This is a partial list of artists active in Britain, 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 German-Swiss painter and printmaker who worked in a Northern Renaissance style, and is considered one of the greatest por ...

(1497/8–1543) – German artist and

printmaker Printmaking is the process of creating work of art, artworks by printing, normally on paper, but also on fabric, wood, metal, and other surfaces. "Traditional printmaking" normally covers only the process of creating prints using a hand proce ...

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 portraits ...

(c. 1520 – c. 1590) –

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printmaker and painter for the English court of the mid-16th century * George Gower (1540–1596) – English portrait painter * Nicholas Hilliard (1547–1619) – English goldsmith, limner,

portrait miniature 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 ...

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 miniaturist ...

(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, he ...

(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 ...

miniature painter *

Anthony van Dyck Sir Anthony van Dyck (, many variant spellings; 22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Brabantian Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Southern Netherlands and Italy. The seventh ...

(1599–1641) – Flemish Baroque painter,

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 ...

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 etcher *

Samuel Cooper Samuel or Sam Cooper may refer to: *Samuel Cooper (painter) (1609–1672), English miniature painter *Samuel Cooper (clergyman) (1725–1783), Congregationalist minister in Boston, Massachusetts * Samuel Cooper (surgeon) (1780–1848), English surge ...

(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 proble ...

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 ...

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 Sir Peter Lely (14 September 1618 – 7 December 1680) was a painter of Dutch origin whose career was nearly all spent in England, where he became the dominant portrait painter to the court. Life Lely was born Pieter van der Faes to Dutch ...

(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 Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1st Baronet (born Gottfried Kniller; 8 August 1646 – 19 October 1723), was the leading portrait painter in England during the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and was court painter to English and British monarchs from ...

(1646/9–1723) –

in England * Edward Pierce (1630–1695) * Francis Place (1647–1728) – English potter and engraver * James Thornhill (1675–1734) – English painter of

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subjects * Jonathan Richardson (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 Marine is an adjective meaning of or pertaining to the sea or ocean. Marine or marines may refer to: Ocean * Maritime (disambiguation) * Marine art * Marine biology * Marine debris * Marine habitats * Marine life * Marine pollution Military ...

painter * John Wootton (1682–1764) – English painter of sporting subjects, battle scenes and landscapes * Pieter Andreas Rysbrack (1685 or 1690–1748) – Flemish painter working in London * John Michael Rysbrack (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 (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,

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 A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and g ...

Born 1700–1799

The Fighting Temeraire, JMW Turner, National Gallery

* Henri Jean-Baptiste Victoire Fradelle (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

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* Samuel Scott (1702–1770) – British landscape painter * James Seymour (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 in ...

art * William Hoare (c. 1707 – 1792) – English painter especially of

pastel A pastel () is an art medium in a variety of forms including a stick, a square a pebble or a pan of color; though other forms are possible; they consist of powdered pigment and a binder. The pigments used in pastels are similar to those use ...

s * Francis Hayman (1708–1776) – English painter, illustrator, and one of the founding members of the

Royal Academy The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its pur ...

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 pieces and other small portraits * Allan Ramsay (1713–1784) – Scottish portrait painter * Richard Wilson (1713–1782) –

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landscape painter and one of the founder members of the

* Alexander Cozens (c. 1717 – 1786) – British landscape painter in watercolours and a published teacher of painting *

Charles Brooking Charles Brooking (c.1723–59) was an English painter of marine scenes. Life It is highly probable that Brooking’s father was a Charles Brooking (1677–1738) who was recorded as employed by Greenwich Hospital (London) between 1729 and 1736 ...

(1723–1759) – English painter *

Joshua Reynolds Sir Joshua Reynolds (16 July 1723 – 23 February 1792) was an English painter, specialising in portraits. John Russell said he was one of the major European painters of the 18th century. He promoted the "Grand Style" in painting which depend ...

(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 painter especially of horses * Francis Cotes (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 (1730–1809) – English map-maker turned landscape painter in watercolours * Sawrey Gilpin (1733–1807) – English animal painter *

Johann Zoffany Johan Joseph Zoffany (born Johannes Josephus Zaufallij; 13 March 1733 – 11 November 1810) was a German neoclassical painter who was active mainly in England, Italy and India. His works appear in many prominent British collections, includin ...

(1733–1810) – German neoclassical painter, active mainly in England * George Romney (1734–1802) – English portrait painter * Joseph Wright (1734–1797) – English landscape and portrait painter * Alexander Runciman (1736–1785) – Scottish painter of historical and mythological subjects * Mary Black (c.1737–1814) – English portrait painter * Joseph Nollekens (1737–1823) –

from London *

Francis Towne Francis Towne (1739 or 1740 – 7 July 1816) was a British watercolour painter of landscapes that range from the English Lake District to Naples and Rome. After a long period of obscurity, his work has been increasingly recognised from th ...

(1739/40–1816) – English watercolour painter *

Angelica Kauffman Maria Anna Angelika Kauffmann ( ; 30 October 1741 – 5 November 1807), usually known in English as Angelica Kauffman, was a Swiss Neoclassical painter who had a successful career in London and Rome. Remembered primarily as a history painter, K ...

(1740–1807) – Swiss-Austrian painter *

Philip James de Loutherbourg Philip James de Loutherbourg RA (31 October 174011 March 1812), whose name is sometimes given in the French form of Philippe-Jacques, the German form of Philipp Jakob, or with the English-language epithet of the Younger, was a French-born Briti ...

(1740–1812) – English artist of French origin * William Marlow (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 (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 supernatur ...

(1741–1825) – British painter, draughtsman, and writer on art, of German-Swiss origin * Richard Cosway (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 ''Po ...

(1742–1810) – English painter of

s *

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 and painter of romantic watercolor landscapes * Thomas Bewick (1753–1828) – English wood engraver 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 wri ...

, painter, and

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(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 (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 (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

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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

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

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

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, 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

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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 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 (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 Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti (12 May 1828 – 9 April 1882), generally known as Dante Gabriel Rossetti (), was an English poet, illustrator, painter, translator and member of the Rossetti family. He founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhoo ...

(1828–1882) – English poet, illustrator, painter and translator * Anna Blunden (1829–1915) – English painter * James Docharty (1829–1878) – Scottish landscape painter *

Edwin Long Edwin Longsden Long (12 July 1829 – 15 May 1891) was a British genre, history, biblical and portrait painter. Life and works Long was born in Bath, Somerset, the son of James Long, a hairdresser, (from Kelston in Somerset), and was edu ...

(1829–1890) – English orientalist painter, depicting Biblical and Middle Eastern subjects *

John Everett Millais Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Baronet, ( , ; 8 June 1829 – 13 August 1896) was an English painter and illustrator who was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. He was a child prodigy who, aged eleven, became the youngest ...

(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 Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton, (3 December 1830 – 25 January 1896), known as Sir Frederic Leighton between 1878 and 1896, was a British painter, draughtsman, and sculptor. His works depicted historical, biblical, and classical subjec ...

(1830–1896) – English painter and sculptor especially of historical, biblical and classical subject matter *

Charles James Lewis Charles James Lewis (1830 – 28 January 1892) was an English painter in oils and watercolours. Life Lewis was born in 1830 in Chelsea, London; his father, Charles Thomas Lewis, had Welsh ancestry. He first exhibited in 1853, when at the Royal A ...

(1830–1892) – English painter in oils and watercolours * Marianne North (1830–1890) – English naturalist and flower painter *

Walter Severn Walter Severn (12 October 1830 – 22 September 1904), professionally a civil servant, was known as an English water-colour artist. Life Severn was born in Frascati, near Rome, the eldest son of Joseph Severn and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of ...

(1830–1904) – English watercolourist * John William Bailey (1831–1914) –

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 *

Benjamin Williams Leader Benjamin Williams Leader (12 March 1831 – 22 March 1923) was an English landscape painter. Life and work Early years and training Leader was born in Worcester as Benjamin Leader Williams, the son, and third child of eleven children, of ...

(1831–1923) – English painter *

Louise Rayner Louise Ingram Rayner (21 June 1832 – 8 October 1924) was a British watercolour artist. Family Rayner was born in Matlock Bath in Derbyshire.Simon Fenwick, ‘Rayner, Samuel (1806–1879)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford ...

(1832–1924) – English watercolourist * Arthur Hughes (1832–1915) – English painter and illustrator associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood *

William Quiller Orchardson Sir William Quiller Orchardson (27 March 1832 – 13 April 1910) was a noted Scottish portraitist and painter of domestic and historical subjects who was knighted in June 1907, at the age of 75. Early years Orchardson was born in Edinburgh, ...

(1832–1910) – Scottish portraitist and painter of domestic and historical subjects * Daniel Charles Grose (1832–1900) – English painter *

Edward Burne-Jones Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, 1st Baronet, (; 28 August, 183317 June, 1898) was a British painter and designer associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood which included Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Millais, Ford Madox Brown and Holman ...

(1833–1898) – English artist and designer * Joseph Clark (1834–1926), English oil painter of domestic scenes *

William Morris William Morris (24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896) was a British textile designer, poet, artist, novelist, architectural conservationist, printer, translator and socialist activist associated with the British Arts and Crafts Movement. He ...

(1834–1896) – English artist, writer, and socialist * James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903) – American-born,

-based painter and etcher *

Wyke Bayliss Sir Wyke Bayliss (21 October 1835 – 5 April 1906) was a British painter, author, and poet. He almost exclusively painted interiors of British and European churches and cathedrals, and was known in the late Victorian era as an academic autho ...

(1835–1906) – English painter of churches and cathedrals *

William McTaggart William McTaggart (25 October 1835 – 2 April 1910) was a Scottish landscape and marine painter who was influenced by Impressionism. Life and work The son of a crofter, William McTaggart was born in the small village of Aros, near C ...

(1835–1910) – Scottish landscape painter *

Arthur Boyd Houghton Arthur Boyd Houghton (13 March 1836 – 25 November 1875) was a British painter (oil and watercolours) and illustrator. Houghton was born in Kotagiri, Madras, India. His work was varied and was highly regarded during the mid-19th century. ...

(1836–1875) – British painter (

oil An oil is any nonpolar chemical substance that is composed primarily of hydrocarbons and is hydrophobic (does not mix with water) & lipophilic (mixes with other oils). Oils are usually flammable and surface active. Most oils are unsaturated ...

and

s) and illustrator *

John Atkinson Grimshaw John Atkinson Grimshaw (6 September 1836 – 13 October 1893) was an English Victorian-era artist best known for his nocturnal scenes of urban landscapes.Alexander Robertson, ''Atkinson Grimshaw'', London, Phaidon Press, 1996 H. J. Dyos and ...

(1836–1893) – English painter especially of landscapes *

Lawrence Alma-Tadema Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, (; born Lourens Alma Tadema ; 8 January 1836 – 25 June 1912) was a Dutch painter who later settled in the United Kingdom becoming the last officially recognised denizen in 1873. Born in Dronryp, the Netherlands, ...

(1836–1912) –

classical-subject painter *

James Tissot Jacques Joseph Tissot (; 15 October 1836 – 8 August 1902), anglicized as James Tissot (), was a French painter and illustrator. He was a successful painter of fashionable, modern scenes and society life in Paris before moving to London in 1871 ...

(1836–1902) – French-born painter of portraits as well as

subjects *

Simeon Solomon Simeon Solomon (9 October 1840 – 14 August 1905) was a British painter associated with the Pre-Raphaelites who was noted for his depictions of Jewish life and same-sex desire. His career was cut short as a result of public scandal following hi ...

(1840–1905) – English

Pre-Raphaelite The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (later known as the Pre-Raphaelites) was a group of English painters, poets, and art critics, founded in 1848 by William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Michael Rossetti, James ...

painter * Frederick Walker (1840–1875) – English

Social Realist Social realism is the term used for work produced by painters, printmakers, photographers, writers and filmmakers that aims to draw attention to the real socio-political conditions of the working class as a means to critique the power structure ...

painter and illustrator in watercolours and oils * Albert Moore (1841–1893) – English painter especially of languorous female figures set against the luxury and decadence of the classical world *

Alexander Rossi Alexander Michael Rossi (born September 25, 1991) is an American professional racing driver and podcast host. He currently competes full-time in the IndyCar Series, driving the No. 7 Chevrolet for Arrow McLaren SP. Rossi is best known for winning ...

(1841–1916) – British artist specializing in

genre works Genre art is the pictorial representation in any of various media of scenes or events from everyday life, such as markets, domestic settings, interiors, parties, inn scenes, work, and street scenes. Such representations (also called genre works, ...

Thomas Bush Hardy Thomas Bush Hardy (1842, Sheffield – 1897, Maida Vale, London) was a British marine painter and watercolourist. Biography Hardy was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire on 3 May 1842. As a young man he travelled in the Netherlands and Italy. In 1 ...

(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 Walter Crane (15 August 184514 March 1915) was an English artist and book illustrator. He is considered to be the most influential, and among the most prolific, children's book creators of his generation and, along with Randolph Caldecott and Ka ...

(1845–1915) – English artist and book illustrator *

Frank Holl Francis Montague Holl (London 4 July 1845 – 31 July 1888 London) was an English painter, specializing in somewhat sentimental paintings with a moment from a narrative situation, often drawing on the trends of social realism and the prob ...

(1845–1888) – English painter * Walter Greaves (1846–1930) – English painter * James Campbell Noble (1846–1913) – Scottish landscape, seascape and portrait painter *

John Eyre John Eyre may refer to: Politicians *John Eyre (died 1581), Member of Parliament for Wiltshire and Salisbury *John Eyre (died 1639), MP for Cricklade * John Eyre (1659–1709), MP for Galway Borough, son of the above *John Eyre (died 1745), MP for ...

(1847–1927) – English genre painter, illustrator, painted and designed pottery *

Ralph Hedley Ralph Hedley (31 December 1848 – 14 June 1913) was a realist painter, woodcarver and illustrator, best known for his paintings portraying scenes of everyday life in the North East of England. Biography Born in Gilling West near Richmond, N ...

(1848–1913) – English realist painter, woodcarver and illustrator * John William Waterhouse (1849–1917) – English

painter especially of female characters from

mythology Myth is a folklore genre consisting of narratives that play a fundamental role in a society, such as foundational tales or origin myths. Since "myth" is widely used to imply that a story is not objectively true, the identification of a narra ...

and literature * John Collier (1850–1934) – British writer and painter in the

style *

Robert Weir Allan Robert Weir Allan (1851–1942) was a Scottish-born painter known mainly for his depiction of landscape and marine subjects. He was born in Glasgow into a family that encouraged and valued his natural artistic ability. He exhibited at the Glasgow ...

(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 Aestheticism (also the Aesthetic movement) was an art movement in the late 19th century which privileged the aesthetic value of literature, music and the arts over their socio-political functions. According to Aestheticism, art should be pro ...

style *

Edmund Leighton Edmund Blair Leighton (21 September 18521 September 1922) was an English painter of historical genre scenes, specialising in British Regency, Regency and medieval subjects. His art is associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, pre-Raphael ...

(1853–1922) – English painter in

and Romantic styles *

Frank Dicksee Sir Francis Bernard Dicksee (27 November 1853 – 17 October 1928) was an English Victorian painter and illustrator, best known for his pictures of dramatic literary, historical, and legendary scenes. He also was a noted painter of por ...

(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 The Newlyn School was an art colony of artists based in or near Newlyn, a fishing village adjacent to Penzance, on the south coast of Cornwall, from the 1880s until the early twentieth century. The establishment of the Newlyn School was reminis ...

of artists * Walter Dendy Sadler (1854–1923) – English painter *

Alfred Wallis Alfred Wallis (18 August 1855 – 29 August 1942) was a British fisherman and artist known for his port landscapes and shipping scenes painted in a naïve style. Having no artistic training, he began painting at the age of 70, using househo ...

(1855–1942) – Cornish fisherman and artist * David Winder (1855–1933) – Bolton, Lancashire-born British artist; oil and watercolour * James Pittendreigh MacGillivray (1856–1938) – Scottish sculptor *

Alfred William Rich Alfred William Rich (4 March 1856 – 7 September 1921) was an English artist, teacher and author. Life and work Rich was born between Scaynes Hill and Lindfield in Sussex. His study of art began at the age of eight, as a self-taught stude ...

(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 Richard Caton Woodville (30 April 1825 – 13 August 1855) was an American artist from Baltimore who spent his professional career in Europe, after studying in Düsseldorf under the direction of Karl Ferdinand Sohn. He died of an overdose of mor ...

(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 Henry Scott Tuke (12 June 1858 – 13 March 1929), was an English visual artist; primarily a painter, but also a photographer. His most notable work was in the Impressionist style, and he is best known for his paintings of nude boys and you ...

(1858–1929) – English painter who lived in Cornwall, best known for his maritime paintings and male nudes *

Walter Sickert Walter Richard Sickert (31 May 1860 – 22 January 1942) was a German-born British painter and printmaker who was a member of the Camden Town Group of Post-Impressionist artists in early 20th-century London. He was an important influence on d ...

(1860–1942) – English Impressionist painter *

Solomon Joseph Solomon Solomon Joseph Solomon (16 September 1860 – 27 July 1927) was a British painter, a founding member of the New English Art Club and member of the Royal Academy. Solomon's family was Jewish, and his sister, Lily Delissa Joseph (née ...

(1860–1927) – English painter of mythological scenes and portraits *

Philip Wilson Steer Philip Wilson Steer (28 December 1860 – 18 March 1942) was a British painter of landscapes, seascapes plus portraits and figure studies. He was also an influential art teacher. His sea and landscape paintings made him a leading figure in ...

(1860–1942) – English artist * Harriet Isabel Adams (1863–1952) – British artist and illustrator * Lily Delissa Joseph (1863–1940) – English painter *

Charles Edgar Buckeridge Charles Edgar Buckeridge (1864 – 11 May 1898) was an English church decorative artist and the son of Charles Buckeridge, a Gothic Revival architect. Life and career Born in Headington, Oxford in 1864, the son of Annie and Charles Buckeridg ...

(1864–1898) – church decorative artist *

Archibald Standish Hartrick Archibald Standish Hartrick (7 August 1864 – 1 February 1950) was a Scottish painter known for the quality of his lithographic work. His works covered urban scenes, landscapes and figure painting and he was a founder member of the Senefelder ...

(1864–1950) – Scottish painter * Arthur Wardle (1864–1949) – English painter * 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 Nottingham ( , locally ) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east of Sheffield and north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham has links to the legend of Robi ...

Robert Bevan Robert Polhill Bevan (5 August 1865 – 8 July 1925) was a British painter, draughtsman and lithographer. He was a founding member of the Camden Town Group, the London Group, and the Cumberland Market Group. Early life He was born in Bruns ...

(1865–1925) – British painter * H. Gustave Hiller (1865–1946) – mainly of stained glass *

Roger Fry Roger Eliot Fry (14 December 1866 – 9 September 1934) was an English painter and critic, and a member of the Bloomsbury Group. Establishing his reputation as a scholar of the Old Masters, he became an advocate of more recent developme ...

(1866–1934) – English artist and art critic * Henry Charles Fehr (1867–1940) – English sculptor * Mabel Lee Hankey (1867–1943) – English artist, mainly of miniature portraits painted in watercolour on ivory *

Frank Brangwyn Sir Frank William Brangwyn (12 May 1867 – 11 June 1956) was a Welsh artist, painter, watercolourist, printmaker, illustrator, and designer. Brangwyn was an artistic jack-of-all-trades. As well as paintings and drawings, he produced des ...

(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 (1868–1925) – English painter *

Lamorna Birch Samuel John "Lamorna" Birch, RA, RWS (7 June 1869 – 7 January 1955) was an English artist in oils and watercolours. At the suggestion of fellow artist Stanhope Forbes, Birch adopted the ''soubriquet'' "Lamorna" to distinguish himself from ...

(1869–1955) – English painter * Lucy Kemp-Welch (1869–1958) – English equine artist * Henry Crocket (1870–1926) – landscape painter * William Ratcliffe (1870–1955) – English artist *

Phelan Gibb Harry Phelan Gibb (a.k.a. William Phelan "Harry" Gibb) (1870–1948) was a British artist influenced by the work of Paul Cézanne, who exhibited in London, Paris and New York.Buckman, David 998 Dictionary of Artists in Britain since 1945, Art ...

(1870–1948) – British artist and early modernist, painting in Paris 1910–1914 *

Sholto Johnstone Douglas Robert Sholto Johnstone Douglas (3 December 1871 – 10 March 1958), known as Sholto Douglas, or more formally as Sholto Johnstone Douglas, was a Scottish figurative artist, a painter chiefly of portraits and landscapes. In 1895, he stood su ...

(1871–1958) – Scottish artist *

Florence Engelbach Florence Ada Engelbach née Neumegen (9 June 1872 – 27 February 1951) was a painter of portraits, landscapes and flower pieces. She was born in Spain to English parents and, after training in London, established her artistic career in Britain. ...

(1872–1951) – English painter born in Spain *

Alfred Garth Jones Alfred Garth Jones (1872–1955) was an English artist and illustrator who worked mainly in woodcut, pen and ink line art drawing and watercolour. Early life Alfred Jones was born in Hulme, Manchester in 1872, the son of Thomas Jones (b1844) ...

(1872–1955) – English artist and illustrator * William Nicholson (1872–1949) – English painter, illustrator and author of children's books *

Aubrey Beardsley Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (21 August 187216 March 1898) was an English illustrator and author. His black ink drawings were influenced by Japanese woodcuts, and depicted the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic. He was a leading figure in the ...

(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 Isabel Codrington Pyke-Nott, later Isabel Konody then Isabel Mayer (1874-1943), was a British artist. She painted figures in watercolour and oils and also produced miniatures. Biography Codrington was born in Bydown in Devon and in 1889, aged ...

(1874–1943) – English painter *

John Duncan Fergusson John Duncan Fergusson (9 March 1874 – 30 January 1961) was a Scottish artist and sculptor, regarded as one of the major artists of the Scottish Colourists school of painting. Early life Fergusson was born in Leith, Edinburgh, the firs ...

(1874–1961) – Scottish artist, one of the

Scottish Colourists The Scottish Colourists were a group of four painters, three from Edinburgh, whose Post-Impressionist work, though not universally recognised initially, came to have a formative influence on contemporary Scottish art and culture. The four artists, ...

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 Eleanor Best (1875-1957) was a British oil painter known for her portrait and figure paintings. Biography Best was born in Amport in Hampshire and studied at the Slade School of Art in London during 1909. She continued to live in London throug ...

(1875–1957) – portrait and figure painter *

Evelyn Cheston Evelyn Cheston née Davy (8 September 1875 – 31 October 1929) was a British painter in oils and watercolours of landscapes and outdoor scenes. Biography Cheston was born in the Ranmoor suburb of Sheffield and attended the Royal Female School ...

(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 Henry Bates Joel (1875–1922) was a British landscape painter of the late Victorian era. Joel exhibited from 1880 to 1905 and primarily painted coastal scenes and landscapes. Works and legacy Bates Joel concentrated on romanticised landscap ...

(1875–1922) – English landscape painter *

Margaret Fisher Prout Millicent Margaret Fisher Prout (31 March 1875– 9 December 1963) was a British artist who helped improve perceptions of modern art in the UK. Biography Prout was born in Church Street, Chelsea, on 31 March 1875, the only daughter of the paint ...

(1875–1963) – English painter * Walter Dexter (1876–1958) – English oil and watercolour artist, particularly of

Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...

Harold Gilman Harold John Wilde Gilman (11 February 187612 February 1919) was a British painter of interiors, portraits and landscapes, and a founder-member of the Camden Town Group. Early life and studies Harold John Wilde Gilman was the second son and ...

(1876–1919) – English artist and founder-member of the

Camden Town Group The Camden Town Group was a group of English Post-Impressionist artists founded in 1911 and active until 1913. They gathered frequently at the studio of painter Walter Sickert in the Camden Town area of London. History In 1908, critic Frank ...

Gwen John Gwendolen Mary John (22 June 1876 – 18 September 1939) was a Welsh artist who worked in France for most of her career. Her paintings, mainly portraits of anonymous female sitters, are rendered in a range of closely related tones. Although s ...

(1876–1939) –

artist * Horace Tuck (1876–1951) –

artist of oil and watercolour landscapes * Florence Mabel Hollams (1877–1963) – painter of dogs and horses *

Laura Knight Dame Laura Knight ( Johnson; 4 August 1877 – 7 July 1970) was an English artist who worked in oils, watercolours, etching, engraving and drypoint. Knight was a painter in the figurative, realist tradition, who embraced English Impressi ...

(1877–1970) – British artist *

Frank Cadogan Cowper Frank Cadogan Cowper (16 October 1877 – 17 November 1958)"Obituary: Fran ...

(1877–1958) – English artist * Donald Maxwell (1877–1936) – English illustrator and painter in oils and watercolours * Hilda Annetta Walker (1877–1960) – English sculptor and painter * Denis Eden (1878–1949) – painter and illustrator *

Charles Ginner Charles Isaac Ginner (4 March 1878 – 6 January 1952) was a British painter of landscape and urban subjects. Born in the south of France at Cannes, of British parents, in 1910 he settled in London, where he was an associate of Spencer Gore a ...

(1878–1952) – French-born painter, member of

* Spencer Gore (1878–1914) – British painter who was first president of the

Augustus John Augustus Edwin John (4 January 1878 – 31 October 1961) was a Welsh painter, draughtsman, and etcher. For a time he was considered the most important artist at work in Britain: Virginia Woolf remarked that by 1908 the era of John Singer Sarge ...

(1878–1961) –

painter, draughtsman, and etcher * Louis Frederick Roslyn (1878–1940) – English sculptor * Sir Alfred James Munnings KCVO, PRA (1878–1959) – English artist, particularly renowned for

equine Equinae is a subfamily of the family Equidae, which have lived worldwide (except Indonesia and Australia) from the Hemingfordian stage of the Early Miocene (16 million years ago) onwards. They are thought to be a monophyletic grouping.B. J. Ma ...

subject matter *

Ada Hill Walker Ada Hill Walker (1879-10 November 1955) was a British scientific illustrator, artist and flower painter based in St Andrews in Scotland who provided illustrations for the scientific publications of William M'Intosh (1838-1931). She often sign ...

(1879–1955) – scientific illustrator and artist *

William Reid Dick Sir William Reid Dick, (13 January 1878 – 1 October 1961) was a Scottish sculptor known for his innovative stylisation of form in his monument sculptures and simplicity in his portraits. He became an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1921, a ...

(1879–1961) – Scottish sculptor *

Vanessa Bell Vanessa Bell (née Stephen; 30 May 1879 – 7 April 1961) was an English painter and interior designer, a member of the Bloomsbury Group and the sister of Virginia Woolf (née Stephen). Early life and education Vanessa Stephen was the eld ...

(1879–1961) – English painter and interior designer * Gertrude Harvey (1879–1966) – English landscape painter * Matthew Smith (1879–1959) – English painter * Malcolm Drummond (1880–1945) – English artist, noted for his paintings of urban scenes and interiors *

Jacob Epstein Sir Jacob Epstein (10 November 1880 – 21 August 1959) was an American-British sculptor who helped pioneer modern sculpture. He was born in the United States, and moved to Europe in 1902, becoming a British subject in 1911. He often produce ...

(1880–1959) – American-born sculptor who worked chiefly in the UK, where he pioneered modern sculpture *

Elsie Henderson Elsie Marian Henderson, later Baroness de Coudenhove, (28 May 1880 – 1967) was a British painter and sculptor notable for her animal paintings. Biography Henderson was born in Eastbourne in Sussex and with the encouragement of her mother, a ...

(1880–1967) – English painter and sculptor *

Harry Morley Harry Morley (5 April 1881 – 18 September 1943) was a British painter, etcher and engraver known for his classical and mythological compositions. Early life Morley was born in Leicester where he studied at the Alderman Newton's School and ...

(1881–1943) – English painter *

Eric Gill Arthur Eric Rowton Gill, (22 February 1882 – 17 November 1940) was an English sculptor, letter cutter, typeface designer, and printmaker. Although the ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' describes Gill as ″the greatest artist-cra ...

(1882–1940) – British sculptor,

typeface designer Type design is the art and process of designing typefaces. This involves drawing each letterform using a consistent style. The basic concepts and design variables are described below. A typeface differs from other modes of graphic production su ...

, stonecutter and printmaker *

Percy Wyndham Lewis Percy Wyndham Lewis (18 November 1882 – 7 March 1957) was a British writer, painter and critic. He was a co-founder of the Vorticist movement in art and edited ''BLAST (magazine), BLAST,'' the literary magazine of the Vorticists. His novels ...

(1882–1957) – English painter and author *

Henry Lamb Henry Taylor Lamb (21 June 1883 – 8 October 1960) was an Australian-born British painter. A follower of Augustus John, Lamb was a founder member of the Camden Town Group in 1911 and of the London Group in 1913. Early life Henry Lamb was bo ...

(1883–1960) – Australian-born British painter * Victoria Monkhouse (1883–1970) – English painter * Arthur Watts (1883–1935) – illustrator * Elinor Proby Adams (1885–1945) – English painter *

Duncan Grant Duncan James Corrowr Grant (21 January 1885 – 8 May 1978) was a British painter and designer of textiles, pottery, theatre sets and costumes. He was a member of the Bloomsbury Group. His father was Bartle Grant, a "poverty-stricken" major i ...

(1885–1978) – Scottish painter and member of the Bloomsbury Group *

Gwen Raverat Gwendolen Mary "Gwen" Raverat (née Darwin; 26 August 1885 – 11 February 1957), was an English wood engraver who was a founder member of the Society of Wood Engravers. Her memoir '' Period Piece'' was published in 1952. Biography Gwendolen ...

(1885–1957) – English

wood engraving 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 ...

artist who co-founded the

Society of Wood Engravers The Society of Wood Engravers (SWE) is a UK-based artists’ exhibiting society, formed in 1920, one of its founder-members being Eric Gill. It was originally restricted to artist-engravers printing with oil-based inks in a press, distinct from ...

Randolph Schwabe Randolph Schwabe (9 May 1885 – 19 September 1948) was a British draughtsman, painter and etcher who was the Slade Professor of Fine Art at University College London from 1930 until his death. He served as a war artist in both World Wars, crea ...

(1885–1948) – English artist *

Joseph Hermon Cawthra Joseph Hermon Cawthra (1886–1971), was an English monumental sculptor. During his lifetime he was considered among the leading classical sculptors working in Britain and received several commissions for public monuments, war memorials and arch ...

(1886–1971) – English sculptor *

Maxwell Gordon Lightfoot Maxwell Gordon Lightfoot (19 July 1886 – 27 September 1911) was an artist and painter from Liverpool who became known for his depictions of atmospheric pastoral scenes and sepia illustrations of figures. Lightfoot showed great talent as a st ...

(1886–1911) – English painter *

Austin Osman Spare Austin Osman Spare (30 December 1886 – 15 May 1956) was an English artist and occultist who worked as both a draughtsman and a painter. Influenced by symbolism and art nouveau his art was known for its clear use of line, and its depiction of ...

(1886–1956) – English artist and

occultist The occult, in the broadest sense, is a category of esoteric supernatural beliefs and practices which generally fall outside the scope of religion and science, encompassing phenomena involving otherworldly agency, such as magic and mysticism a ...

L. S. Lowry Laurence Stephen Lowry ( ; 1 November 1887 – 23 February 1976) was an English artist. His drawings and paintings mainly depict Pendlebury, Lancashire (where he lived and worked for more than 40 years) as well as Salford and its vicinity ...

(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 Robert John Gibbings (23 March 1889 – 19 January 1958) was an Irish artist and author who was most noted for his work as a wood engraver and sculptor, and for his books on travel and natural history.Martin J. Andrews, ''The Life and Work of R ...

(1889–1958) – Irish artist and author known especially as a wood engraver and for books on travel and natural history * Paul Nash (1889–1946) – English war artist *

Christopher Nevinson Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (13 August 1889 – 7 October 1946) was an English figure and landscape painter, etcher and lithographer, who was one of the most famous war artists of World War I. He is often referred to by his initial ...

(1889–1946) – English painter and

vorticist Vorticism was a London-based Modernism, modernist art movement formed in 1914 by the writer and artist Wyndham Lewis. The movement was partially inspired by Cubism and was introduced to the public by means of the publication of the Vorticist mani ...

* Ruth Simpson (1889–1964) – English portrait painter *

Edward Wadsworth Edward Alexander Wadsworth (29 October 1889 – 21 June 1949) was an English artist, closely associated with modernist Vorticism movement. He painted coastal views, abstracts, portraits and still-life in tempera medium and works printed usin ...

(1889–1949) – English artist *

David Bomberg David Garshen Bomberg (5 December 1890 – 19 August 1957) was a British painter, and one of the Whitechapel Boys. Bomberg was one of the most audacious of the exceptional generation of artists who studied at the Slade School of Art under Henr ...

(1890–1957) – English painter and one of the

Whitechapel Boys The name "Whitechapel Boys" identifies a loosely-knit group of Anglo-Jewish writers and artists of the early 20th century. It is named after Whitechapel, which contained one of London's main Jewish settlements and from which many of its members ...

* Charles Cundall (1890–1971) – English painter * Joseph Gray (1890–1963) – English painter *

Nina Hamnett Nina Hamnett (14 February 1890 – 16 December 1956) was a Welsh artist and writer, and an expert on sailors' chanteys, who became known as the Queen of Bohemia. Early life Hamnett was born in Shirley House, Picton Road in the small c ...

(1890–1956) –

artist and writer *

Francis Helps Francis William Helps (1890-1972) was a British artist who, besides a long career as an art teacher, served as the official artist to the 1924 British expedition to Everest. Biography Helps was born in Dulwich in London and, between 1903 and 19 ...

(1890–1972) – English artist * Edmond Xavier Kapp (1890–1978) – English artist *

Iain Macnab Iain Macnab of Barachastlain (21 October 1890 – 24 December 1967) was a Scottish wood-engraver and painter. As a prominent teacher he was influential in the development of the British school of wood-engraving. His pictures are noted for cl ...

(1890–1967) – Scottish painter * Olive Mudie-Cooke (1890–1925) – English painter * Leon Underwood (1890–1975) – British sculptor, painter, and engraver *

Henri Gaudier-Brzeska Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (né Gaudier; 4 October 1891 – 5 June 1915) was a French artist and sculptor who developed a rough-hewn, primitive style of direct carving. Biography Henri Gaudier was born in Saint-Jean-de-Braye near Orléans. In 1910, ...

(1891–1915) – French sculptor and

* 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 Gilbert Spencer (4 August 1892 – 14 January 1979) was a British painter of landscapes, portraits, figure compositions and mural decorations. He worked in oils and watercolour. He was the younger brother of the painter Stanley Spencer. ...

(1892–1978) – British painter * Harold Sandys Williamson (1892–1978) – British painter * John Armstrong (1893–1973) – British artist * John Nash (1893–1977) – English painter, illustrator, and engraver *

Winifred Nicholson ''From Bedroom Window, Bankshead'', date unknown, private collection. Typical of Nicholson's impressionist work, combining still life with landscape. Rosa Winifred Nicholson (née Roberts; 21 December 1893 – 5 March 1981) was a British p ...

(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 Flora Caroline Twort (24 June 1893 – 1985) was an English painter who specialised in watercolours and pastels of the scenes and people of Petersfield, Hampshire. Twort was born in Yeovil, Somerset; her parents were Albert Samuel Twort a ...

(1893–1985) – English painter who specialised in watercolours and

s *

Henry Carr Henry Carr (November 27, 1941 – May 29, 2015) was an American track and field athlete who won two gold medals at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.Meredith Frampton George Vernon Meredith Frampton (17 March 1894 – 16 September 1984) was a British painter and etcher, successful as a portraitist in the 1920s–1940s. His artistic career was short and his output limited because his eyesight began to f ...

(1894–1984) – British artist *

Alethea Garstin Alethea Garstin (1894–1978) was a Cornish artist and illustrator who exhibited paintings regularly at London's Royal Academy from an early age. Life and work Garstin was born in Penzance, Cornwall on 1 June 1894, the daughter of painter Norm ...

(1894–1978) – Cornish painter *

Ben Nicholson Benjamin Lauder Nicholson, OM (10 April 1894 – 6 February 1982) was an English painter of abstract compositions (sometimes in low relief), landscape and still-life. Background and training Nicholson was born on 10 April 1894 in De ...

(1894–1982) – English abstract painter * Dora Clarke (1895–1989) – English sculptor * David Jones (1895–1974) –

artist and British

modernist Modernism is both a philosophy, philosophical and arts movement that arose from broad transformations in Western world, Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The movement reflected a desire for the creation of new fo ...

poet * William Roberts (1895–1980) – English painter and war artist *

Raymond Coxon Raymond James Coxon (18 August 1896 – 31 January 1997) was a British artist. He enrolled at the Leeds School of Art, the Royal College of Art, and became a teacher in the Richmond School of Art. The creative work of his long and successful ...

(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 (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 George Lambourn (18 July 1900 – 1977) was a British artist, who although born in London, lived in Cornwall for most of his life. Biography Lambourn was born in Rotherhithe in London and in 1916 joined the Royal Naval Air Service with whom he ...

(1900–1977) *

Roland Penrose Sir Roland Algernon Penrose (14 October 1900 – 23 April 1984) was an English artist, historian and poet. He was a major promoter and collector of modern art and an associate of the surrealists in the United Kingdom. During the Second World ...

(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 (1901–1930) * Marjorie Frances Bruford (1902–1958) * Jean Clark (1902–1999) * Frank Barrington Craig (1902–1951) *

Aileen Eagleton Aileen Eagleton (5 February 1902 – 1984) was a British painter and wood engraver. Biography Eagleton was born in Bexley in Kent and studied art in London under Louis Thomson. She was a member of the Society of Graphic Art and exhibited on a ...

(1902–1984) *

Simon Elwes Lt. Col. Simon Edmund Vincent Paul Elwes, (29 June 1902 – 6 August 1975) was a British war artist and society portrait painter whose patrons included presidents, kings, queens, statesmen, sportsmen, prominent social figures and many members ...

(1902–1975) *

Robin Guthrie Robin Andrew Guthrie (born 4 January 1962) is a Scottish musician, songwriter, composer, record producer and audio engineer, best known as the co-founder of the alternative rock band Cocteau Twins. During his career Guthrie has performed ...

(1902–1971) * Barbara Hepworth (1903–1975) * Ray Howard-Jones (1903–1996) * Charles Mahoney (1903–1968) * John Piper (1903–1992) *

Eric Ravilious Eric William Ravilious (22 July 1903 – 2 September 1942) was a British painter, designer, book illustrator and wood-engraver. He grew up in Sussex, and is particularly known for his watercolours of the South Downs and other English landsc ...

(1903–1942) * Richard Eurich (1903–1992) *

Ceri Richards Ceri Giraldus Richards (6 June 1903 – 9 November 1971) was a Welsh painter, print-maker and maker of reliefs. Biography Richards was born in 1903 in the village of Dunvant, near Swansea, the son of Thomas Coslett Richards and Sarah Ric ...

(1903–1971) *

Albert Houthuesen __NOTOC__ Albertus Antonius Johannes Houthuesen (; 3 October 1903 – 20 October 1979), known as Albert Houthuesen ( ), was a Dutch-born British artist. Life Early life and training Albert Houthuesen was born in the Oude Pijp neighbourhood ...

(1903–1979) *

Graham Sutherland Graham Vivian Sutherland (24 August 1903 – 17 February 1980) was a prolific English artist. Notable for his paintings of abstract landscapes and for his portraits of public figures, Sutherland also worked in other media, including printmaking ...

(1903–1980) *

Mary Adshead Mary Adshead (15 February 1904 - 3 September 1995) was an English painter, muralist, illustrator and designer. Biography Adshead was born in Bloomsbury, London, the only child of Stanley Davenport Adshead, architect, watercolourist, and Profes ...

(1904–1995) *

Peggy Angus Margaret MacGregor Angus (9 November 1904 – 28 October 1993) was a British painter, designer and teacher. Born in Chile, she spent her career in Britain. Biography Early life Angus was born in Chile on 9 November 1904, in a railway station, t ...

(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 Reginald "Reg" Bunn ( 1905–died 1971) was a British comic book artist, best known for his work on ''The Spider'' in ''Lion'', and work in other British comics during the 1960s. As a young man, Bunn produced commissioned portraits and caricatu ...

(1905–1971) *

Edward Burra Edward John Burra CBE (29 March 1905 – 22 October 1976) was an English painter, draughtsman, and printmaker, best known for his depictions of the urban underworld, black culture and the Harlem scene of the 1930s. Biography Early life Burra ...

(1905–1976) * Kathleen Guthrie (1905–1981) *

Eliot Hodgkin Eliot Hodgkin (19 June 1905 – 30 May 1987) was an English painter, born at Purley Lodge, Purley-on-Thames, near Pangbourne, Berkshire."Eliot Hodgkin ''Painter & Collector'', p. 7 Hodgkin began with oil painting in the late 1920s and in 1937 ...

(1905–1987) * Morris Kestelman (1905–1998) * Kenneth Martin (1905–1984) * Robert Medley (1905–1994) * Vernon Ward (1905–1985) *

Rex Whistler Reginald John "Rex" Whistler (24 June 190518 July 1944) was a British artist, who painted murals and society portraits, and designed theatrical costumes. He was killed in action in Normandy in World War II. Whistler was the brother of poet and ...

(1905–1944) *

Kathleen Allen Kathleen Saywell Allen (1906–1983) was a British painter, muralist, designer and art teacher. Allen is known for her urban landscapes and, in particular, scenes depicting post-war rebuilding in London. Biography Allen was born in the Chiswick ...

(1906–1983) *

Evelyn Dunbar Evelyn Mary Dunbar (18 December 1906 – 12 May 1960) was a British artist, illustrator and teacher. She is notable for recording women's contributions to World War II on the United Kingdom home front, particularly the work of the Women's Land ...

(1906–1960) * Patrick Hall (1906–1992) *

Joan Hassall Joan Hassall (3 March 1906 – 6 March 1988) was a wood engraver and book illustrator. Her subject matter ranged from natural history through poetry to illustrations for English literary classics. In 1972 she was elected the first woman Mas ...

(1906–1988) * Edgar Hubert (1906–1985) * Kenneth Steel (1906–1970) *

Reginald Ben Davis Reginald Ben Davis (1907–1998) was a British wildlife artist who contributed many painted pages to Look and Learn ''Look and Learn'' was a British weekly educational magazine for children published by Fleetway Publications Ltd from 1962 un ...

(1907–1998) * Phyllis Ginger (1907–2005) *

James McIntosh Patrick James McIntosh Patrick, OBE RSA (4 February 1907 – 7 April 1998) was a Scottish painter, celebrated for his finely observed paintings of the Angus landscape and Dundee, Scotland, where he was based for most of his life. Life Born in Dun ...

(1907–1998) – Scottish landscape painter * Brenda Landon, later Brenda Pye (1907–2005) * Claude Rogers (1907–1979) *

William Coldstream Sir William Menzies Coldstream, CBE (28 February 1908 – 18 February 1987) was an English realist painter and a long-standing art teacher. Biography Coldstream was born at Belford, Northumberland, in northern England, the second son of co ...

(1908–1987) * Isobel Heath (1908–1989) * Norman Hepple (1908–1994) *

Victor Pasmore Edwin John Victor Pasmore, CH, CBE (3 December 190823 January 1998) was a British artist. He pioneered the development of abstract art in Britain in the 1940s and 1950s. Early life Pasmore was born in Chelsham, Surrey, on 3 December 1908. He ...

(1908–1998) * Stella Schmolle (1908–1975) *

Carel Weight Carel Victor Morlais Weight, (10 September 1908 – 13 August 1997) was an English painter. Biography Weight was born in Paddington in 1908. His father was a bank cashier and his mother, who was of Swedish and German descent, was a chirop ...

(1908–1997) *

Francis Bacon Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban (; 22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626), also known as Lord Verulam, was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England. Bacon led the advancement of both ...

(1909–1992) – born in Ireland * Dorothea Braby (1909–1987) * Thomas Carr (1909–1999) * Leonard Daniels (1909–1998) * Paul Lucien Dessau (1909–1999) * Harold Frank Hoar (1909–1976) * Gwynneth Holt (1909–1995) – ivory sculptor *

Leslie Hurry Leslie George Hurry (10 February 1909– 20 November 1978) was a British artist and set designer for ballet, theatre and opera. Biography Hurry was born in London, where his father, A. G. Hurry, was a funeral director in St John's Wood. Lesli ...

(1909–1978) * Eric Taylor (1909–1999) * Geoffrey Tibble (1909–1952) * Isabel Alexander (1910–1996) *

Pamela Drew Pamela Drew (11 September 1910 – 11 June 1989) was a British artist known for her paintings of marine and aviation subjects. Although Drew was born in the north of England she spent considerable periods of her career in Ireland. Biography Dre ...

(1910–1989) * Bernard Hailstone (1910–1987) * Rodrigo Moynihan (1910–1990) *

Rosemary Allan Rosemary Elizabeth Allan (1911-2008) was a British painter. Biography Allan was born in Bromley in Kent and attended the Central School of Arts and Crafts in 1928. She became a student at the Slade School of Fine Art in 1930 and would spend ...

(1911–2008) * Phyllis Bray (1911–1991) * John Kingsley Cook (1911–1994) *

Anthony Devas Thomas Anthony Devas (8 January 1911 – 21 December 1958) was a British portrait painter who was associated with members of the Euston Road School. Early life Thomas Anthony Devas, known as Anthony, was born in Bromley in Kent, on 8 January ...

(1911–1958) *

Roger Hilton Roger Hilton CBE (1911–1975) was a pioneer of abstract art in post-Second World War Britain. Often associated with the 'middle generation' of St Ives painters – Terry Frost, Patrick Heron, Peter Lanyon & Bryan Wynter – he spent muc ...

(1911–1975) * Nicolette Macnamara (1911–1987) * Gwen Barnard (1912–1988) * Andrew Freeth (1912–1986) * Erlund Hudson (1912–2011) * Georgina Hunt (1912–2012) *

Keith Vaughan John Keith Vaughan (23 August 1912 – 4 November 1977), was a British painter. Biography Born at Selsey in West Sussex, Vaughan attended Christ's Hospital school. He worked in an advertising agency until the World War II, when as an intending ...

(1912–1977) *

Reg Butler Reginald Cotterell Butler (28 April 1913 – 23 October 1981) was an English sculptor. He was born at Bridgefoot House, Buntingford, Hertfordshire to Frederick William Butler (1880–1937) and Edith (1880–1969), daughter of blacksm ...

(1913–1981) * Raymond Teague Cowern (1913–1986) *

Joan Hutt Joan may refer to: People and fictional characters * Joan (given name), including a list of women, men and fictional characters *:Joan of Arc, a French military heroine * Joan (surname) Weather events *Tropical Storm Joan (disambiguation), multip ...

(1913–1985) * Leonard Rosoman (1913–2012) *

Lynn Chadwick Lynn Russell Chadwick, (24 November 1914 – 25 April 2003) was an English sculptor and artist. Much of his work is semi-abstract sculpture in bronze or steel. His work is in the collections of MoMA in New York, the Tate in London and the ...

(1914–2003) * Harold Hitchcock (1914–2009) *

Frances Macdonald Frances Macdonald MacNair (24 August 1873 – 12 December 1921) was a Scottish artist whose design work was a prominent feature of the Modern Style (British Art Nouveau style) during the 1890s. Biography The sister of artist-designer M ...

(1914–2002) *

Charles Mozley Charles Alfred Mozley (29 May 1914 – 11 January 1991) was a British artist who was also a teacher. He was a prolific book illustrator and designer of book covers, posters and prints. Biography Mozley was born in Darnall, Sheffield, and, ...

(1914–1991) * Frank Roper (1914–2000) – sculptor *

Doris Blair Doris Violet Blair, later Doris Bourguignon (born 1915) was a British 20th century artist who worked in a range of media. She is possibly best known for her depictions of life in Northern Ireland during World War II. Biography Blair was born i ...

(born 1915) *

Mary Fedden Mary Fedden, OBE RA RWA (14 August 1915 – 22 June 2012) was a British artist. Early years Sometimes mistakenly described as the daughter of Roy Fedden (who was in fact her uncle, as was Romilly Fedden), Mary Fedden was born in Bristol ...

(1915-2012) * Dennis Flanders (1915–1994) * Wendy F. Walsh (1915–2014) – illustrator and botanical artist *

Norman Whitehead Norman Whitehead (1915–1983) was a landscape painter, working chiefly around his hometown Alfreton, Derbyshire. Active mainly in the 1930s he was greatly influenced by the works of Paul Nash (artist), Paul Nash and the Vorticism movement, exper ...

(1915–1983) * Eileen Aldridge (1916–1990) * John Bridgeman (1916–2004) * Margaret Thomas (1916–2016) – painter *

James Lawrence Isherwood James Lawrence Isherwood (1917–1989) was an English artist, born in Wigan, Lancashire. He often painted subject and images (landscapes, seascapes, and portraits) from the Wigan area in a style that became known as 'Wigan style'. His style has b ...

(1917–1989) * John Kashdan (1917–2001) * Anthony Robert Klitz (1917–2000) * 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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Born 1800–1899

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Born 1950 and later

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