| Cornelis de Wael (1592 - 1667) | | Flemish painter, draftsman, and dealer |
| Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (1793 - 1865) | | Austrian painter |
| Emery Walker (1851 - 1933) | | British photographer, typographer, and printer |
| Jacob van Walscapelle (1644 - 1727) | | Dutch painter |
| Robert Walser (1878 - 1956) | | Swiss writer |
| James Ward (1769 - 1859) | | English painter and engraver |
| John William Waterhouse (1849 - 1917) | | British painter |
| Anthonie Waterloo (1609 - 1690) | | Dutch painter and printmaker |
| Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684 - 1721) | | French painter and draftsman |
| George Frederick Watts (1817 - 1904) | | English painter and sculptor |
| Jan Weenix (1642 - 1719) | | Dutch painter |
| Jan Baptist Weenix (1621 - 1659) | | Dutch Golden Age painter |
| Jan Weissenbruch (1822 - 1880) | | Dutch painter and printmaker |
| Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch (1824 - 1903) | | Dutch painter |
| Adriaen van der Werff (1659 - 1722) | | Dutch painter of portraits and erotic, devotional and mythological scenes |
| Pieter van der Werff (1661 - 1722) | | Dutch painter |
| Benjamin West (1738 - 1820) | | American painter and draftsman, active in Great Britain |
| Jan Jansz. Westerbaen I (ca. 1600 - 1686) | | Dutch painter |
| Victor Westerholm (1860 - 1919) | | Finnish painter |
| Abraham van Westerveld (1620/21 - 1692) | | Dutch painter |
| Gerrit de Wet (active 1643 - 1674) | | Dutch painter |
| Jacob de Wet (c. 1610 - after 1671) | | Dutch painter |
| Jacob de Wet the Younger (1640 - 1697) | | Dutch painter |
| Rogier van der Weyden (c. 1399 - 1464) | | Early Netherlandish painter |
| Francis Wheatley (1747 - 1801) | | British painter and draftsman |
| James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834 - 1903) | | American painter, printmaker, active in England and France |
| Christoph Martin Wieland | | |
| Harmen Willems Wieringa ( - in or before 1650) | | Dutch artist |
| Cornelis Claesz. van Wieringen (c. 1580 - 1633) | | Dutch painter, draftsman, and etcher |
| Jan Wierix (1549 - c. 1618) | | Flemish engraver, draftsman, and publisher |
| Jan Wijnants (c. 1632 - 1684) | | Dutch painter |
| Dirck Wijntrack (before 1625 - 1678) | | Dutch painter |
| Jan Wildens (1586 - 1653) | | Flemish painter and draughtsman |
| David Wilkie (1785 - 1841) | | Scottish painter |
| Adam Willaerts (1577 - 1664) | | Dutch marine painter |
| William III of England (1650 - 1702) | | Sovereign Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Gelderland, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic, and King of England, Ireland, and Scotland |
| William the Silent (1533 - 07) | | Dutch statesman, main leader of the revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs |
| Jan Wils (ca. 1600 - 1666) | | Dutch landscapist |
| Richard Wilson (1712 or 1713 - 1782) | | British painter |
| Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805 - 1873) | | German painter |
| Willem Wissing (1656 - 1687) | | Dutch painter |
| Jacob de Wit (1695 - 1754) | | Dutch painter |
| Pieter de With (active after 1650 - after 1689) | | Dutch draftsman and etcher |
| Willem Witsen (1860 - 1923) | | Dutch painter, etcher, and draftsman |
| Johan de Witt (1625 - 1672) | | Dutch statesman, key figure in Dutch politics in the mid-17th century |
| Emanuel de Witte (c. 1616 - 1692) | | Dutch perspective painter |
| Caspar van Wittel (1652/53 - 1736) | | Flemish painter |
| Jan Baptist Wolfaerts (1625 - ca. 1687) | | Flemish painter |
| Benjamin Wolff (1758 - c. 1825) | | German painter and curator |
| John Wootton (possibly 1681/82 - 1764) | | British painter |
| Jan Wouwerman (1629 - 1666) | | Dutch painter |
| Philips Wouwerman (1619 - 1669) | | Dutch painter specialized in military and hunting scenes |
| Pieter Wouwerman (1623 - 1682) | | Dutch painter |
| Joseph Wright of Derby (1734 - 1797) | | English painter |
| Joachim Wtewael (1566 - 1638) | | Dutch Mannerist painter and draughtsman |
| Peter Wtewael (1596 - 1660) | | Dutch painter |
| Franz Wulfhagen (1624 - 1670) | | German painter and etcher |
| Matthijs Wulfraet (1648 - 1727) | | Dutch painter |
| Alexander Wyant (1836 - 1892) | | American painter |
| Jan Wyck (c. 1645 - 1700) | | Dutch painter, active in England |
| Thomas Adriaensz. Wyck (1616 - 1677) | | Dutch painter and printmaker |