| Dirck van Baburen (c. 1595 - 1624) | | Dutch painter, one of the Utrecht Caravaggisti. |
| Francesco Bacchiacca (1494 - 1557) | | Italian renaissance painter |
| Adriaen Backer (1630 - 1684) | | Dutch portrait painter |
| Jacob Adriaensz. Backer (1608 - 1651) | | Dutch Golden Age painter |
| Ludolf Backhuysen (1630 - 1708) | | Dutch painter, calligrapher, and printmaker |
| Francis Bacon (1909 - 1992) | | Irish-born British figurative painter |
| Jan de Baen (1633 - 1702) | | Dutch Golden Age portrait painter |
| Marc Baets (active ca. 1700) | | Flemish landscapist |
| David Bailly (1584 - 1657) | | Dutch Golden Age painter |
| Alexander Hugo Bakker Korff (1824 - 1882) | | Dutch 19th-century genre painter |
| Leon Bakst (1866 - 1924) | | Russian painter and scenographer |
| Hendrick van Balen (1575 - 1632) | | Flemish Baroque painter and stained glass designer |
| Mogens Ballin (1871 - 1941) | | Danish painter and metalworker |
| Dirck Barendsz. (1534 - 1592) | | Dutch painter |
| Federico Barocci (c. 1535 - 1612) | | Italian painter |
| Manuel Barrón y Carrillo (1814 - 1884) | | Spanish painter |
| Fra Bartolommeo (1472 - 1517) | | Florentine painter and draftsman |
| Willem Bartsius (c. 1612 - after 1639) | | Dutch painter |
| Francesco Bassano the Younger (1549 - 1592) | | Italian painter |
| Jacopo Bassano (c. 1510/15 - 1592) | | Italian painter and draftsman |
| Leandro Bassano (1557 - 1622) | | Italian painter |
| Bartholomeus van Bassen (ca 1590 - 1652) | | Dutch painter and architect |
| Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848 - 1884) | | French painter, printmaker, and sculptor |
| Pompeo Batoni (1708 - 1787) | | Italian painter and draftsman |
| Francesco Battaglioli (c. 1710 - c. 1796) | | Italian painter |
| Gerrit Battem (1636 - 1684) | | Dutch painter, watercolorist, and draftsman |
| Marius Bauer (1867 - 1932) | | Dutch painter, engraver, and draftsman |
| Paul Baum (1859 - 1932) | | |
| Nicolaas Baur (1767 - 1820) | | Dutch painter |
| Frédéric Bazille (1841 - 1870) | | French painter |
| Thomas Beach (1737 - 1806) | | British painter |
| Mary Beale (1633 - 1699) | | English portraitist and copyist |
| Domenico Beccafumi (1484 - 1551) | | Italian painter |
| Max Beckmann (1884 - 1950) | | German painter, printmaker, and sculptor |
| Joaquín Domínguez Bécquer (1817 - 1879) | | Spanish painter |
| William Beechey (1753 - 1839) | | British portraitist |
| Adriaan Beeldemaker (1618 - after 1701) | | Dutch painter and draftsman |
| Abraham Beerstraten (1643 - after 1665) | | Dutch painter |
| Jan Abrahamsz. Beerstraten (1622 - 1666) | | Dutch painter |
| Osias Beert I (ca. 1580 - 1623) | | Flemish painter |
| Sybrand van Beest (c. 1610 - 1674) | | Dutch painter |
| Cornelis Bega (c. 1632 - 1664) | | Dutch painter and draftsman |
| Abraham Begeijn (1637/38 - 1697) | | Dutch painter |
| Jan de Beijer (1703 - 1780) | | Dutch draftsman |
| Abraham van Beijeren (1620/21 - 1690) | | Dutch painter |
| Stefano della Bella (1610 - 1664) | | Italian engraver and draftsman |
| Hippolyte Bellangé (1800 - 1866) | | French battle painter |
| Jacob Bellevois (1621 - 1675) | | Dutch Golden Age painter |
| Gentile Bellini (active 1480 - 1507) | | Venetian painter |
| Giovanni Bellini (c. 1430 - 1516) | | Venetian painter |
| Pietro Bellotti (1627 - 1700) | | Italian painter |
| Bernardo Bellotto (1722 - 1780) | | Italian painter and draftsman |
| George Wesley Bellows (1882 - 1925) | | American painter and lithographer |
| Willem van Bemmel (1630 - 1708) | | Dutch painter and draftsman |
| Simon Bening (1483/84 - 1561) | | Flemish illuminator |
| Benjamin-Constant (1845 - 1902) | | French painter |
| Ambrosius Benson (c. 1495 - before 1550) | | South Netherlandish painter |
| Frank Weston Benson (1862 - 1951) | | American painter |
| Jean Béraud (1849 - 1935) | | French painter |
| Nicolaes Berchem (1620 - 1683) | | Dutch painter, printmaker, and draftsman |
| Gerrit Adriaensz. Berckheyde (1638 - 1698) | | Dutch Golden Age painter best known for his cityscapes |
| Job Adriaensz. Berckheyde (1630 - 1693) | | Dutch painter |
| Hendrick Berckman (1629 - 1679) | | Dutch painter |
| Dirck van Bergen (c. 1640 - c. 1690) | | Dutch painter and draftsman |
| Christoffel van den Berghe (active between 1617 and 1642) | | Dutch painter |
| Hendrik Petrus Berlage (1856 - 1934) | | Dutch architect |
| Emile Bernard (1868 - 1941) | | French painter, sculptor, and engraver |
| Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598 - 1680) | | Italian sculptor, architect, painter, and designer |
| Pedro Berruguete ( - c. 1504) | | Castilian artist |
| Jean-Victor Bertin (1767 - 1842) | | French painter |
| Nicolas Bertin (c. 1667 - 1736) | | French painter and draftsman |
| Balthasar Beschey (1708 - 1776) | | Flemish painter and art dealer |
| Albert Besnard (1849 - 1934) | | French painter and printmaker |
| Joachim Beuckelaer (ca. 1533/34 - ca. 1574) | | Flemish painter and draftsman |
| Charles van Beveren (1809 - 1850) | | Belgian painter |
| Jean Joseph Xavier Bidauld (1758 - 1846) | | French painter |
| Albert Bierstadt (1830 - 1902) | | American painter |
| Trophime Bigot (c. 1579 - 1650) | | French painter |
| Jan van Bijlert (1597/98 - 1671) | | Dutch painter |
| Gerard Bilders (1838 - 1865) | | Dutch painter |
| Johannes Warnardus Bilders (1811 - 1890) | | Dutch painter |
| Giuseppe Bernardino Bison (1762 - 1844) | | Italian painter of frescoes, landscapes, vedute, capriccios and some religious works |
| Christoffel Bisschop (1828 - 1904) | | Dutch artist |
| Cornelis Bisschop (1630 - 1674) | | Dutch Golden Age painter |
| Jan de Bisschop (1628 - 1671) | | Dutch draftsman and etcher |
| Eugen von Blaas (1843 - 1931) | | Austrian painter and draftsman |
| Jacques Blanchard (1600 - 1638) | | French painter |
| Carl Blechen (1798 - 1840) | | German painter and printmaker |
| Gerrit Claesz. Bleker (c. 1600 - 1656?) | | Dutch painter |
| Herri met de Bles (1510 - after 1555) | | Flemish painter |
| Daniel de Blieck (c. 1600/20 - 1673) | | Dutch architectural painter |
| Anthonie Blocklandt (1533/1534 - 1583) | | Dutch painter and draftsman |
| Abraham Bloemaert (1564 or 1566 - 1651) | | Dutch painter and printmaker in etching and engraving |
| Cornelis Bloemaert (1603 - c. 1684) | | Dutch painter |
| Frederick Bloemaert (1614/17 - 1690) | | Dutch draftsman |
| Hendrick Bloemaert (1601/02 - 1672) | | Dutch painter and poet |
| Jan Frans van Bloemen (1662 - 1749) | | Flemish painter, active in France and Italy |
| Norbert van Bloemen (1670 - c. 1746) | | Flemish painter |
| Pieter van Bloemen (1657 - 1720) | | Flemish painter |
| Reyer Jacobs van Blommendael (1628 - 1675) | | Dutch painter |