| ARTIST | BORN-DIED | PERIOD | SCHOOL |
W | WERENSKIOLD, Erik | (1855-1938) | Impressionism | Norwegian painter |
| WERFF, Adriaen van der | (1659-1722) | Baroque | Dutch painter (Rotterdam) |
| WERFF, Pieter van der | (1665-1722) | Baroque | Dutch painter (Rotterdam) |
| WERNER, Joseph the Younger | (1637-1710) | Baroque | Swiss painter |
| WERTINGER, Hans | (c. 1465-1533) | Northern Renaissance | German painter (Landshut) |
| WESEL, Adriaen van | (c. 1417-1499) | Northern Renaissance | Netherlandish sculptor (Utrecht) |
| WEST, Benjamin | (1738-1820) | Rococo | American painter (London) |
| WESTALL, Richard | (1765-1836) | Neoclassicism | English graphic artist (London) |
| WESTERHOLM, Victor Axel | (1860-1919) | Impressionism | Finnish painter |
| WESTMACOTT, Sir Richard | (1775-1856) | Neoclassicism | English sculptor (London) |
| WET, Gerrit de | (1616 - 1674) | Baroque | Dutch painter (Amsterdam) |
| WET, Jacob Willemsz. de, the Elder | (c. 1610-1675) | Baroque | Dutch painter (Haarlem) |
| WEYDEN, Goswijn van der | (c. 1465-after 1538) | Northern Renaissance | Flemish painter (Brussels) |
| WEYDEN, Rogier van der | (1400-1464) | Northern Renaissance | Flemish painter (Brussels) |
| WHEATLEY, Francis | (1747-1801) | Rococo | English painter (London) |
| WHISTLER, James Abbot McNeill | (1834-1903) | Impressionism | American painter (London) |
| WHITCOMBE, Thomas | (c. 1752-c. 1824) | Rococo | English painter (London) |
| WIDERIN, Peter | (1684-1760) | Baroque | Austrian sculptor |
| WIERINGA, Willems Harmen | (c. 1590-c. 1650) | Baroque | Dutch painter |
| WIERINGEN, Cornelis Claesz van | (c. 1580-1633) | Baroque | Dutch painter (Haarlem) |
| WIERIX, Hieronymus | (1553-1619) | Mannerism | Flemish graphic artist (Antwerp) |
| WIERIX, Jan | (1549-c. 1618) | Mannerism | Flemish graphic artist (Antwerp) |
| WIERTZ, Antoine | (1806-1865) | Romanticism | Belgian painter |
| WIJCK, Thomas | (1616-1677) | Baroque | Dutch painter (Haarlem) |
| WIJNANTS, Jan (see WYNANTS, Jan) | (c. 1630-1684) | Baroque | Dutch painter (Amsterdam) |
| WIJNEN, Domenicus van | (1661-1698) | Baroque | Dutch painter (Amsterdam) |
| WIJNTRACK, Dirck | (1615-1678) | Baroque | Dutch painter |
| WILD, James William | (1814-1892) | Neoclassicism | English architect |
| WILDENS, Jan | (1586-1653) | Baroque | Flemish painter (Antwerp) |
| WILIGELMO | (active 1099-1120) | Medieval | Italian sculptor (Modena) |
| WILKIE, Sir David | (1785-1841) | Romanticism | Scottish painter |
| WILKINS, William the Younger | (1778-1839) | Neoclassicism | English architect |
| WILLAERTS, Abraham | (1603-1669) | Baroque | Dutch painter (Utrecht) |
| WILLAERTS, Adam | (1577-1664) | Baroque | Dutch painter (Utrecht) |
| WILLAERTS, Isaac | (c. 1620-1693) | Baroque | Dutch painter (Utrecht) |
| WILLE, Johann Georg | (1715-1808) | Neoclassicism | German graphic artist (Paris) |
| WILLEBEECK, Petrus | (active 1632-1646) | Baroque | Flemish painter (Antwerp) |
| WILLEBOIRTS BOSSCHAERT, Thomas | (1614-1654) | Baroque | Flemish painter (Antwerp) |
| WILLEMS, Florent Joseph Marie | (1823-1905) | Realism | Belgian painter (Paris) |
| WILLEMS, Harmen (see WIERINGA, Willems Harmen) | (c. 1590-c. 1650) | Baroque | Dutch painter |
| WILLEMSSENS, Lodewijk | (1630-1702) | Baroque | Flemish sculptor (Antwerp) |
| WILLIAM of Sens | (d. 1180) | Medieval | French architect (Canterbury) |
| WILLIAMS, Edward Charles | (1807-1881) | Realism | English painter (London) |
| WILLIAMS, George Augustus | (1814-1901) | Realism | English painter (London) |
| WILLIAMS, Grecian (see WILLIAMS, Hugh William) | (1773-1829) | Romanticism | Scottish painter |
| WILLIAMS, Hugh William | (1773-1829) | Romanticism | Scottish painter |
| WILLIAMS, Walter | (1834-1906) | Realism | English painter (London) |
| WILSON, Richard | (1714-1782) | Baroque | English painter |
| WILT, Thomas van der | (1659-1733) | Baroque | Dutch painter (Delft) |
| WILTON, Joseph | (1722-1803) | Baroque | English sculptor |