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• Ma Lin (Chinese, active ca. 1180–after 1256)
• Ma Yuan (Chinese, active ca. 1190–1225)
• Maar, Dora (French, born Great Britain, 1909–1997)
• Macartney, Mervyn (British, 1853–1932)
• Mackintosh, Charles Rennie (Scottish, 1868–1928)
• MacMonnies, Frederick William (American, 1863–1937)
• MacNeil, Hermon Atkins (American, 1866–1947)
• Macret, Charles (French, 1751–1789)
• Madame Grès (French, 1903–1993)
• Maes, Nicolaes (Dutch, 1634–1693)
• Maestro delle Storie del Pane (Italian; active ca. 1485–90)
• Maestro Giorgio Andreoli (Gubbio)
• Magritte, René (Belgian, 1898–1967)
• Mahmud al–Husaini (Iranian, active early 15th century)
• Mainbocher (American, 1890–1976)
• Maison Léoty (French, late 19th century)
• Man, Felix H. (British, born Germany, 1893–1985)
• Manara, Baldassare (Italian, active first half of 16th century, died 1547)
• Manet, Édouard (French, 1832–1883)
• Mantegna, Andrea (Italian, Paduan, 1430/31–1506)
• Manwaring, Robert (British, active 1760–1770)
• Marchi, Virgilio (Italian, 1895–1960)
• Marco del Buono Giamberti (Italian, Florentine, 1402–1489)
• Marcolini, Francesco (ca. 1500–after 1559)
• Marcotte, Leon (American, active 1848–60)
• Marcus & Company (American, 1892–ca. 1962)
• Margiela, Martin (Belgian, born 1957)
• Marin, John (American, 1870–1953)
• Marisol (Marisol Esobar) (American, born France, 1930)
• Marlay Painter (Attic vase painter, active ca. 450–ca. 420 B.C.)
• Marlow, William (British, 1740–1813)
• Marmion, Simon (French, active by 1449, died 1489)
• Marmitta, Francesco (Italian, active first half of 16th century)
• Marrel, Jakob (Dutch, 1613/4–1681)
• Martin, Christian Frederick (American, born Germany, 1796–1873)
• Martinez, Juan (Toledo, Spain)
• Martini, Simone (Italian, Sienese, active by 1315, died 1344)
• Masnago, Alessandro (Italian, active by ca. 1560, d. 1620)
• Massier, Clément (French, 1844–1917)
• Massys, Quentin (also Matsys or Metsys) (Netherlandish, 1465/66–1530)
• Master G. A. with the Caltrop (Italian, active ca. 1538–52)
• Master GG (active Paris, ca. 1744)
• Master H.A. or A.H.
• Master H.K V.B. (German)
• Master Heinrich of Constance (German, active ca. 1300)
• Master IC (French, Limoges, active ca. 1550–75)
• Master of 1515 (Italian [?], active ca. 1515)
• Master of Bagnacavallo (Italian, 13th century)
• Master of Charles of France (French)
• Master of Flora (Italian, Fontainebleau, second half of 16th century)
• Master of James IV of Scotland
• Master of Monte Oliveto (Italian, Sienese, active ca. 1305–35)
• Master of Riglos (Spanish, Aragonese, ca. 1450)
• Master of Saint Augustine (Netherlandish, active 1490–1500)
• Master of Saint Giles (active ca. 1490–1510)
• Master of the Aeneid (French, active ca. 1530–40)
• Master of the Amsterdam Cabinet (active 1470–90)
• Master of the Argonauts (Italian, Florentine, fourth quarter of 15th century)
• Master of the Berswordt Altar (German, Westphalian, active ca. 1400–1435)
• Master of the Blumenthal Passion (Netherlandish, first third of 16th century)
• Master of the Codex of Saint George (Italian, Florentine, active second quarter of 14th century)
• Master of the Die (active Rome, ca. 1525–1560)
• Master of the Dinteville Allegory (Netherlandish or French, active mid–16th century)
• Master of the Lorsch Calvary (German)
• Master of the Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian (Austrian, prob. mid–17th century)
• Master of the Orcagnesque Misericordia (Italian, Florentine, active second half of 14th century)
• Master of the Playing Cards (German, active ca. 1425–50)
• Master of the Saint Barbara Legend (Netherlandish, active late 15th century)
• Master of the View of Sainte–Gudule (Netherlandish, active ca. 1485)
• Master W with the Key (Netherlandish, active ca. 1465–90)
• Masury, Samuel (American, ca. 1818–1874)
• Matisse, Henri (French, 1869–1954)
• Matta (Roberto Matta Echaurren) (Chilean, 1911–2002)
• Matta–Clark, Gordon (American, 1943–1978)
• Maucher, Johann Michael (German, 1645–1701)
• Maulana Azhar (Iranian, first half of 15th century)
• Maxwell, Vera (American, 1901–1995)
• Mayhew, John (English, 1736–1811)
• McCardell, Claire (American, 1905–1958)
• McCollum, Allan (American, born 1944)
• McCoy, Jennifer (American, born 1968)
• McCoy, Kevin (American, born 1967)
• McLaren, Malcolm (British, born 1946)
• McQueen, Alexander (British, 1969–2010)
• Mead, Larkin Goldsmith (American, 1835–1910)
• Meares, Richard (English, ca. 1647–1725)
• Meatyard, Ralph Eugene (American, 1925–1972)
• Medici Workshop (Italian, Florentine)
• Meier, Melchior (German, active Tuscany, ca. 1572–82)
• Meit, Conrad (German, 1480s?–1550/51)
• Melendez, Luis Egidio (Spanish, 1716–1780)
• Memling, Hans (Netherlandish, active by 1465, died 1494)
• Menelaos Painter (Greek, ca. 450–420 B.C.)
• Mengs, Anton Raphael (German, 1728–1779)
• Mestral, Auguste (French, 1812–1884)
• Metal worker: List of Artists
• Metcalf, Willard (American, 1858–1925)
• Metsu, Gabriël (Dutch, 1629—1667)
• Mettayer, Lewis (English, active 1700–1735, died 1740)
• Metzinger, Jean (French, 1883–1956)
• Metzker, Ray K. (American, born 1931)
• Meyer–Heine, Jacob (French, 1805–1879)
• Mi Fu (Chinese, 1052–1107)
• Mi Youren (Chinese, 1074–1151)
• Micaud, Pierre–Louis (French, active 1795–1834)
• Michel, Georges (French, 1763–1843)
• Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475–1564)
• Michelin, Jean (French, ca. 1616–1670)
• Michelino da Besozzo (Michelino de Mulinari) (Italian, Lombard, active 1388–1450)
• Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig (American, born Germany, 1886–1969)
• Milan, Pierre (French, active Paris ca. 1542, died after 1557)
• Milhazes, Beatriz (Brazilian, born 1960)
• Millais, Sir John Everett (British, 1829–1896)
• Millet, Jean–François (French, 1814–1875)
• Miniaturist: List of Artists
• Mir ^cAli Haravi (Uzbekistani, active first half of 16th century [d. ca. 1550])
• Miró, Joan (Spanish, 1893–1983)
• Mirza ^cAli (Iranian, active ca. 1525–75)
• Mirza Muhammad Qabahat
• Miskin (Indian, active second half of 16th century)
• Missoni (Italian, founded 1953)
• Mixed Media artist: List of Artists
• Miyake, Issey (Japanese, born 1938)
• Miyashita, Zenji (Japanese, born 1939)
• Model, Lisette (American, born Austria, 1901–1983)
• Modigliani, Amedeo (Italian, 1884–1920)
• Moholy, Lucia (British, born Czechoslovakia, 1894–1989)
• Moholy–Nagy, László (American, born Hungary, 1895–1946)
• Molard, Louis–Adolphe Humbert de (French, 1800–1874)
• Molart, Michel (French, 1641–1713)
• Mole, Arthur (American)
• Molyneux, Edward (French, born Britain, 1891–1974)
• Monaco, Lorenzo (Piero di Giovanni) (Italian, Florentine, active 1391–1423/24)
• Mondrian, Piet (Dutch, 1872–1944)
• Monet, Claude (French, 1840–1926)
• Monnoyer, Jean–Baptiste (French, 1636–1699)
• Monogrammist LAM (French, active 1568–74)
• Monteverdi, Claudio (Italian, 1567–1643)
• Moore, Henry (British, 1898–1986)
• Moore, Samuel (British, active 1680–1720)
• Moreau, Gustave (French, 1826–1898)
• Morel, Gabriel Raoul (French, active 1798– ca. 1827)
• Moretto da Brescia (Alessandro Bonvicino) (Italian, ca. 1498–1554)
• Morghen, Filippo
• Morghen, Raphael (Italian, Neapolitan, 1758–1833)
• Moriah, Avner (Israeli, born 1953)
• Moriot, Nicolas–Marie (French, active 1828–48)
• Morisot, Berthe (French, 1841–1895)
• Moroni, Giovanni Battista (Italian, born no later than 1524, died 1578)
• Morris, William (British, 1834–1896)
• Morse, Alice C. (American, 1863–1961)
• Mosler, Henry (American, 1841–1920)
• Mosselman, Paul de (Franco–Netherlandish, active in Bourges, 1453)
• Motherwell, Robert (American, 1915–1991)
• Moulin, Félix–Jacques–Antoine (French, 1802–after 1875)
• Mount, William Sidney (American, 1807—1868)
• Mucha, Alphonse (Czech, 1860–1939)
• Muhammad Zaman ibn Haji Yusuf (Persian, active, 1643–1689)
• Muhammed ibn Aybak (Iraqi, active ca. 1290–1320)
• Muller, Harmen Jansz (Netherlandish, ca. 1538/39–1617)
• Müller, Karl L.H. (American, 1820–1887)
• Munch, Edvard (Norweigan, 1863–1944)
• Muniz, Vik (Brazilian, born 1961)
• Munkacsi, Martin (American, born Hungary, 1896–1963)
• Munro, Mary (American, no dates)
• Mura, Francesco de (Italian, 1696–1782)
• Musical Instrument maker: List of Artists
• Muzaffar cAli
• Myers, Myer (American, 1723–1795)