•
Marion Boyd Allen (attended 1896–1909), painter •
David Armstrong (attended in the 1970s), photographer •
Will Barnet (attended 1928–1930), painter and printmaker •
Carol Beckwith, photographer, writer; known for
photojournalism documenting the indigenous tribal cultures of Africa •
Alon Bement (diploma 1898), painter,
arts administrator, writer, and educator •
Ture Bengtz (diploma 1933),
Boston Expressionist school painter, teacher at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts •
Frank Weston Benson (diploma 1883),
American Impressionist painter, printmaker and watercolorist •
Jan Brett (attended 1969–1970), illustrator •
Margaret Fitzhugh Browne (attended 1909–1910), painter of portraits, indoor genre scenes, and still life •
David Buckley (MFA 1977), painter and former musician (with the Barracudas) •
Lisa Bufano (attended after 2003), interdisciplinary
performance artist whose work incorporated dance, props, elements of
doll-making, fabric work, and
animation •
Al Capp, cartoonist of
Li'l Abner •
Joseph Downs (attended 1921), curator at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art and
Winterthur Museum •
Marie Cosindas (attended 1947–1950, 1955–1956), photographer •
Holly Coulis (MFA 1998), painter •
Allan Rohan Crite (diploma 1936), painter •
Eleanor de Laittre (attended 1930), early proponent of
abstract,
cubist-inspired painting •
Adio diBiccari (attended 1932), sculptor •
Philip-Lorca diCorcia (diploma 1975, fifth-year certificate 1976), photographer •
Jim Dine (attended 1950–1953, 1955–1958), painter and printmaker •
Omer Fast (BFA 1995), video artist •
Zach Feuer (BFA 2000, attended 1996–2000), art dealer •
Esther Geller (attended 1921),
abstract expressionist painter, known for
encaustic painting; taught with
Karl Zerbe (1943–1944) •
Kahlil George Gibran (attended 1940–1943) painter and sculptor •
Nan Goldin (diploma 1977, fifth-year certificate 1978), photographer •
Anita Glesta (MFA degree), installation artist •
William Snelling Hadaway (attended in the 1890s), book illustrator, jewelry and metal designer •
Philip Leslie Hale (attended 1883), painter; served as faculty (1893–1931) •
Phyllis Baker Hammond (attended in the 1950s), sculptor, artist, designer, educator •
Leslie Hall (attended 2000–2003), musician (front woman for
Leslie and the Ly's) •
Mary Brewster Hazelton (graduated 1892) American portrait painter •
William Melton Halsey (attended 1935–1939), recipient of William Paige Fellowship, muralist and painter •
Juliana Hatfield (attended 2012), musician •
Todd Hido (BFA 1991), photographer •
Susan Howe (diploma 1961), poet, scholar, essayist and critic •
Hazel Brill Jackson, sculptor, engraver •
Joan Jonas (attended 1958–1961), performance artist •
Tom Jung (attended in the 1930s), graphic designer and illustrator •
Mira Lehr (attended in the 1950s), painter •
Steven Lisberger (diploma 1974), film director, producer and writer (known for his work on
Tron (1982)) •
David Lynch (attended 1964–1965), filmmaker •
Lois Mailou Jones (diploma 1927), painter •
Ellsworth Kelly (diploma 1948), painter, associated with
hard-edge painting,
Color Field painting and
minimalism •
Ellen Levy (diploma 1981), multimedia artist and scholar; explores art, science, technology interrelationships and
complex systems •
May Hallowell Loud (attended 1879–1883), painter •
F. Luis Mora (attended 1889), figural painter •
Mark Morrisroe (attended in the 1970s), photographer •
Laurel Nakadate (BFA 1998), photographer, film and video artist •
Lawrence Park (attended 1896–1897), art historian, architect, and genealogist •
William McGregor Paxton (faculty 1906-1913), Boston School painter •
Sheila Pepe (MFA 1995), artist and educator •
Amelia Peabody •
Sally Pierone (attended 1940–1942), art director and designer •
Vanessa Platacis, contemporary painter and installation artist •
Larry Poons (attended 1957–1958), abstract painter •
Liz Prince (BFA 2007; attended 2002–2007), comic book artist,
Ignatz Award winner •
Sarah Gooll Putnam (attended 1877), painter •
Kelly Reichardt (MFA), filmmaker and screenwriter (known for
Certain Women and
First Cow) •
Rebecca Richardson Joslin, writer, lecturer, benefactor, club-woman •
Richard Scarry (diploma 1942), illustrator •
Doug and Mike Starn (diploma 1984, fifth-year certificate 1985), twin brothers, photographers and performance artists •
Frank Stout (attended 1949), figurative painter associated with post-abstract expressionist realism •
Tom Sutton (attended 1960), illustrator and comic book artist •
Edmund Tarbell (diploma 1882), painter •
Roger Thomas, interior designer •
Malcolm Travis (attended 1974–1978), musician (drummer with
Human Sexual Response) •
Wallace Tripp (attended 1960–1964), illustrator •
Cy Twombly (diploma 1949), abstract painter •
Ricardo Viera (BFA 1973), Cuban-born American painter, printmaker, educator, museum director, art collector, and curator •
Christian Walker (diploma 1984), photographer and critic •
Katharine Lane Weems, sculptor •
John A. Wilson (attended 1896–1905), sculptor •
John Woodrow Wilson (attended 1939–1945), painter and printmaker •
Peter Wolf (attended in the 1960s), musician (known as the lead vocalist of
the J. Geils Band (1967–1983)) •
Levni Yilmaz (attended in the 1990s), filmmaker, animator, cartoonist
Performance artists groups •
Art School Cheerleaders (attended 1996–1998), performance art troupe •
Kaiju Big Battel (attended in the 1990s), performance art troupe featuring parodies of both
professional wrestling and
tokusatsu kaiju •
Mobius Artists Group founded in 1977, interdisciplinary artist troupe ==See also==