diff --git a/docs/supportedsites.md b/docs/supportedsites.md
index 991acedc..e60152dd 100644
--- a/docs/supportedsites.md
+++ b/docs/supportedsites.md
@@ -1298,19 +1298,19 @@ Consider all listed sites to potentially be NSFW.
 <tr id="e621" title="e621">
     <td>e621</td>
     <td>https://e621.net/</td>
-    <td>Favorites, Pools, Popular Images, Posts, Tag Searches, Frontends</td>
+    <td>Artists, Artist Searches, Favorites, Pools, Popular Images, Posts, Tag Searches, Frontends</td>
     <td>Supported</td>
 </tr>
 <tr id="e926" title="e926">
     <td>e926</td>
     <td>https://e926.net/</td>
-    <td>Favorites, Pools, Popular Images, Posts, Tag Searches</td>
+    <td>Artists, Artist Searches, Favorites, Pools, Popular Images, Posts, Tag Searches</td>
     <td>Supported</td>
 </tr>
 <tr id="e6ai" title="e6ai">
     <td>e6AI</td>
     <td>https://e6ai.net/</td>
-    <td>Favorites, Pools, Popular Images, Posts, Tag Searches</td>
+    <td>Artists, Artist Searches, Favorites, Pools, Popular Images, Posts, Tag Searches</td>
     <td>Supported</td>
 </tr>
 
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/e621.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/e621.py
index c01fd084..98446a78 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/e621.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/e621.py
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ class E621Extractor(danbooru.DanbooruExtractor):
             yield Message.Directory, post
             yield Message.Url, file["url"], post
 
+    def items_artists(self):
+        for artist in self.artists():
+            artist["_extractor"] = E621TagExtractor
+            url = f"{self.root}/posts?tags={text.quote(artist['name'])}"
+            yield Message.Queue, url, artist
+
     def _get_notes(self, id):
         return self.request_json(
             f"{self.root}/notes.json?search[post_id]={id}")
@@ -136,6 +142,25 @@ class E621PopularExtractor(E621Extractor, danbooru.DanbooruPopularExtractor):
         return self._pagination("/popular.json", self.params)
 
 
+class E621ArtistExtractor(E621Extractor, danbooru.DanbooruArtistExtractor):
+    """Extractor for e621 artists"""
+    subcategory = "artist"
+    pattern = rf"{BASE_PATTERN}/artists/(\d+)"
+    example = "https://e621.net/artists/12345"
+
+    items = E621Extractor.items_artists
+
+
+class E621ArtistSearchExtractor(E621Extractor,
+                                danbooru.DanbooruArtistSearchExtractor):
+    """Extractor for e621 artist searches"""
+    subcategory = "artist-search"
+    pattern = rf"{BASE_PATTERN}/artists/?\?([^#]+)"
+    example = "https://e621.net/artists?QUERY"
+
+    items = E621Extractor.items_artists
+
+
 class E621FavoriteExtractor(E621Extractor):
     """Extractor for e621 favorites"""
     subcategory = "favorite"
diff --git a/test/results/e621.py b/test/results/e621.py
index c069f671..795c8cf6 100644
--- a/test/results/e621.py
+++ b/test/results/e621.py
@@ -167,4 +167,47 @@ __tests__ = (
     "#results" : "https://e621.net/posts?tags=rating:safe",
 },
 
+{
+    "#url"     : "https://e621.net/artists/54632",
+    "#category": ("E621", "e621", "artist"),
+    "#class"   : e621.E621ArtistExtractor,
+    "#results" : "https://e621.net/posts?tags=emsibap",
+
+    "created_at"    : "2021-05-01T11:28:56.483-04:00",
+    "creator_id"    : 338533,
+    "domains"       : [[
+        "furaffinity.net",
+        3,
+    ]],
+    "group_name"    : "",
+    "id"            : 54632,
+    "is_active"     : True,
+    "is_locked"     : False,
+    "linked_user_id": None,
+    "name"          : "emsibap",
+    "notes"         : None,
+    "other_names"   : [],
+    "updated_at"    : "2021-05-01T11:28:56.488-04:00",
+    "urls"          : [{
+        "artist_id"     : 54632,
+        "created_at"    : "2021-05-01T11:28:56.486-04:00",
+        "id"            : 217681,
+        "is_active"     : True,
+        "normalized_url": "http://www.furaffinity.net/user/emsibap/",
+        "updated_at"    : "2021-05-01T11:28:56.486-04:00",
+        "url"           : "https://www.furaffinity.net/user/emsibap",
+    }],
+},
+
+{
+    "#url"     : "https://e621.net/artists?search%5Bany_name_or_url_matches%5D=emsi",
+    "#category": ("E621", "e621", "artist-search"),
+    "#class"   : e621.E621ArtistSearchExtractor,
+    "#results" : (
+        "https://e621.net/posts?tags=demsigma",
+        "https://e621.net/posts?tags=emsibap",
+        "https://e621.net/posts?tags=aluminemsiren",
+    ),
+},
+
 )