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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Famous quotes containing the word artists:
“For us artists there waits the joyous compromise through art with all that wounded or defeated us in daily life; in this way, not to evade destiny, as the ordinary people try to do, but to fulfil it in its true potential—the imagination.”
—Lawrence Durrell (1912–1990)
“You are always looking for already-felt emotions, just as you like to get an old pair of trousers back from the cleaners, which seem new when you don’t look too closely. Artists are cleaners, don’t let yourself be taken in by them. True modern works of art are made not by artists but quite simply by men.”
—Francis Picabia (1878–1953)
“... artists were intended to be an ornament to society. As a society in themselves they are unthinkable.”
—Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)