| FINEARTS | Draw closer in sudden bursts of activity to the work of painters and sculptors (4,4) |
| SPASMS | Wells starts writing in sudden bursts of activity (6) |
| RUBENS | Peter Paul -; Flemish artist known as the "prince of painters and painter of princes" (6) |
| BLITZ | Burst of activity to achieve an end (5) |
| LEONARDO | Name of painter and sculptor, and 2016 Best Actor Oscar winner (8) |
| AMERICAN | Nationality of painter and sculptor Jasper Johns born in 1930 (8) |
| TURNERESQUE | Resembling work of painter with initials JMWT (11) |
| FLASH | Sci-fi hero Gordon seen in sudden burst of light (5) |
| ARBITRAL | Relating to the work of a referee, or a negotiator |
| RENOUNCE | What prospective godparents do to the works of Satan? (8) |
| CONVERGE | Draw closer and study the grass border |
| ARMORYSHOW | The ?, International Exhibition of Modern Art as organised by the Association of American Painters and Sculptors in New York in 1913 |
| APPROACH | Draw closer to |
| PARIS | International mecca for Black painters and sculptors in the 1920s |
| CONCEPTUAL | Couple can't be converted to the work of Gilbert and George, say (10) |
| LORENZETTI | Pietro and Ambrogio, Sienese painters and brothers believed to have died in the Black Death of 1348 (10) |
| ADAIR | Gilbert who wrote 1980s sequels to the works of Lewis Carroll and J.M. Barrie |
| KLEE | A museum in Bern is dedicated to the works of this Swiss artist |
| JOULE | SI unit of work or energy equal to the work done by a force of one newton acting through one metre. It is also equal to approximately 0.7377 foot-pounds. (5) |
| UNIT | A measure of alcohol intake; or, with "One", a group of British artists and sculptors in the 1930s including Frances Hodgkins, Henry Moore, Paul Nash and Ben Nicholson (4) |
