Artists
| Name | Lifetime | Montana connection | Comments | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adkins, BradBrad Adkins | 1973–present | Born in Kalispell | Artist and curator | |
| Appleby, AnneAnne Appleby | 1954–present | Lives and works part time in Born in Jefferson City | Abstract color field/landscape painter | |
| Autio, RudyRudy Autio | 1926–2007 | Born in Butte; attended college in Bozeman; lived and taught in Missoula | Sculptor and ceramicist; professor of ceramics | |
| Buck, John E.John E. Buck | 1946–present | Lives parttime in Bozeman | Sculptor and printmaker; married to fellow sculptor Deborah Butterfield | |
| Butterfield, DeborahDeborah Butterfield | 1949–present | Lives parttime in Bozeman | Sculptor who makes horses out of found objects; married to fellow sculptor John E. Buck | |
| Chatham, RussellRussell Chatham | 1939–present | Lives near Livingston | Painter; lithographer; writer; restaurateur | |
| Cory, F. Y.F. Y. Cory | 1877–1972 | Lived in Helena and on a ranch near Canyon Ferry Lake | Artist and illustrator | |
| Cumming, WilliamWilliam Cumming | 1917–2010 | Born in Kalispell | Artist; a founder of the Northwest School. | |
| Dolack, MonteMonte Dolack | 1950–present | Born in Great Falls; lives in Missoula | Lithographer; painter; poster artist; watercolorist; one of Montana's most popular and widely-known contemporary graphic artists; known for whimsical images of animals (trout swimming in a bathtub, elk with their antlers on fire, etc.) | |
| Hancock, MalcolmMalcolm Hancock | 1936–1993 | Lived and died in Great Falls | Satirical Cartoonist who used the pen name "Mal" | |
| Hays, EthelEthel Hays | 1892–1989 | Born in and raised in Billings | Syndicated cartoonist specializing in flapper-themed comic strips | |
| James, WillWill James | 1892–1942 | Lived his later adult years at Pryor Creek and in Billings | Western artist; author; won the Newbery Medal in 1927 | |
| Linderman, Frank BirdFrank Bird Linderman | 1869–1938 | Lived in Sheridan, Demersville (now Kalispell), Helena, Butte, and Flathead Lake | Western sculptor and writer; Native American ally; Montana State Representative (1903–1905); Montana Assistant Secretary of State (1905–1907) | |
| Lynde, StanStan Lynde | 1931–present | Born in Billings; raised on sheep ranch near Lodge Grass; attended college in Missoula; lives in Helena | Cartoonist who drew the comic strips Rick O'Shay and Latigo; western mystery novelist | |
| Paxson, Edgar SamuelEdgar Samuel Paxson | 1852–1919 | Moved to Montana at age 20; lived in Deer Lodge, Butte, and Missoula | 19th century realist painter | |
| Ralston, J. K.J. K. Ralston | 1896–1987 | Born in Choteau; lived in Helena, Dawson County, and Billings | Western painter of the American Old West whose primary topics were the American West and images of cowboys and American Indians | |
| Red Star, KevinKevin Red Star | 1943–present | Born and raised on the Crow Indian Reservation; attended college in Bozeman and Billings; lives in Lodge Grass | Contemporary Native Artist; some of his work is in the Smithsonian Institution | |
| Reiss, WinoldWinold Reiss | 1886–1953 | Spent significant time in Montana; ashes spread by the Blackfeet along the eastern edge of Glacier National Park | Painter; made over 250 paintings of Native Americans, especially the Blackfeet | |
| Russell, Charles Marion "C.M."Charles Marion "C.M." Russell | 1864–1926 | Moved to Montana at age 16; lived in Cascade, and Great Falls | Western painter; storyteller; author; primary topics were the American Old West and images of cowboys and American Indians | |
| Scriver, RobertRobert Scriver | 1914–1999 | Born on the Blackfeet Reservation; lived near Glacier National Park | Sculptor of western themes | |
| Voulkos, PeterPeter Voulkos | 1924–2002 | Born, raised, and attended college in Bozeman; lived in Helena | Abstract expressionist ceramicist |
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“The upshot was, my paintings must burn
that English artists might finally learn.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)
“If the artist is not also a craftsman, the artist is nothing, but calamity: most of our artists are nothing but craftsmen.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
“The artistic temperament is a disease that affects amateurs.... Artists of a large and wholesome vitality get rid of their art easily, as they breathe easily or perspire easily. But in artists of less force, the thing becomes a pressure, and produces a definite pain, which is called the artistic temperament.”
—Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)