The following is a chronological list of French artists working in visual or plastic media (plus, for some artists of the 20th century, performance art). For alphabetical lists, see the various subcategories of Category:French artists. See other articles for information on French literature, French music, French cinema and French culture.

Middle Ages

Renaissance

Seventeenth century

See also [French Baroque and Classicism](https://bliptext.com/articles/french-baroque-and-classicism), Louis XIII of France, Cardinal Richelieu, Baroque, Louis XIV of France, Palace of Versailles, Classicism

Eighteenth century

See also Palace of Versailles, Louis XV of France, Madame de Pompadour, Rococo, Louis XVI of France, Neoclassicism, Enlightenment, Gobelins. For art criticism, see Denis Diderot

Nineteenth century (Romanticism to Impressionism)

See also French Revolution, Napoleon I, Romanticism, Barbizon school, Naturalism, Symbolism, Impressionism, Academic art, Napoleon III of France, Photography, Modernism

Nineteenth century (Impressionism to Fauvism)

See also Modern art, Modernism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Les Nabis, Fauvism, Symbolism, Symbolist painters, Art Nouveau, Primitivism

Twentieth century (pre-World War II)

See also Post-Impressionism, Modern art, Modernism, Cubism, Puteaux Group, Dada, Surrealism

Twentieth century (post-World War II)

French photographers