• Brygos Painter (Greek, active ca. 490–470 B.C.)
• Bugatti, Carlo (Italian, 1856–1940)
• Burdett, Peter Perez (British, 1735–1793)
• Burne–Jones, Sir Edward (British, 1833–1898)
• Burr, Edward (American, active 1838–1868)
• Burt, Benjamin (American, 1729–1805)
• Burton, Harry (English, 1879–1940)
• Bury, Pol (Belgian, born 1922)
• Bustamante, Jean–Marc (French, born 1952)
• Bustelli, Franz Anton (Swiss, 1723–1763)