| ARTIST | BORN-DIED | PERIOD | SCHOOL |
| R | RENARD DE SAINT-ANDRÉ, Simon | (1613-1677) | Baroque | French painter (Paris) |
| | RENI, Guido | (1575-1642) | Baroque | Italian painter (Bologna) |
| | RENIERI, Niccolò (see RÉGNIER, Nicolas) | (1591-1667) | Baroque | French painter |
| | RENOIR, Pierre-Auguste | (1841-1919) | Impressionism | French painter |
| | REPIN, Ilya Yefimovich | (1844-1930) | Realism | Russian painter |
| | RESCHI, Pandolfo | (c. 1640-1696) | Baroque | Polish painter (Florence) |
| | RESTOUT, Jean II | (1692-1768) | Baroque | French painter |
| | RETHEL, Alfred | (1816-1859) | Romanticism | German graphic artist |
| | REUWICH, Erhard | (c. 1455-c. 1490) | Northern Renaissance | German graphic artist (Mainz) |
| | RÉVOIL, Pierre | (1776-1842) | Romanticism | French painter (Lyon) |
| | REYMERSWAELE, Marinus van | (c. 1490-c. 1567) | Mannerism | Flemish painter |
| | REYNOLDS, Sir Joshua | (1723-1792) | Rococo | English painter |
| | RIBALTA, Francisco | (1565-1628) | Baroque | Spanish painter |
| | RIBALTA, Juan | (1597-1628) | Baroque | Spanish painter (Valencia) |
| | RIBERA, Jusepe de | (1591-1652) | Baroque | Spanish painter (Italy) |
| | RIBOT, Théodule-Augustin | (1823-1891) | Realism | French painter |
| | RICCARDI, Gabriele | (active c. 1550s) | High Renaissance | Italian architect (Lecce) |
| | RICCHI, Pietro | (1606-1675) | Baroque | Italian painter |
| | RICCI, Marco | (1676-1729) | Baroque | Italian painter (Venice) |
| | RICCI, Sebastiano | (1659-1734) | Baroque | Italian painter (Venice) |
| | RICCIARELLI, Daniele (see DANIELE da Volterra) | (1509-1566) | High Renaissance | Italian painter |
| | RICCIO, Domenico (see BRUSASORCI, Domenico) | (1516-1567) | High Renaissance | Italian painter (Verona) |
| | RICCIO, Il | (c. 1460-1532) | High Renaissance | Italian sculptor (Padua) |
| | RICHARD, Fleury-François | (1777-1852) | Romanticism | French painter |
| | RICHIER, Ligier | (c. 1500-1567) | High Renaissance | French sculptor |
| | RICHTER, Adrian Ludwig | (1803-1884) | Romanticism | German painter |
| | RICHTER, Ferdinand | (1693-1737) | Baroque | German painter |
| | RICHTER, Johan | (1665-1745) | Baroque | Swedish painter (Venice) |
| | RICO Y ORTEGA, Martín | (1833-1908) | Realism | Spanish painter (Venice) |
| | RIDOLFI, Carlo | (1594-1658) | Baroque | Italian painter (Venice) |
| | RIEDEL, August | (1799-1883) | Romanticism | German painter |
| | RIEMENSCHNEIDER, Tilman | (c. 1460-1531) | Northern Renaissance | German sculptor |
| | RIESENER, Henri-François | (1767-1806) | Neoclassicism | French painter |
| | RIESENER, Jean-Henri | (1754-1806) | Neoclassicism | German cabinet-maker (Paris) |
| | RIETSCHEL, Ernest Friedrich August | (1804-1861) | Romanticism | German sculptor |
| | RIGAUD, Hyacinthe | (1659-1743) | Baroque | French painter (Paris) |
| | RIJCK, Pieter Cornelisz van | (1568-1628) | Baroque | Dutch painter (Haarlem) |
| | RIJCKAERT, David III (see RYCKAERT, David the Younger) | (1612-1661) | Baroque | Flemish painter (Antwerp) |
| | RIJCKERE, Bernaert de (see RYCKERE, Bernaert de) | (c. 1535-1590) | Mannerism | Flemish painter (Courtrai) |
| | RIJCKHALS, Frans | (1600-1647) | Baroque | Dutch painter (Middelburg) |
| | RIJSWIJCK, Dirck van | (1596-after 1679) | Baroque | Dutch goldsmith (Amsterdam) |
| | RILEY, John | (1646-1691) | Baroque | English painter |
| | RIMINALDI, Orazio | (1593-1630) | Baroque | Italian painter |
| | RINALDO MANTOVANO | (active 1527-1539) | Mannerism | Italian painter (Mantua) |
| | RING, Laurits Andersen | (1854-1933) | Impressionism | Danish painter |
| | RING, Ludger tom, the Elder | (1496-1547) | Northern Renaissance | German painter (Münster) |
| | RING, Ludger tom, the Younger | (1522-1583) | Mannerism | German painter |
| | RING, Pieter de | (c. 1615-1660) | Baroque | Dutch painter (Leiden) |
| | RIPA, Cesare | (c. 1555-1622) | Mannerism | Italian graphic artist |
| | RIPANDA, Jacopo | (active 1500-1516) | High Renaissance | Italian painter (Rome) |