| Arnold Böcklin (1827 - 1901) | | Swiss-German painter |
| Jan Boeckhorst (1604 - 1668) | | German painter and draftsman, active in Flanders |
| Pieter Boel (1622 - 1674) | | Flemish painter, draftsman, and etcher |
| Maerten Boelema de Stomme (1611 - 1664) | | Dutch painter |
| Frank Boggs (1855 - 1926) | | American painter |
| Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761 - 1845) | | French painter |
| Jean-Jacques de Boissieu (1736 - 1810) | | French painter, draftsman, and etcher |
| Ferdinand Bol (1616 - 1680) | | Dutch history and portrait painter, etcher, and draftsman |
| Hans Bol (1534 - 1593) | | Flemish painter, draftsman, and illuminator |
| Giovanni Boldini (1842 - 1931) | | Italian painter and printmaker |
| Hans Bollongier (1598/1602 - 1672/75) | | Dutch painter |
| Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (ca. 1467 - 1516) | | Italian painter |
| Carlo Bonavia (active 1755-1788) | | Italian painter |
| Felix Bonfils (1831 - 1885) | | French photographer |
| Auguste-François Bonheur (1824 - 1884) | | French painter |
| Rosa Bonheur (1822 - 1899) | | French animal painter |
| Richard Parkes Bonington (1802 - 1828) | | English Romantic landscape painter |
| Pierre Bonnard (1867 - 1947) | | French painter |
| Léon Joseph Florentine Bonnat (1833 - 1922) | | French painter, teacher, and collector |
| François Bonvin (1817 - 1887) | | French painter and printmaker |
| Arnold Boonen (1669 - 1729) | | Dutch painter and draftsman |
| Paulus Bor (1601 - 1669) | | Dutch painter |
| Gerard ter Borch (1617 - 1681) | | Dutch painter, mainly of genre subjects. |
| Gesina ter Borch (1631 - 1690) | | Dutch painter |
| Paris Bordone (1500 - 1571) | | Italian painter |
| Orazio Borgianni (c. 1578 - 1616) | | Italian painter |
| Johannes Borman (active 1653 - in or after 1660) | | Dutch painter |
| Pieter Borsselaer (active 1664-1687) | | Dutch painter |
| Anthonie van Borssom (1630 - 1677) | | Dutch painter and draftsman |
| Johannes Bosboom (1817 - 1891) | | Dutch painter |
| Hendrik van den Bosch (active 1710) | | Dutch artist |
| Hieronymus Bosch (c. 1450 - 1516) | | Netherlandish painter and draftsman |
| Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder (1573 - 1621) | | Dutch painter and dealer |
| Ambrosius Bosschaert the Younger (1609 - 1645) | | Dutch painter |
| Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert (1614 - 1654) | | Flemish painter and printmaker |
| Balthasar van den Bossche (1681 - 1715) | | Flemish painter |
| Andries Both (1611/12 - 1642) | | Dutch painter and printmaker |
| Jan Both (c. 1618 - 1652) | | Dutch painter |
| Sandro Botticelli (c. 1445 - 1510) | | Florentine painter and draftsman |
| François Boucher (1703 - 1770) | | French painter |
| Jan Philipsz. van Bouckhorst (1587/88 - 1631) | | Dutch glass painter and engraver |
| Adriaen Fransz. Boudewijns (1644 - 1711) | | Flemish painter |
| Eugène Boudin (1824 - 1898) | | French painter |
| William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825 - 1905) | | French painter and draftsman |
| Valentin de Boulogne (c. 1591 - 1632) | | French painter |
| Sebastien Bourdon (1616 - 1671) | | French painter |
| Esaias Boursse (1631 - 1672) | | Dutch painter |
| Peeter Bout (1658 - 1719) | | Flemish painter |
| Albrecht Bouts (active c. 1480-1549) | | Netherlandish painter |
| Dirk Bouts (c. 1420 - 1475) | | Netherlandish painter |
| Jacob Bouttats (active 1687-1705) | | Flemish painter |
| Joseph Boze (1745 - 1825) | | French painter and inventor |
| Felix Bracquemond (1833 - 1914) | | French painter, etcher, and ceramicist |
| Richard Brakenburgh (1650 - 1702) | | Dutch painter |
| Leonaert Bramer (1596 - 1674) | | Dutch painter, printmaker and draftsman |
| Antonietta Brandeis (1849 - 1926) | | Czech painter |
| Adolphe Braun (1812 - 1877) | | French photographer |
| Dirck de Bray (ca. 1635 - 1694) | | Dutch Golden Age painter |
| Jan de Bray (c. 1627 - 1697) | | Dutch painter |
| Joseph de Bray (active from 1650 - 1664) | | Dutch painter |
| Salomon de Bray (1597 - 1664) | | Dutch painter, architect, and poet |
| Alfred de Breanski (1852 - 1928) | | British landscapist |
| Herman Jansz. Breckerveld (active ca. 1623-1634) | | Dutch artist |
| Alexander van Bredael (1663 - 1720) | | Flemish painter |
| Jan Pieter van Bredael II (1683 - 1735) | | Flemish painter and draftsman |
| Jozef van Bredael (1688 - 1739) | | Flemish painter known for Italianate landscapes and genre scenes of fairs, cattle markets and villages |
| Mattheus Ignatius van Bree (1773 - 1839) | | Belgian painter, etcher, and draftsman |
| Bartholomeus Breenbergh (1598 - 1657) | | Dutch painter, etcher, and draftsman |
| George Hendrik Breitner (1857 - 1923) | | Dutch artist |
| Quiringh van Brekelenkam (ca 1620 - 1678) | | Dutch Baroque genre painter |
| Nicolas Guy Brenet (1728 - 1792) | | French painter and printmaker |
| Moretto da Brescia (ca. 1498 - 1554) | | Italian painter |
| Jules Breton (1827 - 1906) | | French painter |
| John Brett (1831 - 1902) | | British painter |
| Karel Breydel (1677/78 - 1733 or 1744) | | Flemish painter |
| Robert Breyer (1866 - 1941) | | German painter and draftsman |
| Paul Bril (1553/54 - 1626) | | Flemish painter, active in Rome |
| Francesco Brina (1540 - 1586) | | Italian painter |
| Elias van den Broeck (1649/50 - 1708) | | Dutch painter |
| Jan Gerritsz. van Bronchorst (1603 - 1661) | | Dutch painter, etcher, and printer |
| Bronzino (1503 - 1572) | | Italian painter |
| Adriaen Brouwer (1605/06 - 1638) | | Flemish genre painter active in Flanders and the Dutch Republic |
| Cornelis Brouwer ( - 1681) | | Dutch painter, draftsman, and engraver |
| Ford Madox Brown (1821 - 1893) | | English painter and designer |
| John George Brown (1831 - 1913) | | British citizen and an American painter who specialized in genre scenes |
| Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525/30 - 1569) | | Flemish Renaissance painter and printmaker |
| Abraham Brueghel (1631 - 1690) | | Flemish painter |
| Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568 - 1625) | | Flemish painter, son of Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Painter of landscapes with figures by other artists and still lifes. |
| Jan Brueghel the Younger (1601 - 1678) | | Flemish painter and draftsman |
| Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564/65 - 1637/38) | | Flemish painter |
| Guillaume Anne van der Brugghen (1811 - 1891) | | |
| Hendrick ter Brugghen (1588 - 1629) | | Dutch painter, leading member of the Utrecht followers of Caravaggio |
| Charles Le Brun (1619 - 1690) | | French designer and painter |
| Brunswick monogrammist (active c. 1525-1550) | | Flemish painter |
| Bartholomäus Bruyn the Elder (1493 - 1555) | | German painter |
| Daniël Bruyninx (c. 1724 - 1787) | | Dutch painter and illuminator |
| Jan Buesem (before 1600 - after 1649) | | |
| Dennis Miller Bunker (1861 - 1890) | | American painter |
| Hendrick van der Burch (1627 - after 1666) | | Netherlandish painter |
| Edward Coley Burne-Jones (1833 - 1898) | | English painter |