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Britain Britain most often refers to: * The United Kingdom, a sovereign state in Europe comprising the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands * Great Britain, the largest island in the United King ...

, arranged chronologically (artists born in the same year should be arranged alphabetically within that year).

Born before 1700

Hans Holbein the Younger Hans Holbein the Younger ( , ; german: Hans Holbein der Jüngere; – between 7 October and 29 November 1543) was a Germans, German-Swiss people, Swiss painter and printmaker who worked in a Northern Renaissance style, and is considered o ...

(1497/8–1543) – German artist and printmaker who became

court painter A court painter was an artist who painted for the members of a royal or princely family, sometimes on a fixed salary and on an exclusive basis where the artist was not supposed to undertake other work. Painters were the most common, but the cour ...

in England *

Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder, Marc Gerard and Marcus Garret (c. 1520 – c. 1590) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman, print designer and etcher who was active in his native Flanders and in England. He practised in many genres, including portrait ...

(c. 1520 – c. 1590) –

Flemish Flemish (''Vlaams'') is a Low Franconian dialect cluster of the Dutch language. It is sometimes referred to as Flemish Dutch (), Belgian Dutch ( ), or Southern Dutch (). Flemish is native to Flanders, a historical region in northern Belgium; ...

printmaker and painter for the English court of the mid-16th century *

George Gower George Gower (c.1540–1596) was an English portrait painter who became Serjeant Painter to Queen Elizabeth I in 1581. Biography Very little is known about his early life except that he was a grandson of Sir John Gower of Stittenham, North ...

(1540–1596) – English portrait painter *

Nicholas Hilliard Nicholas Hilliard () was an English goldsmith and limner best known for his portrait miniatures of members of the courts of Elizabeth I and James I of England. He mostly painted small oval miniatures, but also some larger cabinet miniatures, ...

(1547–1619) – English

goldsmith A goldsmith is a metalworker who specializes in working with gold and other precious metals. Nowadays they mainly specialize in jewelry-making but historically, goldsmiths have also made silverware, platters, goblets, decorative and servicea ...

limner A limner is an illuminator of manuscripts, or more generally, a painter of ornamental decoration. One of the earliest mentions of a limner's work is found in the book ''Methods and Materials of Painting'' by Charles Lock Eastlake (1793–1865). ...

, portrait miniature painter *

Rowland Lockey Rowland Lockey (c. 1565–1616) was an English painter and goldsmith, and was the son of Leonard Lockey,Lewis, p. 8-9 a crossbow maker of the parish of St Bride's, Fleet Street, London. Lockey was apprenticed to Queen Elizabeth's miniaturi ...

(c. 1565 – 1616) – English goldsmith, portrait miniaturist, painter *

Isaac Oliver Isaac Oliver (c. 1565 – bur. 2 October 1617) or Olivier was an English portrait miniature painter.Baskett, John. ''Paul Mellon's legacy: a passion for British art'' (Yale University Press, 2007) pp. 240-1. Life and work Born in Rouen, ...

(c. 1565 – 1617) – French-born English

portrait A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expressions are predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this r ...

miniature painter * Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641) –

Flemish Baroque painter Flemish Baroque painting refers to the art produced in the Southern Netherlands during Spanish control in the 16th and 17th centuries. The period roughly begins when the Dutch Republic was split from the Habsburg Spain regions to the south with ...

watercolour Watercolor (American English) or watercolour (British English; see spelling differences), also ''aquarelle'' (; from Italian diminutive of Latin ''aqua'' "water"), is a painting method”Watercolor may be as old as art itself, going back to t ...

ist and

etcher Etching is traditionally the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio (incised) in the metal. In modern manufacturing, other chemicals may be used on other types ...

who became

in England *

Wenceslaus Hollar Wenceslaus Hollar (23 July 1607 – 25 March 1677) was a prolific and accomplished Bohemian graphic artist of the 17th century, who spent much of his life in England. He is known to German speakers as ; and to Czech speakers as . He is particu ...

(1607–1677) –

Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus' Places * Czech, ...

etcher * Samuel Cooper (c. 1608 – 1672) – English

miniature A miniature is a small-scale reproduction, or a small version. It may refer to: * Portrait miniature, a miniature portrait painting * Miniature art, miniature painting, engraving and sculpture * Miniature (chess), a masterful chess game or probl ...

painter *

John Michael Wright John Michael Wright (May 1617 – July 1694) was an English or Scottish (he signed as both at times) portrait painter in the Baroque style. Wright trained in Edinburgh under the Scots painter George Jamesone, and acquired a considerable rep ...

(1617–1694) – British

baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

portrait painter Portrait Painting is a genre in painting, where the intent is to represent a specific human subject. The term 'portrait painting' can also describe the actual painted portrait. Portraitists may create their work by commission, for public and pr ...

* Peter Lely (1618–1680) – Dutch painter and portrait artist in England * Francis Barlow (c. 1626 – 1704) – English painter, etcher, and illustrator *

David Loggan David Loggan (1634–1692) was an English baroque engraver, draughtsman, and painter. Life He was baptised on 27 August 1634 in Danzig, then a semi-autonomous city (granted by the Danzig law) within Polish Prussia (''Prusy Królewskie'' ...

(1635–1692) – English baroque painter, born in Danzig * Godfrey Kneller (1646/9–1723) –

in England * Edward Pierce (1630–1695) *

Francis Place Francis Place (3 November 1771 in London – 1 January 1854 in London) was an English social reformer. Early life He was an illegitimate son of Simon Place and Mary Gray. His father was originally a journeyman baker. He then became a Marshalse ...

(1647–1728) – English potter and engraver *

James Thornhill Sir James Thornhill (25 July 1675 or 1676 – 4 May 1734) was an English painter of historical subjects working in the Italian baroque tradition. He was responsible for some large-scale schemes of murals, including the "Painted Hall" at the Ro ...

(1675–1734) – English painter of historical subjects *

Jonathan Richardson Jonathan Richardson (12 January 1667 – 28 May 1745), sometimes called "the Elder" to distinguish him from his son (Jonathan Richardson the Younger), was an English artist, collector of drawings and writer on art, working almost entirely as a ...

(1665–1745) – English portrait painter *

Peter Monamy Peter Monamy was an English marine painter who lived between 1681 and 1749. Early life and family Peter Monamy was baptised at the church of St Botolph's-without-Aldgate, London, England, on 12 January 1681 (new style). His name seems t ...

(1681–1749) – English marine painter *

John Wootton John Wootton (c.1686– 13 November 1764)Deuchar, S. (2003). "Wootton, John". Grove Art Online. was an English painter of sporting subjects, battle scenes and landscapes, and illustrator. Life Born in Snitterfield, Warwickshire (near Stratfo ...

(1682–1764) – English painter of sporting subjects, battle scenes and

landscapes A landscape is the visible features of an area of land, its landforms, and how they integrate with natural or man-made features, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.''New Oxford American Dictionary''. A landscape includes the p ...

* Pieter Andreas Rysbrack (1685 or 1690–1748) – Flemish painter working in London *

John Michael Rysbrack Johannes Michel or John Michael Rysbrack, original name Jan Michiel Rijsbrack, often referred to simply as Michael Rysbrack (24 June 1694 – 8 January 1770), was an 18th-century Flemish sculptor, who spent most of his career in England where h ...

(1694–1770) –

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

working in London *

John Vanderbank John Vanderbank (9 September 1694 – 23 December 1739)Waterhouse, Ellis. ''Painting in Britain 1530–1790'' (Penguin Books, 1957). was a leading English portrait painter who enjoyed a high reputation during the last decade of King George I ...

(1694–1739) – English portrait painter and book illustrator *

William Hogarth William Hogarth (; 10 November 1697 – 26 October 1764) was an English painter, engraver, pictorial satirist, social critic, editorial cartoonist and occasional writer on art. His work ranges from realistic portraiture to comic strip-like ...

(1697–1764) – English painter, printmaker, pictorial

satirist This is an incomplete list of writers, cartoonists and others known for involvement in satire – humorous social criticism. They are grouped by era and listed by year of birth. Included is a list of modern satires. Under Contemporary, 1930-196 ...

social critic Social criticism is a form of academic or journalistic criticism focusing on social issues in contemporary society, in particular with respect to perceived injustices and power relations in general. Social criticism of the Enlightenment The orig ...

and editorial cartoonist

Born 1700–1799

The Fighting Temeraire, JMW Turner, National Gallery

Henri Jean-Baptiste Victoire Fradelle Henri Jean-Baptiste Victoire Fradelle (1778–1865) was a Franco-English Victorian painter and portraitist, specializing in literary, historical, and religious subjects. For more than a hundred years, he was confused with his son, Henry Joseph ...

(1778–1865) – Franco-English painter specializing in literary, historical and religious subjects. *

Louis-François Roubiliac Louis-François Roubiliac (or Roubilliac, or Roubillac) (31 August 1702 – 11 January 1762) was a French sculptor who worked in England. One of the four most prominent sculptors in London working in the rococo style, he was described by Margar ...

(1702/5–1762) – French sculptor whose works reside in

Westminster Abbey Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an historic, mainly Gothic church in the City of Westminster, London, England, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is one of the Unite ...

* Samuel Scott (1702–1770) – British landscape painter *

James Seymour James Seymour (1702–1752) was an English painter, widely recognized for his equestrian art. Seymour was born in London. His father was an amateur artist and art dealer, whose other business dealings (as a banker, goldsmith, and diamond ...

(c. 1702 – 1752) – English painter especially of

equestrian The word equestrian is a reference to equestrianism, or horseback riding, derived from Latin ' and ', "horse". Horseback riding (or Riding in British English) Examples of this are: * Equestrian sports *Equestrian order, one of the upper classes i ...

art *

William Hoare William Hoare of Bath (c. 1707 – 12 December 1792) was a British portraitist, painter and printmaker. From c. 1740 to 1759, he was the leading oil portraitist at Bath, Somerset, until Thomas Gainsborough arrived in the town. Noted for his ...

(c. 1707 – 1792) – English painter especially of pastels *

Francis Hayman Francis Hayman (1708 – 2 February 1776) was an English painter and illustrator who became one of the founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768, and later its first librarian. Life and works Born in Exeter, Devon, Hayman begun his arti ...

(1708–1776) – English painter, illustrator, and one of the founding members of the Royal Academy *

Arthur Devis Arthur Devis (19 February 1712 – 25 July 1787) was an English artist, half-brother of the painter Anthony Devis (1729–1816), and father of painters Thomas Anthony Devis (1757–1810) and Arthur William Devis (1762–1822). His place in ...

(c. 1712 – 1787) – English

painter, especially of

conversation piece A conversation piece refers to a group portrait in a domestic or landscape setting depicting persons chatting or otherwise socializing with each other.Allan Ramsay (1713–1784) – Scottish portrait painter * Richard Wilson (1713–1782) –

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...

landscape painter and one of the founder members of the Royal Academy *

Alexander Cozens Alexander Cozens (1717–1786) was a British landscape painter in watercolours, born in Russia, in Saint Petersburg. He taught drawing and wrote treatises on the subject, evolving a method in which imaginative drawings of landscapes could be wor ...

(c. 1717 – 1786) – British landscape painter in watercolours and a published teacher of painting * Charles Brooking (1723–1759) – English painter * Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792) – English painter specialising in portraits *

George Stubbs George Stubbs (25 August 1724 – 10 July 1806) was an English painter, best known for his paintings of horses. Self-trained, Stubbs learnt his skills independently from other great artists of the 18th century such as Joshua Reynolds, Reynold ...

(1724–1806) –

British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...

painter especially of horses *

Francis Cotes Francis Cotes (20 May 1726 – 16 July 1770) was an English painter, one of the pioneers of English pastel painting, and a founding member of the Royal Academy in 1768. Life and work He was born in London, the eldest son of Robert Cotes, an a ...

(1726–1770) – English painter *

Thomas Gainsborough Thomas Gainsborough (14 May 1727 (baptised) – 2 August 1788) was an English portrait and landscape painter, draughtsman, and printmaker. Along with his rival Sir Joshua Reynolds, he is considered one of the most important British artists of ...

(1727–1788) – English portrait and landscape painter *

Paul Sandby Paul Sandby (1731 – 7 November 1809) was an English map-maker turned landscape painter in watercolours, who, along with his older brother Thomas, became one of the founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768. Life and work Sandby was ...

(1730–1809) – English

map A map is a symbolic depiction emphasizing relationships between elements of some space, such as objects, regions, or themes. Many maps are static, fixed to paper or some other durable medium, while others are dynamic or interactive. Although ...

-maker turned landscape painter in watercolours *

Sawrey Gilpin Sawrey Gilpin (30 October 1733 – 8 March 1807) was an English animal painter, illustrator, and etcher who specialised in paintings of horses and dogs. He was made a Royal Academician. Life and work Gilpin was born in Carlisle in Cumbr ...

(1733–1807) – English animal painter * Johann Zoffany (1733–1810) – German neoclassical painter, active mainly in England * George Romney (1734–1802) – English portrait painter *

Joseph Wright Joseph Wright may refer to: *Joseph Wright of Derby (1734–1797), English painter *Joseph Wright (American painter) (1756–1793), American portraitist *Joseph Wright (fl. 1837/1845), whose company, Messrs. Joseph Wright and Sons, became the Metro ...

(1734–1797) – English landscape and portrait painter *

Alexander Runciman Alexander Runciman (15 August 1736 – 4 October 1785) was a Scottish people, Scottish painter of historical and mythological subjects. He was the elder brother of John Runciman, also a painter. Life He was born in Edinburgh, and studied at ...

(1736–1785) – Scottish painter of historical and mythological subjects *

Mary Black Mary Black (born 23 May 1955) is an Irish folk singer. She is well known as an interpreter of both traditional folk and modern material which has made her a major recording artist in her native Ireland. Background Mary Black was born into a m ...

(c.1737–1814) – English portrait painter *

Joseph Nollekens Joseph Nollekens R.A. (11 August 1737 – 23 April 1823) was a sculptor from London generally considered to be the finest British sculptor of the late 18th century. Life Nollekens was born on 11 August 1737 at 28 Dean Street, Soho, London, ...

(1737–1823) –

from London * Francis Towne (1739/40–1816) – English watercolour painter * Angelica Kauffman (1740–1807) – Swiss-Austrian painter * Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740–1812) – English artist of French origin *

William Marlow William Marlow (1740 – 14 January 1813) was an English landscape and marine painter and etcher. Life Marlow was born in Southwark, London. He spent five years as a pupil of the marine painter Samuel Scott, and also studied at the St. ...

(1740–1813) – English landscape and marine artist *

John Hamilton Mortimer John Hamilton Mortimer (17 September 1740 – 4 February 1779) was a British figure and landscape painter and printmaker, known for romantic paintings set in Italy, works depicting conversations, and works drawn in the 1770s portraying war ...

(1740–1779) – British Neoclassical painter especially of romantic paintings *

Matthew William Peters Matthew William Peters (1742 – 20 March 1814) was an English portrait and genre painter who later became an Anglican clergyman and chaplain to George IV. He became known as "William" when he started signing his works as "W. Peters".Simon ...

(1742–1814) English portrait painter * James Barry (1741–1806) – Irish painter *

Henry Fuseli Henry Fuseli ( ; German: Johann Heinrich Füssli ; 7 February 1741 – 17 April 1825) was a Swiss painter, draughtsman and writer on art who spent much of his life in Britain. Many of his works, such as '' The Nightmare'', deal with supernatu ...

(1741–1825) – British painter,

draughtsman A draughtsman (British spelling) or draftsman (American spelling) may refer to: * An architectural drafter, who produced architectural drawings until the late 20th century * An artist who produces drawings that rival or surpass their other types ...

, and writer on art, of German-Swiss origin *

Richard Cosway Richard Cosway (5 November 1742 – 4 July 1821) was a leading English portrait painter of the Georgian and Regency era, noted for his miniatures. He was a contemporary of John Smart, George Engleheart, William Wood, and Richard Crosse. ...

(1742–1821) – English portrait painter,

miniaturist A portrait miniature is a miniature portrait painting, usually executed in gouache, watercolor, or enamel. Portrait miniatures developed out of the techniques of the miniatures in illuminated manuscripts, and were popular among 16th-century eli ...

Ozias Humphry Ozias Humphry (or Humphrey) (8 September 1742 – 9 March 1810) was a leading English painter of portrait miniatures, later oils and pastels, of the 18th century. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1791, and in 1792 he was appointed ''P ...

(1742–1810) – English painter of portrait miniatures *

John Robert Cozens John Robert Cozens (1752 – 14 December 1797) was a British draftsman and painter of romantic watercolour landscapes. Cozens executed watercolors in curious atmospheric effects and illusions which had an influence on Thomas Girtin and J.M. ...

(1752–1797) – English

draftsman A drafter (also draughtsman / draughtswoman in British and Commonwealth English, draftsman / draftswoman or drafting technician in American and Canadian English) is an engineering technician who makes detailed technical drawings or plans for ...

and painter of romantic watercolor landscapes *

Thomas Bewick Thomas Bewick (c. 11 August 17538 November 1828) was an English wood-engraver and natural history author. Early in his career he took on all kinds of work such as engraving cutlery, making the wood blocks for advertisements, and illustrating ch ...

(1753–1828) – English

wood engraver Wood engraving is a printmaking technique, in which an artist works an image or ''matrix'' of images into a block of wood. Functionally a variety of woodcut, it uses relief printing, where the artist applies ink to the face of the block and pr ...

and ornithologist *

Thomas Stothard Thomas Stothard (17 August 1755 – 27 April 1834) was an English painter, illustrator and engraver. His son, Robert T. Stothard was a painter ( fl. 1810): he painted the proclamation outside York Minster of Queen Victoria's accession to the t ...

(1755–1834 – English painter and engraver * Prince Hoare (1755–1834) – painter and dramatist *

Henry Raeburn Sir Henry Raeburn (; 4 March 1756 – 8 July 1823) was a Scottish portrait painter. He served as Portrait Painter to King George IV in Scotland. Biography Raeburn was born the son of a manufacturer in Stockbridge, on the Water of Leith: a f ...

(1756–1823) – Scottish portrait painter *

Thomas Rowlandson Thomas Rowlandson (; 13 July 175721 April 1827) was an English artist and caricaturist of the Georgian Era, noted for his political satire and social observation. A prolific artist and printmaker, Rowlandson produced both individual social an ...

(1756–1827) – English artist and

caricaturist A caricaturist is an artist who specializes in drawing caricatures. List of caricaturists * Abed Abdi (born 1942) * Al Hirschfeld (1903–2003) * Alex Gard (1900–1948) * Alexander Saroukhan (1898–1977) * Alfred Grévin (1827–1892) * Alf ...

William Blake William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. ...

(1757–1827) – English

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...

, painter, and printmaker *

Alexander Nasmyth Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

(1758–1840) – Scottish portrait and landscape painter *

Lemuel Francis Abbott Lemuel "Francis" Abbott (1760/61 – 5 December 1803) was an English portrait painter, famous for his painting of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (currently hanging in the Terracotta Room of number 10 Downing Street) and for those of other n ...

(1760–1803) – English portrait painter *

Thomas Lawrence Sir Thomas Lawrence (13 April 1769 – 7 January 1830) was an English portrait painter and the fourth president of the Royal Academy. A child prodigy, he was born in Bristol and began drawing in Devizes, where his father was an innkeeper at ...

(1760–1830) – English painter, mostly of portraits * Charles Fairfield (1761?–1805) – English painter, mostly known as a copyist *

John Charles Felix Rossi John Charles Felix Rossi (8 March 1762 – 21 February 1839), often simply known as Charles Rossi, was an English sculptor. Life Early life and education Rossi was born on 8 March 1762 at Nottingham, where his father Ananso, an Italian from Si ...

(1762–1839) – sculptor *

Arthur William Devis Arthur William Devis (10 August 1762 – 11 February 1822) was an English painter of history paintings and portraitist, portraits. He painted portraits and historical subjects, sixty-five of which he exhibited (1779–1821) at the Royal Academy. ...

(1762–1822) – English painter of history paintings and

portraits A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expressions are predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this r ...

George Morland George Morland (26 June 176329 October 1804) was an English painter. His early work was influenced by Francis Wheatley, but after the 1790s he came into his own style. His best compositions focus on rustic scenes: farms and hunting; smugglers a ...

(1763–1804) – English painter of animals and rustic scenes *

Joshua Cristall Joshua Cristall (1767–1847) was an English painter. For a time he was president of the Society of Painters in Water-Colours, a medium in which he showed a pleasing freedom and simplicity of style. Life Cristall was born at Camborne in Cornwa ...

(1767–1847) – Cornish watercolour painter *

John Crome John Crome (22 December 176822 April 1821), once known as Old Crome to distinguish him from his artist son John Berney Crome, was an English landscape painter of the Romantic era, one of the principal artists and founding members of the Norw ...

(1768–1821) – English artist, founder of the

Norwich school Norwich School (formally King Edward VI Grammar School, Norwich) is a selective English independent day school in the close of Norwich Cathedral, Norwich. Among the oldest schools in the United Kingdom, it has a traceable history to 1096 as a ...

of painters *

James Ward James Ward may refer to: Military *James Ward (Medal of Honor, 1864) (1833–?), American Civil War sailor * James Ward (Medal of Honor, 1890) (1854–1901), American Indian Wars soldier *James Allen Ward (1919–1941), New Zealand pilot and Vi ...

(1769–1859) – English painter, particularly of animals, and an engraver *

Thomas Phillips Thomas Phillips Royal Academy, RA (18 October 177020 April 1845) was a leading English Portrait painting, portrait and subject Painting, painter. He painted many of the great men of the day including scientists, artists, writers, poets and explo ...

(1770–1845) – English portrait and subject painter *

Henry James Richter Henry James Richter (1772–1857), artist and philosopher, was born in Middlesex, possibly at 40 Great Newport Street, Soho, on 8 March 1772 and baptised at St Anne's Church, Soho, on 5 April at that same year. Family Henry James was the se ...

(1772–1857) – engraver and painter * François Hüet Villiers (1772–1813) – French-born portrait painter, resident in London *

Anne Frances Byrne Anne Frances Byrne (1775–1837) was a British watercolor painter. Her subject material consisted mainly of birds, fruit and flowers painted in a realistic style. Anne came from a family of artists and occasionally butted heads with her contempo ...

(1775–1837) – painter of flowers and still lifes *

Thomas Girtin Thomas Girtin (18 February 17759 November 1802) was an English watercolourist and etcher. A friend and rival of J. M. W. Turner, Girtin played a key role in establishing watercolour as a reputable art form. Life Thomas Girtin was born in Sou ...

(1775–1802) – English painter, watercolourist, and

Sir John Dean Paul, 1st Baronet Sir John Dean Paul, 1st Baronet (December 1775 – 16 January 1852), of Rodborough, was an English landowner, banker, painter, and occasional author. Most of Paul’s works as a painter were landscapes and paintings of horses. In 1821 he was crea ...

(1775–1852) – painter of landscapes and horses * J. M. W. Turner (1775–1851) – English Romantic landscape painter, watercolourist and printmaker * John Constable (1776–1837) – English Romantic painter *

John Higton John Higton (2 April 1775 – 23 December 1827) was an English animal painter, who exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts. He was a friend of Edward Dayes and Thomas Campbell, and his patrons included Lord Sedley (Henry Venables-Vernon, 3rd Ba ...

(1776–1827) – English painter, particularly of animals, and an engraver * Maria Spilsbury (1776–1820) – painter of religious subjects * John Masey Wright (1777–1866) – watercolour painter * John Varley (1778–1842) – English watercolour painter and astrologer *

Augustus Wall Callcott Sir Augustus Wall Callcott (20 February 177925 November 1844) was an English landscape painter. Life and work Callcott was born at Kensington Gravel Pits, a village on the western edge of London, in the area now known as Notting Hill Gate. ...

(1779–1844) – English landscape painter *

Samuel Colman Samuel Colman (March 4, 1832 – March 26, 1920) was an American painter, interior designer, and writer, probably best remembered for his paintings of the Hudson River. Life and career Born in Portland, Maine, Colman moved to New York City ...

(1780–1845) – English painter * James Holworthy (1781–1841) – watercolour painter *

John Sell Cotman John Sell Cotman (16 May 1782 – 24 July 1842) was an English marine and landscape painter, etcher, illustrator, author and a leading member of the Norwich School of painters. Born in Norwich, the son of a silk merchant and lace dealer, Co ...

(1782–1842) – artist of the Norwich school, mainly in watercolour *

Frederick Nash (painter) Frederick Nash (1782–1856) was an English painter and draughtsman. Frederick Nash was born in Lambeth. He initially studied architectural drawing under Thomas Malton, then later enrolled at the Royal Academy of Arts. Between 1801 and 1809 Nash ...

(1782–1856) – architectural and landscape painter * David Cox (1783–1859) – English landscape painter *

Samuel Prout Samuel Prout painted by John Jackson in 1831 Market Day by Samuel Prout A View in Nuremberg by Samuel Prout Utrecht Town Hall by Samuel Prout in 1841 Samuel Prout (; 17 September 1783 – 10 February 1852) was a British watercolourist, and ...

(1783–1852) – English watercolour painter *

Peter De Wint Peter De Wint (21 January 1784 – 30 January 1849) was an English landscape painter. A number of his pictures are in the National Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum and The Collection, Lincoln. He died in London. Biography De Wint wa ...

(1784–1849) – English landscape painter * John Romney (1785–1863) – mainly printmaking and watercolour *

David Wilkie David Wilkie may refer to: * David Wilkie (artist) (1785–1841), Scottish painter * David Wilkie (surgeon) (1882–1938), British surgeon, scientist and philanthropist * David Wilkie (footballer) (1914–2011), Australian rules footballer * David ...

(1785–1841) – Scottish painter *

William Mulready William Mulready (1 April 1786 – 7 July 1863) was an Irish genre painter living in London. He is best known for his romanticising depictions of rural scenes, and for creating Mulready stationery letter sheets, issued at the same time as the P ...

(1786–1863) – Irish

genre Genre () is any form or type of communication in any mode (written, spoken, digital, artistic, etc.) with socially-agreed-upon conventions developed over time. In popular usage, it normally describes a category of literature, music, or other for ...

painter living in London *

Benjamin Haydon Benjamin Robert Haydon (; 26 January 178622 June 1846) was a British painter who specialised in grand historical pictures, although he also painted a few contemporary subjects and portraits. His commercial success was damaged by his often tactle ...

(1786–1846) – English historical painter and writer * Patrick Nasmyth (1787–1831) – Scottish landscape painter * John Martin (1789–1854) – English painter * William Henry Hunt (1790–1864) – English watercolor painter *

George Hayter Sir George Hayter (17 December 1792 – 18 January 1871) was an English painter, specialising in portraits and large works involving in some cases several hundred individual portraits. Queen Victoria appreciated his merits and appointed Hayter h ...

(1792–1871) English painter, specialising in portraits *

John Linnell John Sidney Linnell ( ; born June 12, 1959) is an American musician, known primarily as one half of the Brooklyn-based alternative rock band They Might Be Giants with John Flansburgh, which was formed in 1982. In addition to singing and songwri ...

(1792–1882) – English landscape painter *

Francis Danby Francis Danby (16 November 1793 – 9 February 1861) was an Irish painter of the Romantic era. His imaginative, dramatic landscapes were comparable to those of John Martin. Danby initially developed his imaginative style while he was the centr ...

(1793–1861) – Irish painter * Edward Calvert (1799–1883) – English printmaker and painter * James Holland (1799–1870) – landscape painter and illustrator * Eglington Margaret Pearson (died 1823) – stained glass painter

Born 1800–1899

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Richard Parkes Bonington Richard Parkes Bonington (25 October 1802 – 23 September 1828) was an English Romantic landscape painter, who moved to France at the age of 14 and can also be considered as a French artist, and an intermediary bringing aspects of English sty ...

(1802–1828) – English Romantic landscape painter *

Edwin Henry Landseer Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (7 March 1802 – 1 October 1873) was an English painter and sculptor, well known for his paintings of animals – particularly horses, dogs, and stags. However, his best-known works are the lion sculptures at the bas ...

(1802–1873) – English painter and sculptor especially of animals, particularly horses, dogs and stags * Thomas Shotter Boys (1803–1874) – English watercolor painter * Thomas Sidney Cooper (1803–1902) – English painter especially of cattle and farm animals *

John Steell Sir John Robert Steell (Aberdeen 18 September 1804 – 15 September 1891) was a Scottish sculptor. He modelled many of the leading figures of Scottish history and culture, and is best known for a number of sculptures displayed in Edinburgh, ...

(1804–1891) – Scottish sculptor *

John Frederick Lewis John Frederick Lewis (1804–1876) was an English Orientalist painter. He specialized in Oriental and Mediterranean scenes in detailed watercolour or oils, very often repeating the same composition in a version in each medium. He lived for ...

(1804–1876) – Orientalist English painter *

Samuel Palmer Samuel Palmer Hon.RE (Hon. Fellow of the Society of Painter-Etchers) (27 January 180524 May 1881) was a British landscape painter, etcher and printmaker. He was also a prolific writer. Palmer was a key figure in Romanticism in Britain and pr ...

(1805–1881) – English landscape painter, etcher and printmaker *

William Dyce William Dyce (; 19 September 1806 in Aberdeen14 February 1864) was a Scottish painter, who played a part in the formation of public art education in the United Kingdom, and the South Kensington Schools system. Dyce was associated with the Pre-R ...

(1806–1864) – Scottish artist * Arthur Elliot (1809–1892) – British watercolourist * Thomas Mogford (1809–1868) – English portrait painter and landscape painter * James John Hill (1811–1882) – English painter *

Edmund John Niemann Edmund John Niemann (1813–1876) was a prolific and highly successful British landscape artist working mostly in oils. Nine of his paintings are held in the Wolverhampton Art Gallery. Life and work Niemann was born in Islington, London in 181 ...

(1813–1876) – English painter * Lucette Barker (1816–1905) – English painter *

William James Blacklock William James Blacklock (3 March 1816 – 12 March 1858) was an English landscape painter, painting scenery in Cumbria, the Lake District and the Scottish Borders. Biography Blacklock was born in Shoreditch, London, the second of five children ...

(1816–1858) – English landscape artist, painting scenery in

Cumbria Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England, bordering Scotland. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local government, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. C ...

, the Lake District and the Scottish Borders *

Edward Armitage Edward Armitage (20 May 1817 – 24 May 1896) was an English Victorian-era painter whose work focused on historical, classical and biblical subjects. Family background Armitage was born in London to a family of wealthy Yorkshire industrialis ...

(1817–1896) – English

Victorian era In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. The era followed the Georgian period and preceded the Edwardia ...

painter especially of historical, classical and biblical subjects *

Richard Dadd Richard Dadd (1 August 1817 – 7 January 1886) was an English painter of the Victorian era, noted for his depictions of fairies and other supernatural subjects, Orientalism, Orientalist scenes, and enigmatic genre works, genre scenes, rendered w ...

(1817–1886) – English painter especially of fairies and other supernatural subjects, Orientalist scenes, and enigmatic

scenes *

Walter Hood Fitch Walter Hood Fitch (28 February 1817 – 1892) was a botanical illustrator, born in Glasgow, Scotland, who executed some 10,000 drawings for various publications. His work in colour lithograph, including 2700 illustrations for ''Curtis's Bo ...

(1817–1892) – Scottish

botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

and

botanical artist Botanical illustration is the art of depicting the form, color, and details of plant species, frequently in watercolor paintings. They must be scientifically accurate but often also have an artistic component and may be printed with a botanical ...

Alfred Tippinge Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Tippinge, KCH (2 May 1817 – 2 August 1898) was a British Army officer. As a Grenadier Guard he "served with distinction" in four fields of the Crimean War of 1854: at Alma, Balaclava, Sebastapol and Inkerman. A ...

(1817–1898) – British Grenadier Guard who sent home paintings of the

Crimean War The Crimean War, , was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 between Russia and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom and Piedmont-Sardinia. Geopolitical causes of the war included the ...

George Frederic Watts George Frederic Watts (23 February 1817, in London – 1 July 1904) was a British painter and sculptor associated with the Symbolist movement. He said "I paint ideas, not things." Watts became famous in his lifetime for his allegorical work ...

(1817–1904) – English Victorian painter and sculptor of the Symbolist movement *

Branwell Brontë Patrick Branwell Brontë (, commonly ; 26 June 1817 – 24 September 1848) was an English painter and writer. He was the only son of the Brontë family, and brother of the writers Charlotte, Emily, and Anne. Brontë was rigorously tutored at ...

(1817–1848) – English portrait painter; one of the Brontë children, brother of

Anne Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie. Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the ...

, Emily and

Charlotte Charlotte ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, making Charlotte the 16th-most populo ...

; occasional poet and writer * William Hemsley (1819–1906) – English genre painter; vice president of the

Society of British Artists The Royal Society of British Artists (RBA) is a British art body established in 1823 as the Society of British Artists, as an alternative to the Royal Academy. History The RBA commenced with twenty-seven members, and took until 1876 to reach fif ...

William Powell Frith William Powell Frith (9 January 1819 – 2 November 1909) was an English painter specialising in genre subjects and panoramic narrative works of life in the Victorian era. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1853, presenting ''The Sleep ...

(1819–1909) – English painter specialising in portraits and

narratives *

George Gammon Adams George Gammon Adams (1821–1898; sometimes spelled George Gamon Adams or George Gannon Adams) was an English portrait sculptor and medallist,

(1821–1898)- English sculptor and medallist *

Ford Madox Brown Ford Madox Brown (16 April 1821 – 6 October 1893) was a British painter of moral and historical subjects, notable for his distinctively graphic and often Hogarthian version of the Pre-Raphaelite style. Arguably, his most notable painti ...

(1821–1893) – English painter of moral and historical subjects *

Lefevre James Cranstone Lefevre James Cranstone (March 6, 1822 – June 22, 1893) was an English artist known for his watercolor genre-style landscapes and oil paintings. He visited the United States, where many of his works are displayed, and later moved to Australia. ...

(1822–1893) – English painter, known for paintings of antebellum America *

Frances Emilia Crofton Frances Emilia Crofton née Dunn (1822 – 23 October 1910), known professionally as Mrs William Crofton, was an Anglo-Irish people, Anglo-Irish landscape painter of the picturesque style who flourished in the mid-19th century. In 1854 she publ ...

(1822–1910) – Anglo-Irish artist *

Frederick Goodall Frederick Goodall (17 September 1822 – 29 July 1904) was an English artist. Life Frederick Goodall was born in London in 1822, the second son of steel line engraver Edward Goodall (1795–1870). He received his education at the Wel ...

(snr) (1822–1904) – English artist specialising in oriental scenes * Frederick William Keyl (1823–1871) – German-born British painter of animals * Charles Davidson (1824–1902) – English watercolour painter *

Henry Alexander Bowler Henry Alexander Bowler (30 November 1824 – 6 August 1903) was an English artist. He was a teacher at the Royal Academy of Arts for many years, and exhibited paintings there. Life Bowler was born in the Kensington district of London, son of C ...

(1824–1903) – English painter and academic *

Abraham Solomon Abraham Solomon (London 7 May 1823 – 19 December 1862 Biarritz) was a British painter. Born as the second son of Meyer Solomon, a Leghorn hat manufacturer, by his wife Catherine, in Sandys Street, Bishopsgate in east London. His fath ...

(1824–1862) – English painter *

Thomas Woolner Thomas Woolner (17 December 1825 – 7 October 1892) was an English sculptor and poet who was one of the founder-members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. He was the only sculptor among the original members. After participating in the found ...

(1825–1892) – English sculptor and poet * Barbara Bodichon (1827–1891) – English educationalist and landscape artist *

William Holman Hunt William Holman Hunt (2 April 1827 – 7 September 1910) was an English painter and one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. His paintings were notable for their great attention to detail, vivid colour, and elaborate symbolis ...

(1827–1910) – British painter, founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood * Robert Taylor Pritchett (1828–1907) – English watercolour artist and illustrator * Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882) – English poet, illustrator, painter and translator * Anna Blunden (1829–1915) – English painter * James Docharty (1829–1878) – Scottish landscape painter * Edwin Long (1829–1890) – English orientalism, orientalist painter, depicting Biblical and Middle Eastern subjects * John Everett Millais (1829–1896) – English painter and illustrator and one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood * John Henry Dell (1830–1888) – English painter and illustrator * Alfred William Hunt (1830–1896) – English painter * Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton, Frederic Leighton (1830–1896) – English painter and sculptor especially of historical, biblical and classical antiquity, classical subject matter * Charles James Lewis (1830–1892) – English painter in oils and watercolours * Marianne North (1830–1890) – English natural history, naturalist and flower painter * Walter Severn (1830–1904) – English watercolourist * John William Bailey (1831–1914) – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, British Portrait miniature, miniature painter * Benjamin Williams Leader (1831–1923) – English painter * Louise Rayner (1832–1924) – English watercolourist * Arthur Hughes (artist), Arthur Hughes (1832–1915) – English painter and illustrator associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood * William Quiller Orchardson (1832–1910) – Scottish portraitist and painter of domestic and historical subjects * Daniel Charles Grose (1832–1900) – English painter * Edward Burne-Jones (1833–1898) – English artist and designer * Joseph Clark (painter), Joseph Clark (1834–1926), English oil painter of domestic scenes * William Morris (1834–1896) – English artist, writer, and socialist * James Abbott McNeill Whistler, James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903) – American-born, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, British-based painter and etcher * Wyke Bayliss (1835–1906) – English painter of churches and cathedrals * William McTaggart (1835–1910) – Scottish landscape painter * Arthur Boyd Houghton (1836–1875) – British painter (oil painting, oil and

s) and illustrator * John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836–1893) – English painter especially of landscapes * Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836–1912) – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, British classical-subject painter * James Tissot (1836–1902) – French-born painter of portraits as well as

subjects * Simeon Solomon (1840–1905) – English Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Pre-Raphaelite painter * Frederick Walker (painter), Frederick Walker (1840–1875) – English Social Realist painter and illustrator in watercolours and oils * Albert Joseph Moore, Albert Moore (1841–1893) – English painter especially of wiktionary:languor, languorous female figures set against the luxury and decadence of the classical world * Alexander Rossi (artist), Alexander Rossi (1841–1916) – British artist specializing in genre works * Thomas Bush Hardy (1842–1897) – British marine painter and watercolourist * William John Seward Webber (1842–1919), English sculptor * Lucy Madox Brown (1843–1894) – English painter and watercolourist * Walter Crane (1845–1915) – English artist and book illustrator * Frank Holl (1845–1888) – English painter * Walter Greaves (artist), Walter Greaves (1846–1930) – English painter * James Campbell Noble (1846–1913) – Scottish landscape, seascape and portrait painter * John Eyre (British artist), John Eyre (1847–1927) – English genre painter, illustrator, painted and designed pottery * Ralph Hedley (1848–1913) – English Realism (arts), realist painter, woodcarver and illustrator * John William Waterhouse (1849–1917) – English Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Pre-Raphaelite painter especially of female characters from mythology and literature * John Collier (Pre-Raphaelite painter), John Collier (1850–1934) – British writer and painter in the Pre-Raphaelite style * Robert Weir Allan (1851–1942) – Glasgow born painter of landscape and marine subjects * John Charles Dollman (1851–1934) – English narrative, landscape and animal painter * Edward Robert Hughes (1851–1914) – English painter in a Pre-Raphaelitism and Aestheticism style * Edmund Leighton (1853–1922) – English painter in Pre-Raphaelite and Romantic styles * Frank Dicksee (1853–1928) – English Victorian painter and illustrator especially of dramatic historical and legendary scenes * Maude Goodman (1853–1938) (a.k.a. Matilda Scanes) – English Victorian fine art painter and children’s book illustrator, Romantic genre paintings * Caroline Gotch (1854–1945) – English painter associated with the Newlyn School of artists * Walter Dendy Sadler (1854–1923) – English painter * Alfred Wallis (1855–1942) – Cornwall, Cornish fisherman and artist * David Winder (artist), David Winder (1855–1933) – Bolton, Lancashire-born British artist; oil and watercolour * James Pittendrigh Macgillivray, James Pittendreigh MacGillivray (1856–1938) – Scottish sculptor * Alfred William Rich (1856–1921) – English landscape artist * John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) – Expatriate American living in England; leading portrait painter of his era, landscape painter and watercolorist * Richard Caton Woodville (1856–1927) – English artist, and illustrator especially of battle scenes * Joseph Benwell Clark (1857–1938) – English landscape painter and book illustrator * Stanhope Forbes (1857–1947) – British artist, founder of the Newlyn School * Arthur Hacker (1858–1919) – English classicist painter * Henry Scott Tuke (1858–1929) – English painter who lived in Cornwall, best known for his maritime paintings and male nudes * Walter Sickert (1860–1942) – English Impressionism, Impressionist painter * Solomon Joseph Solomon (1860–1927) – English painter of mythological scenes and portraits * Philip Wilson Steer (1860–1942) – English artist * Harriet Isabel Adams (1863–1952) – British artist and illustrator * Lily Delissa Joseph (1863–1940) – English painter * Charles Edgar Buckeridge (1864–1898) – church decorative artist * Archibald Standish Hartrick (1864–1950) – Scottish painter * Arthur Wardle (1864–1949) – English painter * William Pimm, William Edwin Pimm (1864–1952) – British artist, oil and watercolours * Thomas Edwin Mostyn (1864–1930) – English painter * Arthur Lowe (painter) (1865–1940) – English landscape artist from Kinoulton, Nottingham * Robert Bevan (1865–1925) – British painter * H. Gustave Hiller (1865–1946) – mainly of stained glass * Roger Fry (1866–1934) – English artist and art critic * Henry Charles Fehr (1867–1940) – English sculptor * Mabel Lee Hankey (1867–1943) – English artist, mainly of Miniature art, miniature portraits painted in watercolour on ivory * Frank Brangwyn (1867–1956) – Welsh artist, painter, water colourist, virtuoso engraver and illustrator, and progressive designer * J M Balliol Salmon (1868–1953) – British painter * Charles Murray Padday (1868–1954) – English painter * Ursula Wood (artist), Ursula Wood (1868–1925) – English painter * Lamorna Birch (1869–1955) – English painter * Lucy Kemp-Welch (1869–1958) – English equine artist * Henry Crocket (1870–1926) – landscape painter * William Ratcliffe (artist), William Ratcliffe (1870–1955) – English artist * Phelan Gibb (1870–1948) – British artist and early modernist, painting in Paris 1910–1914 * Sholto Johnstone Douglas (1871–1958) – Scottish artist * Florence Engelbach (1872–1951) – English painter born in Spain * Alfred Garth Jones (1872–1955) – English artist and illustrator * William Nicholson (artist), William Nicholson (1872–1949) – English painter, illustrator and author of children's books * Aubrey Beardsley (1872–1898) – English illustrator and author especially of erotic illustrations * Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1872–1945) – English artist and illustrator * Louie Burrell (1873–1971) – English painter * Francis William Doyle Jones (1873–1938) – English sculptor * Isabel Codrington (1874–1943) – English painter * John Duncan Fergusson (1874–1961) – Scottish artist, one of the Scottish Colourists school of painting * Hilda May Gordon (1874–1972) – British watercolourist * Frank O. Salisbury (1874–1962) – English painter known for his portraits and historical and mythological works * Dorothea Sharp (1874–1955) – British landscape painter * Eleanor Best (1875–1957) – portrait and figure painter * Evelyn Cheston (1875–1929) – English landscape painter * Alice Kirkby Goyder (1875–1964) – English painter and etcher * Arthur Henry Knighton-Hammond (1875–1970) – English painter best known for landscapes, society portraits, and industrial paintings * Henry Bates Joel (1875–1922) – English landscape painter * Margaret Fisher Prout (1875–1963) – English painter * Walter Dexter (British artist), Walter Dexter (1876–1958) – English oil and watercolour artist, particularly of Norfolk * Harold Gilman (1876–1919) – English artist and founder-member of the Camden Town Group * Gwen John (1876–1939) –

artist * Horace Tuck (1876–1951) – Norfolk artist of oil and watercolour landscapes * F. M. Hollams, Florence Mabel Hollams (1877–1963) – painter of dogs and horses * Laura Knight (1877–1970) – British artist * Frank Cadogan Cowper (1877–1958) – English artist * Donald Maxwell (illustrator), Donald Maxwell (1877–1936) – English illustrator and painter in oils and watercolours * Hilda Annetta Walker (1877–1960) – English sculptor and painter * Denis Eden (painter), Denis Eden (1878–1949) – painter and illustrator * Charles Ginner (1878–1952) – French-born painter, member of Camden Town Group * Spencer Gore (artist), Spencer Gore (1878–1914) – British painter who was first president of the Camden Town Group * Augustus John (1878–1961) –

painter,

, and etcher * Louis Frederick Roslyn (1878–1940) – English sculptor * Alfred Munnings, Sir Alfred James Munnings Royal Victorian Order, KCVO, Royal Academy, PRA (1878–1959) – English artist, particularly renowned for equine subject matter * Ada Hill Walker (1879–1955) – scientific illustrator and artist * William Reid Dick (1879–1961) – Scottish sculptor * Vanessa Bell (1879–1961) – English painter and interior designer * Gertrude Harvey (1879–1966) – English landscape painter * Matthew Smith (painter), Matthew Smith (1879–1959) – English painter * Malcolm Drummond (1880–1945) – English artist, noted for his paintings of urban scenes and interiors * Jacob Epstein (1880–1959) – American-born sculptor who worked chiefly in the UK, where he pioneered modern sculpture * Elsie Henderson (1880–1967) – English painter and sculptor * Harry Morley (1881–1943) – English painter * Eric Gill (1882–1940) – British sculptor, typography, typeface designer, stonecutter and printmaking, printmaker * Wyndham Lewis, Percy Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957) – English painter and author * Henry Lamb (1883–1960) – Australian-born British painter * Victoria Monkhouse (1883–1970) – English painter * Arthur Watts (illustrator), Arthur Watts (1883–1935) – illustrator * Elinor Proby Adams (1885–1945) – English painter * Duncan Grant (1885–1978) – Scottish painter and member of the Bloomsbury Group * Gwen Raverat (1885–1957) – English wood engraving artist who co-founded the Society of Wood Engravers * Randolph Schwabe (1885–1948) – English artist * Joseph Hermon Cawthra (1886–1971) – English sculptor * Maxwell Gordon Lightfoot (1886–1911) – English painter * Austin Osman Spare (1886–1956) – English artist and occultism, occultist * L. S. Lowry (1887–1976) – English artist * Elizabeth Polunin (1887–1950) – English artist and theatre designer * Arthur James F. Bond (1888–1958) – English painter of maritime subjects * Sydney Carline (1888–1929) – English artist * David Dougal Williams (June 1888–28 September 1944) – British artist and art teacher * Margaret Lindsay Williams (1888–1960) – Welsh portrait painter * Edith Grace Wheatley (1888–1970) – English painter * Robert Gibbings (1889–1958) – Irish artist and author known especially as a wood engraver and for books on travel and natural history * Paul Nash (artist), Paul Nash (1889–1946) – English war artist * Christopher R. W. Nevinson, Christopher Nevinson (1889–1946) – English painter and Vorticism, vorticist * Ruth Simpson (artist), Ruth Simpson (1889–1964) – English portrait painter * Edward Wadsworth (1889–1949) – English artist * David Bomberg (1890–1957) – English painter and one of the Whitechapel Boys * Charles Cundall (1890–1971) – English painter * Joseph Gray (painter), Joseph Gray (1890–1963) – English painter * Nina Hamnett (1890–1956) –

artist and writer * Francis Helps (1890–1972) – English artist * Edmond Xavier Kapp (1890–1978) – English artist * Iain Macnab (1890–1967) – Scottish painter * Olive Mudie-Cooke (1890–1925) – English painter * Leon Underwood (1890–1975) – British sculptor, painter, and engraver * Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (1891–1915) – French sculptor and Vorticism, vorticist * Mark Gertler (artist), Mark Gertler (1891–1939) – British portrait and landscape painter * Stanley Spencer (1891–1959) – English painter * Arthur Ralph Middleton Todd (1891–1966) – English portrait painter * Elsa Fraenkel (1892–1975) – German born British sculptor * Colin Gill (1892–1940) – English painter * Gilbert Spencer (1892–1978) – British painter * Harold Sandys Williamson (1892–1978) – British painter * John Armstrong (artist), John Armstrong (1893–1973) – British artist * John Nash (artist), John Nash (1893–1977) – English painter, illustrator, and engraver * Winifred Nicholson (1893–1981) – English painter * Orovida Camille Pissarro (1893–1968) – English painter and etcher * Leonard Squirrell (1893–1979) – English watercolourist and etcher * Henry Matthew Talintyre (1893–1962) – British artist * Flora Twort (1893–1985) – English painter who specialised in watercolours and pastels * Henry Carr (artist), Henry Carr (1894–1970) – British painter * Meredith Frampton (1894–1984) – British artist * Alethea Garstin (1894–1978) – Cornish painter * Ben Nicholson (1894–1982) – English abstract art, abstract painter * Dora Clarke (1895–1989) – English sculptor * David Jones (artist-poet), David Jones (1895–1974) –

artist and British Modernist poetry, modernist poet * William Roberts (painter), William Roberts (1895–1980) – English painter and war artist * Raymond Coxon (1896–1997) – British artist * Leila Faithfull (1896–1994) – British artist * Harry Barr (1896-1987) – English painter * John Buckland Wright (1897–1954) – New Zealand born illustrator * Harold Williamson (British artist), Harold Williamson (1898–1972) – British painter, designer, etcher and teacher * Henry Moore (1898–1986) – English artist and sculptor * Rodney Joseph Burn (1899–1984) – English artist * Winifred Knights (1899–1947) – English painter

Born 1900–1949

* Joseph Mellor Hanson (1900–1963) * Ursula Edgcumbe (1900–1985) * Barbara Greg (1900–1983) * George Lambourn (1900–1977) * Roland Penrose (1900–1984) * Harold Tamblyn-Watts (1900–1999) * Gertrude Hermes (1901–1983) * Elsie Dalton Hewland (1901–1979) * Ancell Stronach (1901–1981) – Professor of Mural Painting at the Glasgow School of Art * Fred Whicker (1901–1966) * Christopher Wood (painter), Christopher Wood (1901–1930) * Marjorie Frances Bruford (1902–1958) * Jean Clark (artist), Jean Clark (1902–1999) * Frank Barrington Craig (1902–1951) * Aileen Eagleton (1902–1984) * Simon Elwes (1902–1975) * Robin Guthrie (artist), Robin Guthrie (1902–1971) * Barbara Hepworth (1903–1975) * Ray Howard-Jones (1903–1996) * Charles Mahoney (artist), Charles Mahoney (1903–1968) * John Piper (artist), John Piper (1903–1992) * Eric Ravilious (1903–1942) * Richard Eurich (1903–1992) * Ceri Richards (1903–1971) * Albert Houthuesen (1903–1979) * Graham Sutherland (1903–1980) * Mary Adshead (1904–1995) * Peggy Angus (1904–1993) * Celia Frances Bedford (1904–1959) * Helen Binyon (1904–1979) * Stephen Bone (1904–1958) * Evan Charlton (1904–1984) * Griselda Allan (1905–1987) * Reg Bunn (1905–1971) * Edward Burra (1905–1976) * Kathleen Guthrie (1905–1981) * Eliot Hodgkin (1905–1987) * Morris Kestelman (1905–1998) * Kenneth Martin (English painter), Kenneth Martin (1905–1984) * Robert Medley (1905–1994) * Vernon Ward (1905–1985) * Rex Whistler (1905–1944) * Kathleen Allen (1906–1983) * Evelyn Dunbar (1906–1960) * Patrick Hall (artist), Patrick Hall (1906–1992) * Joan Hassall (1906–1988) * Edgar Hubert (1906–1985) * Kenneth Steel (1906–1970) * Reginald Ben Davis (1907–1998) * Phyllis Ginger (1907–2005) * James McIntosh Patrick (1907–1998) – Scottish landscape painter * Brenda Landon, later Brenda Pye (1907–2005) * Claude Rogers (artist), Claude Rogers (1907–1979) * William Coldstream (1908–1987) * Isobel Heath (1908–1989) * Norman Hepple (1908–1994) * Victor Pasmore (1908–1998) * Stella Schmolle (1908–1975) * Carel Weight (1908–1997) * Francis Bacon (artist), Francis Bacon (1909–1992) – born in Ireland * Dorothea Braby (1909–1987) * Thomas Carr (artist), Thomas Carr (1909–1999) * Leonard Daniels (1909–1998) * Paul Lucien Dessau (1909–1999) * Frank Hoar, Harold Frank Hoar (1909–1976) * Gwynneth Holt (1909–1995) – ivory sculptor * Leslie Hurry (1909–1978) * Eric Taylor (artist), Eric Taylor (1909–1999) * Geoffrey Tibble (1909–1952) *Isabel Alexander (1910–1996) * Pamela Drew (1910–1989) * Bernard Hailstone (1910–1987) * Rodrigo Moynihan (1910–1990) * Rosemary Allan (1911–2008) * Phyllis Bray (1911–1991) * John Kingsley Cook (1911–1994) * Anthony Devas (1911–1958) * Roger Hilton (1911–1975) * Nicolette Macnamara (1911–1987) * Gwen Barnard (1912–1988) * Andrew Freeth (1912–1986) * Erlund Hudson (1912–2011) * Georgina Hunt (1912–2012) * Keith Vaughan (1912–1977) * Reg Butler (1913–1981) * Raymond Teague Cowern (1913–1986) * Joan Hutt (1913–1985) * Leonard Rosoman (1913–2012) * Lynn Chadwick (1914–2003) * Harold Hitchcock (1914–2009) * Frances Macdonald (English artist), Frances Macdonald (1914–2002) * Charles Mozley (1914–1991) * Frank Roper (artist), Frank Roper (1914–2000) – sculptor * Doris Blair (born 1915) * Mary Fedden (1915-2012) * Dennis Flanders (1915–1994) * Wendy F. Walsh (1915–2014) – illustrator and botanical artist * Norman Whitehead (1915–1983) * Eileen Aldridge (1916–1990) * John Bridgeman (sculptor), John Bridgeman (1916–2004) *Margaret Thomas (painter), Margaret Thomas (1916–2016) – painter * James Lawrence Isherwood (1917–1989) * John Kashdan (1917–2001) * Anthony Robert Klitz (1917–2000) * John Minton (artist), John Minton (1917–1957) * Mona Moore (1917–2000) * Estella Campavias (1918–1990) * Kyffin Williams, John Kyffin Williams (1918–2006) * Peter Lanyon (1918–1964) * Richard Vicary (1918–2006) – printmaker * Eden Box (1918–1988) * Mary Audsley (1919–2008) * Norman Cornish (1919–2014) * Colin Hayes (artist), Colin Hayes (1919–2003) * Cliff Holden (1919–2020) * Peter Wright (ceramicist), Peter Wright (1919–2003) * Michael Ford (artist), Michael Ford (1920–2005) * Patrick Heron (1920–1999) * Robert Tavener (1920–2004) * Françoise Taylor (1920–2007) – born in Belgium, British by marriage * Derek Chittock (1922–1986) * Lucian Freud (1922–2011) * Richard Hamilton (artist), Richard Hamilton (1922–2011) * Eduardo Paolozzi (1922–2005) * Miles Richmond (1922–2008) * Pamela Ascherson (1923–2010) * William McLaren (illustrator), William McLaren (1923–1987) * Anthony Caro (1924–2013) * Anthony Earnshaw (1924–2001) * Erich von Götha de la Rosière (born 1924) * Keith Sutton (1924–1991) * Beryl Cook (1926–2008) * Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925–2006) * Michael Edmonds (artist), Michael Edmonds (1926–2014) * Leon Kossoff (1926–2019) * Edna Mann (1926–1985) * Tom McGuinness (artist), Tom McGuinness (1926–2006) * Patrick Swift (1927–1983) – born in Ireland * Greta Tomlinson (1927–2021) * Michael Andrews (artist), Michael Andrews (1928–1995) * John Copnall (1928–2007) * Dora Holzhandler (1928–2015) – born in Paris to Polish parents but lived in London * Elizabeth Jane Lloyd (1928–1995) * Dorothy Mead (1928–1975) * Joe Tilson (born 1928) * John Scanes (1928–2004) * Victor Willing (1928–1988) * Barbara Balmer (1929–2017) * Zelda Nolte (1929–2003) * Mardi Barrie (1930–2004) * Robyn Denny (1930–2014) * David Gentleman (born 1930) * Donald Pass (1930–2010) * Frank Auerbach (born 1931) * Dennis Creffield (1931–2018) * Ken Messer (1931–2018) * Malcolm Morley (1931–2018) – first winner of the Turner Prize in 1984 * Bridget Riley (born 1931) * Valerie Thornton (1931–1991) * Audrey Barker (1932–2002) * Peter Blake (artist), Peter Blake (born 1932) * Howard Hodgkin (1932–2017) * Norman Douglas Hutchinson (1932–2010) – royal painter * Ken Howard (artist), Ken Howard (born 1932) * R. B. Kitaj (1932–2007) – born in the United States * Euan Uglow (1932–2000) * Marc Vaux (born 1932) * Ian Weatherhead (born 1932) * Richard Allen (abstract artist), Richard Allen (1933–1999) * John Furnival (1933–2020) – artist of visual poetry, visual and concrete poetry, concrete poetry * Vincent Haddelsey (1934–2010) * John Hoyland (1934–2011) * Jeremy Moon (artist), Jeremy Moon (1934–1973) * Garth Evans (born 1934) – sculptor * Rose Wylie (born 1934) – painter * Paula Rego (born 1935) – born in Portugal * Frank Bowling (born 1936) * Tony Foster (artist), Tony Foster (born 1936) – painter * Patrick Caulfield (1936–2005) * David Hall (video artist), David Hall (1937–2014) * David Hockney (born 1937) * Allen Jones (artist), Allen Jones (born 1937) * Tom Phillips (artist), Tom Phillips (born 1937) * Pamela Scott Wilkie (born 1937) * Margot Perryman (born 1938) * Carole Steyn (born 1938) * William Tillyer (born 1938) * Terry Atkinson (born 1939) * Rose Frain (born 1939) * Anthony Green (painter), Anthony Green (born 1939) * Patrick Hughes (artist), Patrick Hughes (born 1939) * Ian Hunter (artist), Ian Hunter (1939–2017) – Dean of Saint Martin's School of Art * John Walker (painter), John Walker (born 1939) – painter and printmaker * John Byrne (playwright), John Byrne (born 1940) * Peter Liddle (artist), Peter Liddle (born 1940) * Barry Flanagan (1941–2009) * Yvonne Hutton (1941–1991) * Geoffrey Key (born 1941) * Robert Lenkiewicz (1941–2002) * Ruth Rix (born 1942) * Alan Aldridge (1938–2017) * Grange Calveley (born 1943) * Errol Lloyd (born 1943) * Osi Rhys Osmond (1943–2015) * Graham Ovenden (born 1943) * Valerie Wiffen (born 1943) * Zacron (1943–2012) – multimedia artist, writer, broadcaster * Lindsay Bartholomew (born 1944) * Bruce McLean (born 1944) * David Paskett (born 1944) * Ali Omar Ermes (born 1945) * Maggi Hambling (born 1945) * Ed Herring (1945–2003) * Pete Hoida (born 1944) * Geoffrey Humphries (born 1945) * David Imms (born 1945) * Richard Long (artist), Richard Long (born 1945) * Val Archer (born 1946) * Lewis Blake (born 1946) * Terance James Bond (born 1946) * Paul Dash (born 1946) * Rose Garrard (born 1946) * Winston Branch (born 1947) * Shelagh Cluett (1947–2007) – sculptor * Richard Cook (painter born 1947), Richard Cook (born 1947) * Tam Joseph (born 1947) * Vikki Slowe (born 1947) – printmaker and painter * Linda Sutton (born 1947) * Godfrey Blow (born 1948) * Pete Gilbert (born 1948) – graphic designer and painter * Richard Deacon (sculptor), Richard Deacon (born 1949) – 1987 Turner Prize Winner * Paul Wager (born 1949) – painter and sculptor

Born 1950 and later

* Sam Ainsley (born 1950) * Alison Dunhill (born 1950) * Antony Gormley (born 1950) * Edward Allington (1951–2017) * Humphrey Ocean (born 1951) * Richard Spare (born 1951) * Jeremy Henderson (1952–2009) – artist and painter * Colin Nichols (born 1952) * Tim Woolcock (born 1952) – Modern British painter painting in the tradition of the 1950s * Stephen Pusey (born 1952) * Alan Rankle (born 1952) – landscape painter * Jane Boyd (born 1953) * Pogus Caesar (born 1953) – born in Saint Kitts, St Kitts * Chris Gollon (1953–2017) * Ingrid Pollard (born 1953) * Melinda Camber Porter (1953–2008) – painter, writer, filmmaker, journalist for ''The Times''; lived in London, Paris, and New York * Charles Thomson (artist), Charles Thomson (born 1953) * Martin Yeoman (born 1953) * Michael Clark (artist) (born 1954) * Lubaina Himid (born 1954) * Aidan Hughes (born 1954) * Anish Kapoor (born 1954) * Vivien Blackett (born 1955) * David Tress (born 1955) * Denzil Forrester (born 1956) * Errol Francis (born 1956) * James Dodds (artist), James Dodds (born 1957) * Jeremy Gardiner (born 1957) * Fiona Graham-Mackay (born 1957) – portraits of the royal family * Thomas Hodges (artist), Thomas Hodges (born 1957) – photographic and mixed media artist * Panayiotis Kalorkoti (born 1957) * Willard Wigan (born 1957) * Simon Beck (artist) (born 1958) – snow artist * Sokari Douglas Camp (born 1958) * Keith Coventry (born 1958) * Lennie Lee (born 1958) – born in South Africa * Jake Tilson (born 1958) * Andy Dog Johnson (1959–2016) * Claudette Johnson (born 1959) * Hew Locke (born 1959) – born in Scotland * Bruce Munro (born 1959) * Keith Salmon (born 1959) – Scottish landscape painter born in England * Suzzan Blac (born 1960) * Eddie Chambers (writer and artist), Eddie Chambers (born 1960) * John Foulger (1960–2006) * Isaac Julien (born 1960) * Grayson Perry (born 1960) * Nick Fudge (born 1960) * Keith Piper (artist), Keith Piper (born 1960) * Yinka Shonibare (born 1960) * Julie Brook (born 1961) * Sonia Boyce (born 1962) * Jonathan S Hooper (born 1962) * Marion Kalmus (born 1962) * Sarah Lucas (born 1962) * Paul Mellia (born 1962) * Nick Miller (artist), Nick Miller (born 1962) – Irish painter born in England * Janette Parris (born 1962) * Nasser Azam (born 1963) * Nicola Bealing (born 1963) * Tracey Emin (born 1963) * Robert Fogell (born 1963) * Janette Parris (born 1963) * Dean Stalham (born c. 1963) * Barbara Walker (artist), Barbara Walker (born 1963) * Gillian Wearing (born 1963) – 1997 Turner Prize winner * Rachel Whiteread (born 1963) – 1993 Turner Prize winner * Frances Aviva Blane (born 1964) * Jonathan Ellery (born 1964) * Simon Gales (born 1964) * Hipkiss (born 1964) * Rachel Ara (born 1965) * Tom Cartmill (born 1965) * Adam Chodzko (born 1965) * Marion Coutts (born 1965) * Guy Denning (born 1965) * Damien Hirst (born 1965) * Jonathan Huxley (born 1965) * Robert Priseman (born 1965) * Fiona Banner (born 1966) * Fiona Crisp (born 1966) – photographer * Ian Davenport (born 1966) * Juno Doran (born 1966) * Christian Furr (born 1966) * Igor Kufayev (born 1966) * Maria Marshall (born 1966) * Elizabeth Price (artist), Elizabeth Price (born 1966) – 2012 Turner Prize winner * Peter Brown (British artist), Peter Brown (born 1967) * Serena de la Hey (born 1967), sculptor * Andy Lomas (born 1967) * Virginia Nimarkoh (born 1967) * Paul Rooney (artist), Paul Rooney (born 1967) * Chris Ofili (born 1968) * Suling Wang (born 1968) * Brita Granström (born 1969) * Chantal Joffe (born 1969) * Jonathan Myles-Lea (1969–2021) – painter of country houses, historic buildings, and landscapes * Michael Gustavius Payne (born 1969) * Alexander Talbot Rice (born 1969) – society portrait painter * Justin Mortimer (born 1970) * Nina Murdoch (artist), Nina Murdoch (born 1970) – tempera painter * Mandy Wilkinson (born 1970) * Jonathan Kearney (born 1971) * David Emmanuel Noel (born 1972) * Anna Barriball (born 1972) – mixed media artist * Dee Ferris (born 1973) * Peter Liversidge (born 1973) * Malcolm McGookin (born 1956) * Banksy (born 1974) * Tom Palin (born 1974) * Stephen Wiltshire (born 1974) – savant artist * Graham Nicholls (born 1975) * Lucy Skaer (born 1975) * Amanda Ansell (born 1976) * Reuben Colley (born 1976) * Adelaide Damoah (born c. 1977) * Maryam Hashemi (born 1977) * Conrad Shawcross (born 1977) * Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (born 1977) * Claire Hooper (artist), Claire Hooper (born 1978) * David Spriggs (artist), David Spriggs (born 1978) – sculptor, installation artist * Angela Wakefield (born 1978) * Hannah Rickards (born 1979) * Fuller (artist), Fuller (born 1980) * Nick Gentry (born 1980) * Conor Harrington (born 1980) * Edward Kluz (born 1980) * Polly Morgan (taxidermist), Polly Morgan (born 1980) * Stuart Semple (born 1980) * Chris (Simpsons artist) (born 1983) * Anna King (artist), Anna King (born 1984) * Anthony Smith (sculptor), Anthony Smith (born 1984) – bronze sculptor * Sarah Maple (born 1985) – feminist artist, first New Sensations winner * Emma Cousin (born 1986) * Johan Andersson (artist), Johan Andersson (born 1986) * Nicola Frimpong (born 1987) * Nathan Wyburn (born 1989) – food artist * Sophie Green (born 1992)

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