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) –

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

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

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

historical History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the History of writing#Inventions of writing, invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbr ...

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 (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

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

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

* 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) –

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

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 (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 (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 (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 portrait miniatures *

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

(1752–1797) – English draftsman and painter of romantic watercolor landscapes * Thomas Bewick (1753–1828) – English wood engraver and

ornithologist Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the "methodological study and consequent knowledge of birds with all that relates to them." Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and th ...

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 ...

(1755–1834 – English painter and engraver * Prince Hoare (1755–1834) – painter and dramatist * Henry Raeburn (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) * Al ...

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 Romantic poetry, poetry and visual art of t ...

(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 w ...

, painter, and

* Alexander Nasmyth (1758–1840) – Scottish portrait and landscape painter * Lemuel Francis Abbott (1760–1803) – English portrait painter * Thomas Lawrence (1760–1830) – English painter, mostly of portraits * Charles Fairfield (1761?–1805) – English painter, mostly known as a copyist * John Charles Felix Rossi (1762–1839) – sculptor *

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

(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 thi ...

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 (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 RA (18 October 177020 April 1845) was a leading English portrait and subject painter. He painted many of the great men of the day including scientists, artists, writers, poets and explorers. Life and work Phillips was born at ...

(1770–1845) – English portrait and subject painter * Henry James Richter (1772–1857) – engraver and painter * François Hüet Villiers (1772–1813) – French-born portrait painter, resident in London * Anne Frances Byrne (1775–1837) – painter of flowers and still lifes * Thomas Girtin (1775–1802) – English painter, watercolourist, and

* Sir John Dean Paul, 1st Baronet (1775–1852) – painter of landscapes and horses *

J. M. W. Turner Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 177519 December 1851), known in his time as William Turner, was an English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolourist. He is known for his expressive colouring, imaginative landscapes and turbul ...

(1775–1851) – English Romantic landscape painter, watercolourist and printmaker * John Constable (1776–1837) – English Romantic painter * John Higton (1776–1827) – English painter, particularly of animals, and an engraver * Maria Spilsbury (1776–1820) – painter of religious subjects *

John Masey Wright John Masey Wright (1777–1866) was an English watercolour-painter. He was the son of an organ-builder and was apprenticed to the same business, but, as it proved distasteful to him, he was allowed to follow his natural inclination for art. As a b ...

(1777–1866) – watercolour painter *

John Varley John Varley may refer to: * John Varley (canal engineer) (1740–1809), English canal engineer * John Varley (painter) (1778–1842), English painter and astrologer * John Varley (author) (born 1947), American science fiction author * John Silvest ...

(1778–1842) – English watercolour painter and

astrologer Astrology is a range of divinatory practices, recognized as pseudoscientific since the 18th century, that claim to discern information about human affairs and terrestrial events by studying the apparent positions of celestial objects. Di ...

* Augustus Wall Callcott (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, C ...

(1782–1842) – artist of the Norwich school, mainly in watercolour * Frederick Nash (painter) (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 w ...

(1784–1849) – English

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

painter * John Romney (1785–1863) – mainly

printmaking Printmaking is the process of creating 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 processed techniqu ...

and watercolour * David Wilkie (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 tactles ...

(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 (1792–1871) English painter, specialising in portraits * John Linnell (1792–1882) – English landscape painter * Francis Danby (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 (1802–1873) – English painter and sculptor especially of animals, particularly horses, dogs and stags *

Thomas Shotter Boys Thomas Shotter Boys (1803–1874) was an English watercolour painter and lithographer. Life Boys was born at Pentonville, London, on 2 January 1803. He was articled to the engraver George Cooke. When his apprenticeship came to an end he went t ...

(1803–1874) – English watercolor painter * Thomas Sidney Cooper (1803–1902) – English painter especially of cattle and farm animals * John Steell (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 s ...

(1804–1876) – Orientalist English painter * Samuel Palmer (1805–1881) – English landscape painter, etcher and

* William Dyce (1806–1864) – Scottish artist * Arthur Elliot (1809–1892) – British watercolourist * Thomas Mogford (1809–1868) – English portrait painter and landscape painter *

James John Hill James John Hill (1811 – 27 January 1882), known also by his alias J. J. Hill, was an English landscape and portrait painter, known for his many rustic paintings and portraits of Lady Burdett-Coutts. Early life and career James John Hill wa ...

(1811–1882) – English painter * Edmund John Niemann (1813–1876) – English painter * Lucette Barker (1816–1905) – English painter * William James Blacklock (1816–1858) – English landscape artist, painting scenery in

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

, the

Lake District The Lake District, also known as the Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region in North West England. A popular holiday destination, it is famous for its lakes, forests, and mountains (or '' fells''), and its associations with William Wordswor ...

and the

Scottish Borders The Scottish Borders ( sco, the Mairches, 'the Marches'; gd, Crìochan na h-Alba) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Dumfries and Galloway, East Lothian, Midlothian, South Lanarkshire, West Lot ...

* Edward Armitage (1817–1896) – English

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

painter especially of historical, classical and biblical subjects * Richard Dadd (1817–1886) – English painter especially of

fairies A fairy (also fay, fae, fey, fair folk, or faerie) is a type of mythical being or legendary creature found in the folklore of multiple European cultures (including Celtic, Slavic, Germanic, English, and French folklore), a form of spirit, ...

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 Bot ...

(1817–1892) – Scottish

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

and botanical artist * Alfred Tippinge (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 (1817–1904) – English Victorian painter and sculptor of the

Symbolist Symbolism was a late 19th-century art movement of French and Belgian origin in poetry and other arts seeking to represent absolute truths symbolically through language and metaphorical images, mainly as a reaction against naturalism and realis ...

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

Emily Emily may refer to: * Emily (given name), including a list of people with the name Music * "Emily" (1964 song), title song by Johnny Mandel and Johnny Mercer to the film ''The Americanization of Emily'' * "Emily" (Dave Koz song), a 1990 song ...

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 * William Powell Frith (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 (1821–1893) – English painter of moral and historical subjects * Lefevre James Cranstone (1822–1893) – English painter, known for paintings of antebellum America * Frances Emilia Crofton (1822–1910) – Anglo-Irish artist * Frederick Goodall (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 Cha ...

(1824–1903) – English painter and academic * Abraham Solomon (1824–1862) – English painter * Thomas Woolner (1825–1892) – English sculptor and poet *

Barbara Bodichon Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon (born Barbara Leigh Smith; 8 April 1827 – 11 June 1891) was an English educationalist and artist, and a leading mid-19th-century feminist and women's rights activist. She published her influential ''Brief Summary ...

(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 symbolism ...

(1827–1910) – British painter, founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood *

Robert Taylor Pritchett Robert Taylor Pritchett (24 February 1828 – 16 June 1907) was a gun manufacturer, artist and illustrator. As artist he painted royal ceremonies for Queen Victoria, and he illustrated Darwin's ''The Voyage of the Beagle''. Early life and career ...

(1828–1907) – English watercolour artist and illustrator * Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882) – English poet, illustrator, painter and translator * Anna Blunden (1829–1915) – English painter * James Docharty (1829–1878) – Scottish landscape painter * Edwin Long (1829–1890) – English orientalist painter, depicting

Biblical The Bible (from Koine Greek , , 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and many other religions. The Bible is an anthologya compilation of texts of ...

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 The Bible (from Koine Greek , , 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and many other religions. The Bible is an anthologya compilation of texts of ...

and classical subject matter * Charles James Lewis (1830–1892) – English painter in oils and watercolours *

Marianne North Marianne North (24 October 1830 – 30 August 1890) was a prolific English Victorian biologist and botanical artist, notable for her plant and landscape paintings, her extensive foreign travels, her writings, her plant discoveries and the ...

(1830–1890) – English naturalist and flower painter * Walter Severn (1830–1904) – English watercolourist * John William Bailey (1831–1914) – British

painter * Benjamin Williams Leader (1831–1923) – English painter * Louise Rayner (1832–1924) – English watercolourist * Arthur Hughes (1832–1915) – English painter and illustrator associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood * William Quiller Orchardson (1832–1910) – Scottish portraitist and painter of domestic and historical subjects * Daniel Charles Grose (1832–1900) – English painter * Edward Burne-Jones (1833–1898) – English artist and designer * Joseph Clark (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 w ...

(1834–1896) – English artist, writer, and socialist * James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903) – American-born, British-based painter and etcher * Wyke Bayliss (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 Campb ...

(1835–1910) – Scottish landscape painter * Arthur Boyd Houghton (1836–1875) – British painter ( oil and

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

subjects * Simeon Solomon (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, Jam ...

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 (1841–1916) – British artist specializing in genre works * Thomas Bush Hardy (1842–1897) – British marine painter and watercolourist * William John Seward Webber (1842–1919), English sculptor *

Lucy Madox Brown Lucy Madox Brown Rossetti (19 July 1843 – 12 April 1894) was a British artist, author, and model associated with the Pre-Raphaelites. She was married to the writer and art critic William Michael Rossetti. Early life Madox Brown was born in P ...

(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 James Campbell Noble (22 July 1845 – 25 September 1913) was a Scotland, Scottish painter. He signed his paintings, mostly in the left hand bottom corner, as J.C. Noble or as J.Campbell Noble. Education He initially studied at the board ...

(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 f ...

(1847–1927) – English genre painter, illustrator, painted and designed pottery * Ralph Hedley (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 (1851–1942) – Glasgow born painter of landscape and marine subjects *

John Charles Dollman John Charles Dollman RWS RI ROI (6 May 1851 – 11 December 1934) was an English painter and illustrator. Life Dollman was born in Hove on 6 May 1851 and moved to London to study at South Kensington and the Royal Academy Schools, after wh ...

(1851–1934) – English narrative, landscape and animal painter *

Edward Robert Hughes Edward Robert Hughes (5 November 1851 – 23 April 1914) was a British painter, who primarily worked in watercolours, but also produced a number of oil paintings. He was influenced by his uncle and artist, Arthur Hughes who was associated ...

(1851–1914) – English painter in a

Pre-Raphaelitism 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 ...

and Aestheticism style * Edmund Leighton (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 portra ...

(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 Caroline Burland Gotch (née Yates, 9 May 1854 – 14 December 1945) was a British artist and part of the Newlyn School. Biography Gotch was born in Liverpool. She was the youngest of the three daughters of Edward Yates, a wealthy local propert ...

(1854–1945) – English painter associated with the Newlyn School of artists *

Walter Dendy Sadler Walter Dendy Sadler (12 May 1854 – 13 November 1923) was an English painter. Walter Dendy Sadler was born in Dorking, a market town in Surrey in southern England, and brought up in Horsham, West Sussex, England. At age 16 he decided to be ...

(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 househol ...

(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 stud ...

(1856–1921) – English landscape artist * John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) – Expatriate American living in England; leading portrait painter of his era, landscape painter and watercolorist * Richard Caton Woodville (1856–1927) – English artist, and illustrator especially of battle scenes * Joseph Benwell Clark (1857–1938) – English landscape painter and book illustrator *

Stanhope Forbes Stanhope Alexander Forbes (18 November 1857 – 2 March 1947) was a British artist and a founding member of the influential Newlyn school of painters. He was often called 'the father of the Newlyn School'.Arthur Hacker (1858–1919) – English classicist painter * Henry Scott Tuke (1858–1929) – English painter who lived in Cornwall, best known for his maritime paintings and male nudes * Walter Sickert (1860–1942) – English

Impressionist Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passag ...

painter * Solomon Joseph Solomon (1860–1927) – English painter of mythological scenes and portraits * Philip Wilson Steer (1860–1942) – English artist * Harriet Isabel Adams (1863–1952) – British artist and illustrator * Lily Delissa Joseph (1863–1940) – English painter * Charles Edgar Buckeridge (1864–1898) – church decorative artist * Archibald Standish Hartrick (1864–1950) – Scottish painter * Arthur Wardle (1864–1949) – English painter * William 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 (1865–1925) – British painter * H. Gustave Hiller (1865–1946) – mainly of stained glass * Roger Fry (1866–1934) – English artist and art critic * Henry Charles Fehr (1867–1940) – English sculptor *

Mabel Lee Hankey Mabel Lee Hankey (née Mabel Emily Hobson, 14 October 1867 – 5 January 1943) was a British artist specialising in miniature portraits painted in watercolour. Family and early life Mabel Lee Hankey was born Mabel Emily Hobson, the fourth ch ...

(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 Arthur John Balliol Salmon (1868 – 1953) was a British artist particularly noted for his illustrations and his work in pencil, chalk and pastels. He was one of the twenty leading illustrators selected by Percy V. Bradshaw for inclusion in his ...

(1868–1953) – British painter * Charles Murray Padday (1868–1954) – English painter * Ursula Wood (1868–1925) – English painter * Lamorna Birch (1869–1955) – English painter *

Lucy Kemp-Welch Lucy Elizabeth Kemp-Welch (20 June 1869 – 27 November 1958) was a British artist and teacher who specialised in painting horses. Though increasingly overlooked after the Second World War, from the late 1890s to the mid 1920s she was one o ...

(1869–1958) – English equine artist * Henry Crocket (1870–1926) – landscape painter * William Ratcliffe (1870–1955) – English artist * Phelan Gibb (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 surety ...

(1871–1958) – Scottish artist * Florence Engelbach (1872–1951) – English painter born in Spain * Alfred Garth Jones (1872–1955) – English artist and illustrator * William Nicholson (1872–1949) – English painter, illustrator and author of children's books * Aubrey Beardsley (1872–1898) – English illustrator and author especially of erotic illustrations * Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1872–1945) – English artist and illustrator * Louie Burrell (1873–1971) – English painter * Francis William Doyle Jones (1873–1938) – English sculptor * Isabel Codrington (1874–1943) – English painter *

John Duncan Fergusson 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 school of painting * Hilda May Gordon (1874–1972) – British watercolourist *

Frank O. Salisbury Francis Owen Salisbury (18 December 1874 – 31 August 1962) was an English artist who specialised in portraits, large canvases of historical and ceremonial events, stained glass and book illustration. In his heyday he made a fortune on both si ...

(1874–1962) – English painter known for his portraits and historical and mythological works * Dorothea Sharp (1874–1955) – British landscape painter * Eleanor Best (1875–1957) – portrait and figure painter * Evelyn Cheston (1875–1929) – English landscape painter * Alice Kirkby Goyder (1875–1964) – English painter and etcher * Arthur Henry Knighton-Hammond (1875–1970) – English painter best known for landscapes, society portraits, and industrial paintings * Henry Bates Joel (1875–1922) – English landscape painter * Margaret Fisher Prout (1875–1963) – English painter * Walter Dexter (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 Nor ...

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 Horace Tuck (1876–1951) was a prolific Norfolk artist and vice-principal of Norwich School of Art. Biography Mainly a painter of oil and watercolour landscapes of his native Norfolk in England, Horace Tuck also travelled to France (particul ...

(1876–1951) –

artist of oil and watercolour landscapes * Florence Mabel Hollams (1877–1963) – painter of dogs and horses * Laura Knight (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 (1878–1952) – French-born painter, member of

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

* Augustus John (1878–1961) –

painter, draughtsman, and etcher *

Louis Frederick Roslyn Louis Frederick Roslyn (born Roselieb; 13 July 1878 – 1940), also known as Louis Fritz Roselieb, was a British sculptor noted for his World War I war memorials, portrait sculptures and bronze statuettes. Before beginning his career, he stu ...

(1878–1940) – English sculptor * Sir Alfred James Munnings KCVO, PRA (1878–1959) – English artist, particularly renowned for equine subject matter * Ada Hill Walker (1879–1955) – scientific illustrator and artist * William Reid Dick (1879–1961) – Scottish sculptor * Vanessa Bell (1879–1961) – English painter and interior designer * Gertrude Harvey (1879–1966) – English landscape painter * Matthew Smith (1879–1959) – English painter * Malcolm Drummond (1880–1945) – English artist, noted for his paintings of urban scenes and interiors * Jacob Epstein (1880–1959) – American-born sculptor who worked chiefly in the UK, where he pioneered modern sculpture * Elsie Henderson (1880–1967) – English painter and sculptor *

Harry Morley 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 t ...

(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-cr ...

(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

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 (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 (1885–1978) – Scottish painter and member of the

Bloomsbury Group The Bloomsbury Group—or Bloomsbury Set—was a group of associated English writers, intellectuals, philosophers and artists in the first half of the 20th century, including Virginia Woolf, John Maynard Keynes, E. M. Forster and Lytton St ...

* Gwen Raverat (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 (1885–1948) – English artist * Joseph Hermon Cawthra (1886–1971) – English sculptor * Maxwell Gordon Lightfoot (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 * L. S. Lowry (1887–1976) – English artist * Elizabeth Polunin (1887–1950) – English artist and theatre designer * Arthur James F. Bond (1888–1958) – English painter of maritime subjects * Sydney Carline (1888–1929) – English artist *

David Dougal Williams David Dougall Williams FRSA (June 1888 – 27 September 1944) was a Cheshire-born artist and art teacher who lived and worked in Dundee. Early years David Dougall Williams was born in 1888 in Liscard, in Cheshire, the third son of four to Barb ...

(June 1888–28 September 1944) – British artist and art teacher * Margaret Lindsay Williams (1888–1960) – Welsh portrait painter * Edith Grace Wheatley (1888–1970) – English painter * Robert Gibbings (1889–1958) – Irish artist and author known especially as a wood engraver and for books on travel and natural history * Paul Nash (1889–1946) – English war artist * Christopher Nevinson (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 Ruth Simpson may refer to: * Ruth Simpson (activist) Ruth Simpson (March 15, 1926 – May 8, 2008) was the founder of the United States' first lesbian community center, an author, and former president of Daughters of Bilitis, New York. Her book, ...

(1889–1964) – English portrait painter * Edward Wadsworth (1889–1949) – English artist * David Bomberg (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 member ...

Charles Cundall Charles Ernest Cundall, , (6 September 1890 – 4 November 1971), was an English painter of topographical subjects and townscapes, best known for his large panoramic canvases. Early life Cundall was born in Stretford, Lancashire. Af ...

(1890–1971) – English painter * Joseph Gray (1890–1963) – English painter * Nina Hamnett (1890–1956) –

artist and writer * Francis Helps (1890–1972) – English artist * Edmond Xavier Kapp (1890–1978) – English artist * Iain Macnab (1890–1967) – Scottish painter *

Olive Mudie-Cooke Olive Mudie-Cooke (1890-11 September 1925) was a British artist who is best known for the paintings she created during the First World War. Mudie-Cooke served as an ambulance driver in both France and Italy during the conflict and these experie ...

(1890–1925) – English painter * Leon Underwood (1890–1975) – British sculptor, painter, and engraver * Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (1891–1915) – French sculptor and

* Mark Gertler (1891–1939) – British portrait and landscape painter *

Stanley Spencer Sir Stanley Spencer, CBE RA (30 June 1891 – 14 December 1959) was an English painter. Shortly after leaving the Slade School of Art, Spencer became well known for his paintings depicting Biblical scenes occurring as if in Cookham, the sma ...

(1891–1959) – English painter * Arthur Ralph Middleton Todd (1891–1966) – English portrait painter * Elsa Fraenkel (1892–1975) – German born British sculptor *

Colin Gill Colin Unwin Gill (12 May 1892 – 16 November 1940) was an English artist who painted murals and portraits and is most notable for the work he produced as a war artist during the First World War. Biography Early life Colin Gill was born at ...

(1892–1940) – English painter * Gilbert Spencer (1892–1978) – British painter *

Harold Sandys Williamson Harold Sandys Williamson (29 August 1892 – 6 March 1978) was a British painter, poster designer and teacher. Williamson fought on the Western Front in World War One and also worked as a war artist, both later in that conflict and, on the Home ...

(1892–1978) – British painter * John Armstrong (1893–1973) – British artist * John Nash (1893–1977) – English painter, illustrator, and engraver * Winifred Nicholson (1893–1981) – English painter *

Orovida Camille Pissarro Orovida Pissarro (8 October 1893 – 8 August 1968), known for most of her life as Orovida, was a British painter and etcher. For most of her career she distanced herself from the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist styles of her father, Lucie ...

(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 an ...

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

s * Henry Carr (1894–1970) – British painter *

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 (1894–1978) – Cornish painter * Ben Nicholson (1894–1982) – English

abstract painter Abstract art uses visual language of shape, form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. Western art had been, from the Renaissance up to the middle of the 19th ...

Dora Clarke Dora Thacher Clarke, later Dora Middleton, (1895–1989) was a British sculptor and wood carver who also wrote about, and promoted African art. Biography Clarke was born in Harrow in Middlesex. Her father, Joseph Thacher Clarke was an Amer ...

(1895–1989) – English sculptor * David Jones (1895–1974) –

artist and British modernist poet * William Roberts (1895–1980) – English painter and war artist * Raymond Coxon (1896–1997) – British artist * Leila Faithfull (1896–1994) – British artist *

Harry Barr Harry Barr (1896-1987) was a painter. He produced a large body of work, the majority in watercolour. Biography Barr was born in London. He studied at the Westminster School of Art where he was taught by the artist Walter Sickert and earned his ...

(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 Barbara Greg (30 April 1900 – 1983) was a British artist who illustrated a number of books. Biography Greg was born in Styal in Cheshire and was educated at Bedales School. She studied at the Slade School of Art in London between 1919 and ...

(1900–1983) * George Lambourn (1900–1977) * Roland Penrose (1900–1984) * Harold Tamblyn-Watts (1900–1999) *

Gertrude Hermes Gertrude Anna Bertha Hermes (18 August 1901 – 9 May 1983) was a British wood-engraver and sculptor. Hermes was a member of the English Wood Engraving Society (1925–31) and exhibited with the Society of Wood Engravers, the Royal Academy and ...

(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 Marjorie Frances Bruford known as Midge Bruford (9 April 1902 – 1958) was a British artist associated with the Newlyn School of artists. Although born in Eastbourne, Bruford was an active participant in several of the artist groups based in ...

(1902–1958) * Jean Clark (1902–1999) *

Frank Barrington Craig Frank Barrington Craig (2 March 1902 – 4 February 1951), also known as Barry Craig, was a British painter of portraits and landscapes and also an art teacher. Biography Craig was born in Hampstead in north London into a family of artists. ...

(1902–1951) * Aileen Eagleton (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 (1902–1971) *

Barbara Hepworth Dame Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth (10 January 1903 – 20 May 1975) was an English artist and sculptor. Her work exemplifies Modernism and in particular modern sculpture. Along with artists such as Ben Nicholson and Naum Gabo, Hepworth was a lea ...

(1903–1975) *

Ray Howard-Jones Rosemary "Ray" Howard-Jones (30 May 1903 – 25 June 1996) was a prolific Welsh painter best known for her impressionistic seascapes and paintings of the coastline of Wales, particularly of the areas around Skomer and Marloes. Early life and ...

(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 lands ...

(1903–1942) *

Richard Eurich Richard Ernst Eurich, OBE, RA (14 March 1903 – 6 June 1992) was an English painter who worked as a war artist to the Admiralty in the Second World War and was also known for his panoramic seascapes and narrative paintings. These were ...

(1903–1992) * Ceri Richards (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 (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 Profess ...

(1904–1995) * Peggy Angus (1904–1993) * Celia Frances Bedford (1904–1959) *

Helen Binyon Helen Francesca Mary Binyon (9 December 1904 – 22 November 1979) was a British artist and writer. She was also a watercolour painter, an illustrator and a puppeteer. Biography Binyon was born in Chelsea in London, her father being the poet an ...

(1904–1979) *

Stephen Bone Stephen Bone (13 November 1904 – 15 September 1958) was an English painter, writer, broadcaster and noted war artist. Bone achieved early success in book illustration using woodcuts before he turned to painting and art criticism. Early life ...

(1904–1958) * Evan Charlton (1904–1984) * Griselda Allan (1905–1987) * Reg Bunn (1905–1971) * Edward 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 Charles Robert Owen Medley CBE, RA, (19 December 1905 – 20 October 1994), also known as Robert Medley, was an English artist who painted in both abstract and figurative styles, and who also worked as theatre designer. He held several teachi ...

(1905–1994) * Vernon Ward (1905–1985) * Rex Whistler (1905–1944) * Kathleen Allen (1906–1983) * Evelyn Dunbar (1906–1960) * Patrick Hall (1906–1992) * Joan Hassall (1906–1988) * Edgar Hubert (1906–1985) *

Kenneth Steel Kenneth Steel (RBA, SGA, 9 July 1906 – 1970) was a British painter and engraver, noted for his works of art in watercolor. As an accomplished draughtsman his work is noted for its intricate detail, which can be best seen in his landscapes view ...

(1906–1970) * Reginald Ben Davis (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 Dunde ...

(1907–1998) – Scottish landscape painter * Brenda Landon, later Brenda Pye (1907–2005) * Claude Rogers (1907–1979) * William Coldstream (1908–1987) *

Isobel Heath Isobel Atterbury Heath (29 December 1908 – 1989) was a British artist and poet active in the St Ives area of Cornwall. Biography Heath was born in Kingston Upon Hull. Little is known of her childhood but later in life she indicated that her ...

(1908–1989) *

Norman Hepple Robert Norman Hepple (18 May 1908 – 3 January 1994) was an English portrait painter, engraver and sculptor, best known for his portraits of the British royal family. He was elected a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in 1948 ...

(1908–1994) * Victor Pasmore (1908–1998) * Stella Schmolle (1908–1975) * Carel Weight (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 Dorothea Braby (17 October 1909 – 1987) was a British artist. Although she had a long career as a freelance designer producing work for several well-known companies, Braby is best known for the book illustrations she created, particularly thos ...

(1909–1987) * Thomas Carr (1909–1999) *

Leonard Daniels Leonard Daniels (28 November 1909 – 24 February 1998) was a British artist, teacher and administrator. Biography Daniels was born in London and was educated at Holloway School and studied art at the Regent Street Polytechnic and attended t ...

(1909–1998) * Paul Lucien Dessau (1909–1999) * Harold Frank Hoar (1909–1976) * Gwynneth Holt (1909–1995) – ivory sculptor * Leslie Hurry (1909–1978) * Eric Taylor (1909–1999) * Geoffrey Tibble (1909–1952) * Isabel Alexander (1910–1996) * Pamela Drew (1910–1989) * Bernard Hailstone (1910–1987) *

Rodrigo Moynihan (Herbert George) Rodrigo MoynihanBurke's Landed Gentry 1970, pg 876 (17 October 1910 – 6 November 1990) was an English painter, credited with being a pioneer of abstract painting in England. Early life Moynihan was born in Santa Cruz de Ten ...

(1910–1990) * Rosemary Allan (1911–2008) * Phyllis Bray (1911–1991) *

John Kingsley Cook John Kingsley Cook (1911-1994) was an English artist, teacher and wood engraver. Biography Cook was born in Winchcombe in Gloucestershire and studied art at the Royal Academy Schools, where he was taught by both Walter Thomas Monnington and Wa ...

(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 (1911–1975) * Nicolette Macnamara (1911–1987) * Gwen Barnard (1912–1988) *

Andrew Freeth Hubert Andrew Freeth (29 December 1912 – 26 March 1986) was a British portrait painter and etcher. Biography Freeth was born in Birmingham and attended the Birmingham College of Art and, between 1936 and 1939, studied at the British School in ...

(1912–1986) * Erlund Hudson (1912–2011) * Georgina Hunt (1912–2012) * Keith Vaughan (1912–1977) * Reg Butler (1913–1981) * Raymond Teague Cowern (1913–1986) *

Joan Hutt 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 Leonard Rosoman (27 October 1913 – 21 February 2012) was a British artist. Early life Rosoman was born in London and educated at the Deacon's school, Peterborough, and then at the King Edward VII school of art in Newcastle upon Tyne, under ...

(1913–2012) * Lynn Chadwick (1914–2003) * Harold Hitchcock (1914–2009) * Frances Macdonald (1914–2002) * Charles Mozley (1914–1991) *

Frank Roper Frank Roper may refer to: * Frank Roper (artist) (1914–2000), British sculptor and stained-glass artist * Frank Roper (paedophile) (died 2005), former youth coach, English football league {{hndis, Roper, Frank ...

(1914–2000) – sculptor * Doris Blair (born 1915) * Mary Fedden (1915-2012) * Dennis Flanders (1915–1994) * Wendy F. Walsh (1915–2014) – illustrator and botanical artist * Norman Whitehead (1915–1983) *

Eileen Aldridge Eileen W Aldridge (20 July 1916 – 1990) was a British artist and art restorer, who also wrote and illustrated books for children. Biography Aldridge was born in Teddington near London. Her father was a company director and sometime explorer. ...

(1916–1990) * John Bridgeman (1916–2004) * Margaret Thomas (1916–2016) – painter * James Lawrence Isherwood (1917–1989) * John Kashdan (1917–2001) * Anthony Robert Klitz (1917–2000) * John Minton (1917–1957) * Mona Moore (1917–2000) * Estella Campavias (1918–1990) * John Kyffin Williams (1918–2006) * Peter Lanyon (1918–1964) * Richard Vicary (1918–2006) – printmaker * Eden Box (1918–1988) *

Mary Audsley Mary C. Audsley (1919-2008) was a British painter and sculptor. Biography Audsley was born at Eton in Berkshire. Audsley studied at the Westminster School of Art between 1934 and 1938, where she was taught by Eric Schilsky, Mark Gertler and ...

(1919–2008) *

Norman Cornish Norman Stansfield Cornish (18 November 1919 – 1 August 2014) was an English mining artist. Career Cornish was the last surviving member of the "Pitman's Academy" art school at the Spennymoor Settlement in County Durham in North East Englan ...

(1919–2014) * Colin Hayes (1919–2003) * Cliff Holden (1919–2020) * Peter Wright (1919–2003) * 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 (1922–2011) * Eduardo Paolozzi (1922–2005) *

Miles Richmond Miles Peter Richmond (19 December 1922 – 7 October 2008) was a British artist. Born Peter Richmond, in Isleworth, Middlesex, he added the name Miles in the 1980s, and became generally known as such. From 1940 to 1943 he attended Kingston Sc ...

(1922–2008) * Pamela Ascherson (1923–2010) * William McLaren (1923–1987) * Anthony Caro (1924–2013) *

Anthony Earnshaw Anthony Earnshaw (9 October 1924 – 17 August 2001) was an English anarchist, artist, author and illustrator. Earnshaw was born in Ilkley, West Yorkshire. His father, a watchmaker and jeweller, died before he was born. His mother ran the fa ...

(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 (1926–2014) * Leon Kossoff (1926–2019) *

Edna Mann Edna Mann (1926 – 1985) was a British painter and co-founder of the Borough Group of artists. Mann was educated at Romford County High School for Girls and then studied art at the South-East Essex Technical College and School of Art. Here i ...

(1926–1985) * Tom McGuinness (1926–2006) *

Patrick Swift Patrick may refer to: *Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name *Patrick (surname), list of people with this name People *Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint *Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick or ...

(1927–1983) – born in Ireland * Greta Tomlinson (1927–2021) * 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 Victor Arthur James Willing (15 January 1928 – 1 June 1988) was a British painter, noted for his original nude studies. He was a friend and colleague of many notable artists, including Elisabeth Frink, Michael Andrews and Francis Bacon. He ...

(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 Dennis Creffield (29 January 1931 – 26 June 2018) was a British artist with work owned by major British and worldwide art collections, including the Tate Gallery, The British Museum, Arts Council of England, the Government Art Collection, The L ...

(1931–2018) *

Ken Messer Ken J. Messer (1931–2018) was a British watercolour painter and draughtsman. Ken Messer was born in Newport, South Wales, and was educated at the City of Oxford High School for Boys in Oxford, where he spent much of his time during his li ...

(1931–2018) *

Malcolm Morley Malcolm A. Morley (June 7, 1931 – June 1, 2018) was a British-American artist and painter. He was known as an artist who pioneered in varying styles, working as a photorealist and an expressionist, among many other styles. Life Morley was ...

(1931–2018) – first winner of the

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in 1984 * Bridget Riley (born 1931) * Valerie Thornton (1931–1991) *

Audrey Barker Audrey Melville Barker (1 November 1932 – 25 August 2002) was a British artist who in the later stages of her long career created installation pieces that pioneered ideas on disability and access. Biography Barker was born in the West Ham ar ...

(1932–2002) * Peter Blake (born 1932) *

Howard Hodgkin Sir Gordon Howard Eliott Hodgkin (6 August 1932 – 9 March 2017) was a British painter and printmaker. His work is most often associated with abstraction. Early life Gordon Howard Eliot Hodgkin was born on 6 August 1932 in Hammersmith, Lond ...

(1932–2017) * Norman Douglas Hutchinson (1932–2010) – royal painter * Ken Howard (born 1932) * R. B. Kitaj (1932–2007) – born in the United States *

Euan Uglow Euan Ernest Richard Uglow (10 March 1932 – 31 August 2000) was a British painter. He is best known for his nude and still life paintings, such as ''German Girl'' and ''Skull''. Biography Euan Uglow was born in 1932 in London. As a child, he l ...

(1932–2000) *

Marc Vaux Marc Vaux (born 29 November 1932, Swindon) is a British artist who rose to prominence in the 1960s. His work was included in the seminal Situation exhibition of 1960 alongside Robyn Denny, William Turnbull and Bernard Cohen among others. This e ...

(born 1932) * Ian Weatherhead (born 1932) * Richard Allen (1933–1999) * John Furnival (1933–2020) – artist of

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and

concrete Concrete is a composite material composed of fine and coarse aggregate bonded together with a fluid cement (cement paste) that hardens (cures) over time. Concrete is the second-most-used substance in the world after water, and is the most wid ...

poetry * Vincent Haddelsey (1934–2010) * John Hoyland (1934–2011) * Jeremy Moon (1934–1973) * Garth Evans (born 1934) – sculptor *

Rose Wylie Rose Wylie (born 14 October 1934) is a British painter. She is an artist known for creating large paintings on unprimed canvas.Salle, David (12 May 2022). "Going on Her Nerve". ''The New York Review of Books'' 69 (8): 32–34. Life and work She ...

(born 1934) – painter * Paula Rego (born 1935) – born in Portugal * Frank Bowling (born 1936) *

Tony Foster Thomas Scholfield Foster (13 September 1853 – 8 September 1918), commonly known as Tony Foster, was a New Zealand school principal and inspector, and university lecturer. Early life and education He was born in London, England, in 1853. H ...

(born 1936) – painter * Patrick Caulfield (1936–2005) * David Hall (1937–2014) *

David Hockney David Hockney (born 9 July 1937) is an English painter, draftsman, printmaker, stage designer, and photographer. As an important contributor to the pop art movement of the 1960s, he is considered one of the most influential British artists o ...

(born 1937) * Allen Jones (born 1937) * Tom Phillips (born 1937) *

Pamela Scott Wilkie Pamela Scott Wilkie (born 1937) is a British painter and printmaker. Biography Scott Wilkie was born in London, England, in 1937. She was educated at Reading University and then won a Royal Academy David Murray Landscape Scholarship and an award ...

(born 1937) * Margot Perryman (born 1938) * Carole Steyn (born 1938) *

William Tillyer William Tillyer (born 28 September 1938) is a British artist working within painting, watercolour and the printmaking tradition. His approach is constantly evolving; redefining and reinterpreting classic subject matter, such as landscapes, still ...

(born 1938) *

Terry Atkinson Terry Atkinson (born 1939) is an English artist. Atkinson was born in Thurnscoe, near Barnsley, Yorkshire. He lives in Leamington Spa, England with his wife, artist Sue Atkinson, with whom he has frequently collaborated. In 1967, he began to ...

(born 1939) *

Rose Frain Rose Frain is a visual artist based in Edinburgh, Scotland,Mansfield, Susan (2009)Art reviews: Nashashibi/Skaer , Rose Frain , Andrew Ranville, ''The Scotsman'', 1 September 2009, retrieved 2010-01-25 exhibiting nationally and internationally ...

(born 1939) * Anthony Green (born 1939) * Patrick Hughes (born 1939) * Ian Hunter (1939–2017) – Dean of Saint Martin's School of Art * John Walker (born 1939) – painter and printmaker * John Byrne (born 1940) * 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 Alan Aldridge (8 July 1938 – 17 February 2017) was a British artist, graphic designer and illustrator. He is best known for his psychedelic artwork made for books and record covers by The Beatles and The Who. Personal life Aldridge was born ...

(1938–2017) *

Grange Calveley Grange Calveley (6 May 1943 – 22 August 2021) was a British writer and artist who was best known as the creator of the BBC's animated television series ''Roobarb'' (1974) and '' Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk'' (1977). Calveley also wrote and m ...

(born 1943) *

Errol Lloyd Errol Lloyd (born 1943)"Errol Lloyd. Born 1943 in Jamaica"

(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 Bruce McLean (born 1944) is a Scottish sculptor, performance artist and painter. McLean was born in Glasgow and studied at Glasgow School of Art from 1961 to 1963, and at Saint Martin's School of Art, London, from 1963 to 1966. At Saint Martin ...
(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 (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 Winston Branch (born in 1947) is a British artist originally from Saint Lucia, the sovereign island in the Caribbean Sea. He still has a home there, while maintaining a studio in California. Works by Branch are included in the collections of Ta ...
(born 1947) * Shelagh Cluett (1947–2007) – sculptor * Richard Cook (born 1947) *
Tam Joseph Tam Joseph (born 1947) is a Dominica-born British painter, formerly known as Tom Joseph. Described as "a uniquely talented, multidimensional artist" by art historian Eddie Chambers, "Tam Joseph has contributed a number of memorable paintings tha ...
(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 (born 1949) – 1987 Turner Prize Winner * Paul Wager (born 1949) – painter and sculptor

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Sam Ainsley Sam Ainsley (born 1950) is a British artist and teacher, living and working in Glasgow, who was the founder and former head of the Master of Fine Art (MFA) programme at the Glasgow School of Art. Biography Ainsley was born in North Shields, the ...
(born 1950) * Alison Dunhill (born 1950) *
Antony Gormley Sir Antony Mark David Gormley (born 30 August 1950) is a British sculptor. His works include the ''Angel of the North'', a public sculpture in Gateshead in the north of England, commissioned in 1994 and erected in February 1998; '' Another ...
(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 Jane Boyd (born 20 June 1953) is a British artist. She is best known for her work in light-based installation and drawing and has been exhibiting internationally since 1986. Boyd was the first woman to be elected Fellow Commoner in Creative Art ...
(born 1953) * Pogus Caesar (born 1953) – born in St Kitts *
Chris Gollon Chris Gollon (1953 – 25 April 2017) was a British artist. Gollon was born in London, England. He lived near London, working from his studio in Surrey. He regularly exhibited in London and Monmouth with IAP Fine Art. He had many solo museum e ...
(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 (born 1953) * Martin Yeoman (born 1953) * Michael Clark (artist) (born 1954) * Lubaina Himid (born 1954) *
Aidan Hughes Aidan Hughes is a commercial artist. He was born in 1956 in Merseyside, England, and was trained as an artist by his father, himself a landscape painter. In the 1980s, Hughes published a pulp-style magazine called ''BRUTE!''. ''Brute!'' has be ...
(born 1954) * Anish Kapoor (born 1954) * Vivien Blackett (born 1955) *
David Tress David Tress (born 11 April 1955) is a British artist noted particularly for his deeply personal interpretations of landscapes in and around his home in Pembrokeshire, southwest Wales. He combines the techniques of collage and impasto with convent ...
(born 1955) * Denzil Forrester (born 1956) *
Errol Francis Errol Anthony Francis (born in Oracabessa, Jamaica, 1956) is an artist, former mental health campaigner, and current charity executive in the United Kingdom. He currently lives and works in London, England. Biography Errol Francis gained his MA ...
(born 1956) * James Dodds (born 1957) *
Jeremy Gardiner Jeremy Gardiner (born 26 April 1957) is a contemporary landscape painter who has been based in the United Kingdom and the United States. His work has been featured in books. It has also been reviewed in ''The Boston Globe'', ''Miami Herald'', ' ...
(born 1957) * Fiona Graham-Mackay (born 1957) – portraits of the royal family * Thomas Hodges (born 1957) – photographic and mixed media artist *
Panayiotis Kalorkoti Panayiotis Kalorkoti (born 11 April 1957, Cyprus) is a British artist. He works primarily in acrylics and watercolour, and has also produced drawings, etchings, screenprints, lithographs and monotypes. His work is figurative and features bri ...
(born 1957) *
Willard Wigan Willard Wigan, (born June 1957) is a British sculptor from Ashmore Park Estate, Wednesfield, England, the son of Jamaican immigrants, who makes micro miniature sculptures. His sculptures are typically placed in the eye of a needle or on the hea ...
(born 1957) * Simon Beck (artist) (born 1958) – snow artist * Sokari Douglas Camp (born 1958) *
Keith Coventry Keith Coventry is a British artist and curator.Burgess, John, Coventry, Keith, Hale, Matt, Noble, Paul, Owen, Peter. "City Racing: The Life and Times of an Artist-Run Gallery ardcover. Black Dog Publishing Ltd; illustrated edition (11 November ...
(born 1958) *
Lennie Lee Lennie Lee (born 4 March 1958) is a South African conceptual artist who lives and works in London. Life and career Lennie Lee is a British artist born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He moved to the UK in 1960. He was educated at Dulwich college ...
(born 1958) – born in South Africa * Jake Tilson (born 1958) *
Andy Dog Johnson Andrew Johnson (6 January 1959 – 18 January 2016) was a British artist best known for designing Some Bizzare Records' record sleeves for artists The The, his brother Matt Johnson's band, in the 1980s and 1990s which were produced under the ...
(1959–2016) *
Claudette Johnson Claudette Elaine Johnson (born 1959) is a British visual artist. She is known for her large-scale drawings of Black women and involvement with the BLK Art Group. She was described by Modern Art Oxford as "one of the most accomplished figurati ...
(born 1959) *
Hew Locke Hew Donald Joseph Locke (born 13 October 1959) is a British sculptor and contemporary visual artist based in Brixton, London. In 2000 he won a Paul Hamlyn Award and the EASTinternational Award. In 2010 he was shortlisted for the Fourth plinth ...
(born 1959) – born in
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Bruce Munro Bruce Beaton St Clair Munro (born 2 June 1959) is a dual nationality English/Australian artist known for producing large immersive site-specific installations, often by massing components in the thousands. Frequently, Munro’s subject matter is ...
(born 1959) * Keith Salmon (born 1959) – Scottish landscape painter born in England * Suzzan Blac (born 1960) *
Eddie Chambers Edward Chambers (born March 29, 1982) is an American former professional boxer. He challenged once for a unified world heavyweight title in 2010. He was ranked as the fourth best heavyweight in the world by '' The Ring'' at the conclusion of 200 ...
(born 1960) * John Foulger (1960–2006) * Isaac Julien (born 1960) *
Grayson Perry Grayson Perry (born 1960) is an English contemporary artist, writer and broadcaster. He is known for his ceramic vases, tapestries, and cross-dressing, as well as his observations of the contemporary arts scene, and for dissecting British "pre ...
(born 1960) * Nick Fudge (born 1960) * Keith Piper (born 1960) * Yinka Shonibare (born 1960) * Julie Brook (born 1961) *
Sonia Boyce Sonia Dawn Boyce, (born 1962) is a British Afro-Caribbean artist and educator, living and working in London. She is a Professor of Black Art and Design at University of the Arts London. Boyce's research interests explore art as a social practic ...
(born 1962) * Jonathan S Hooper (born 1962) * Marion Kalmus (born 1962) * Sarah Lucas (born 1962) * Paul Mellia (born 1962) * 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 (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)

See also
* List of artists from the Isle of Man, List of Manx artists * List of artists from Northern Ireland * List of Scottish artists * List of Welsh artists

References
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