John Edward Costigan NA (February 29, 1888 – August 5, 1972) was an American artist.

He is known for his strong brush stroke and an interest in the common person as a subject.

He portrays his people as deeply rooted in the soil that they work, humble yet dignified and contented.

The firm that he had worked for closed during the depression and in 1920’s he decided to buy a farm in Orangeburg, New York to paint.

Costigan was a cousin of the noted American showman, George M. Cohan, whose parents brought the young Costigan to New York City and were instrumental in starting him on a career in the visual arts after he and his four sisters became orphaned.