With a surname or pseudonym starting with R.
John Rafael Ekelund (1877–1946)
Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008)
Hjalmar Rautiainen (1879–1961)
Callmander Reinhold (1840–1922)
Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd (1934–2016)
Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792)
Georg Robert Ringström (1862–1945)
Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923–2002)
Leida Rives-Elfvén (1915–1989)
Pinchon Robert Antoine (1846–1943)
Birgitta Rolander von Schantz (born 1930)
Gerda Roosval-Kallstenius (1864–1939)
Carl Abraham Rothstén (1826–1877)
Lillemor Rudolf-Hall (born 1930)
Nils "Björnjägarn" Rundgren (1890–1971)
Carl Herman Runnström (1891–1980)
Jalmari Ruokokoski (1886–1936)
Alfred Ruotsalainen (1884–1957)