List of British artists
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 (1497/8–1543) - German artist and printmaker who became court painter in England
- Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder (c.1520–c.1590) - Flemish 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 (c. 1565–1616) - English goldsmith, portrait miniaturist, painter
- Isaac Oliver (c.1565–1617) - French-born English portrait miniature painter
- Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641) - Flemish Baroque painter, watercolourist and etcher who became court painter in England
- Wenceslaus Hollar (1607–1677) - Czech etcher
- Samuel Cooper (c.1608–1672) - English miniature painter
- John Michael Wright (1617–1694) - British baroque portrait painter
- Peter Lely (1618–1680) - Dutch painter and portrait artist in England
- Francis Barlow (1626?–1704) - English painter, etcher, and illustrator
- David Loggan (1635–1692) - British baroque painter
- Godfrey Kneller (1646/9–1723) - portrait painter in England
- Francis Place (1647–1728)
- James Thornhill (1675–1734) - English painter of historical subjects
- Jonathan Richardson (1665–1745), English portrait painter
- Peter Monamy (1681–1749) - English marine painter
- John Wootton (1682–1764) - English painter of sporting subjects, battle scenes and landscapes
- John Michael Rysbrack (1694–1770) - Flemish sculptor working in London
- John Vanderbank (1694–1739) - English portrait painter and book illustrator
- William Hogarth (1697–1764) - English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic and editorial cartoonist
Born 1700–1799
- 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
- Samuel Scott (1702–1770)
- James Seymour (c.1702–1752) - English painter especially of equestrian art
- William Hoare (1707?–1792) - English painter especially of pastels
- Francis Hayman (1708–1776) - English painter, illustrator, and one of the founding members of the Royal Academy
- Arthur Devis (c1711–1787) - English portrait painter, especially of conversation pieces and other small portraits
- Allan Ramsay (1713–1784) - Scottish portrait-painter
- Richard Wilson (1713–1782) - Welsh landscape painter and one of the founder members of the Royal Academy
- Alexander Cozens (1717?–1786) - British landscape-painter in water-colours and a published teacher of painting
- Charles Brooking (1723–1759)
- Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792) - English painter specialising in portraits
- George Stubbs (1724–1806) - British painter especially of horses
- Francis Cotes (1726–1770) English painter
- Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788) - English portrait and landscape painters
- 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
- Joseph Nollekens (1737–1823) - Sculptor from London
- Francis Towne (1739/40–1816) - English water-colour painter
- Angelica Kauffmann (1740–1807) - Swiss-Austrian painter
- Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg (1740–1812) - English artist of French origin
- William Marlow (1740–1813), English landscape and marine artist
- John Hamilton Mortimer (1740–1779) - British Neoclassical painter especially of romantic paintings
- Matthew William Peters (1742–1814)
- James Barry (1741–1806) - Irish painter
- Henry Fuseli (1741–1825) - British painter, draughtsman, and writer on art, of German-Swiss origin
- Richard Cosway (1742–1821) - English portrait painter, miniaturist
- Ozias Humphrey (1742–1810) - English painter of portrait miniatures
- John Robert Cozens (1752–1797) - English draftsman and painter of romantic watercolor landscapes
- Thomas Bewick (1753–1828) - English wood engraver and ornithologist
- Thomas Stothard (1755–1834 - English painter and engraver
- Prince Hoare (1755–1834), painter and dramatist
- Henry Raeburn (1756–1823) - Scottish portrait painter
- Thomas Rowlandson (1756–1827) - English artist and caricaturist
- William Blake (1757–1827) - English poet, painter, and printmaker
- 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
- John Charles Felix Rossi (1762–1839) - sculptor
- Arthur William Devis (1762–1822) - English painter of history paintings and portraits
- George Morland (1763–1804) - English painter of animals and rustic scenes
- John Crome (1768–1821) - English artist, founder of the Norwich school of painters
- James Ward (1769–1859) - English painter, particularly of animals, and an engraver
- Thomas Phillips (1770–1845) - English portrait and subject painter
- Thomas Girtin (1775–1802) - English painter, watercolourist, and etcher
- Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851) - English Romantic landscape painter, watercolourist and printmaker
- John Constable (1776–1837) - English Romantic painter
- John Varley (1778–1842) - English watercolour painter and astrologer
- Augustus Wall Callcott (1779–1844) - English landscape painter
- Samuel Colman (1780–1845)
- John Sell Cotman (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 (1783–1852) - English water-colour painter
- Peter De Wint (1784–1849) - English landscape painter
- John Romney (1785–1863) - mainly printmaking and watercolour
- David Wilkie (1785–1841) - Scottish painter
- William Mulready (1786–1863) - Irish genre painter living in London
- Benjamin Haydon (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 water-color 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 printmaker and painter
- James Holland (1799–1870), Landscape painter and illustrator
Born 1800–1899
- Arthur Elliot ( - ) - British watercolourist
- Richard Parkes Bonington (1802–1828) - English Romantic landscape painter
- Edwin Landseer (1802–1873) - English painter and sculptor especially of animals - particularly horses, dogs and stags
- Thomas Shotter Boys (1803–1874)
- Thomas Sidney Cooper (1803–1902) - English painter especially of cattle and farm animals
- John Steell (1804–1891) - Scottish sculptor
- John Frederick Lewis (1804–1876) - Orientalist English painter
- Samuel Palmer (1805–1881) - English landscape painter, etcher and printmaker
- William Dyce (1806–1864) - Scottish artist
- William James Blacklock (1816–1858) - English landscape artist, painting scenery in Cumbria, the Lake District and the Scottish Borders
- Edward Armitage (1817–1896) - English Victorian era painter especially of historical, classical and biblical subjects
- Richard Dadd (1817–1886) - English painter especially of fairies and other supernatural subjects, Orientalist scenes, and enigmatic genre scenes
- Walter Hood Fitch (1817–1892) - Scottish botanist and botanical artist
- George Frederick Watts (1817–1904) - English Victorian painter and sculptor of the Symbolist movement
- Branwell Brontë (1817–1848) - English portrait painter. One of the Brontë children, brother of Anne, Emily and Charlotte. Occasional poet and writer
- William Powell Frith (1819–1909) - English painter specialising in portraits and Victorian era narratives
- Ford Madox Brown (1821–1893) - English painter of moral and historical subjects
- Abraham Solomon (1824–1862)
- Thomas Woolner (1825–1892) - English sculptor and poet
- William Holman Hunt (1827–1910) - British painter, founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882) - English poet, illustrator, painter and translator
- Edwin Long (1829–1890) - English orientalist painter, depicting Biblical and Middle Eastern subjects
- John Everett Millais (1829–1896) - English painter and illustrator and one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
- Alfred William Hunt (1830–1896) - English painter
- Frederic Leighton (1830–1896) - English painter and sculptor especially of historical, biblical and classical subject matter
- Marianne North (1830–1890) - English naturalist and flower-painter
- John William Bailey (1831–1914) - British miniature painter
- Benjamin Williams Leader (1831–1923) - English painter
- 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
- Edward Burne-Jones (1833–1898) - English artist and designer
- William Morris (1834–1896) - English artist, writer, and socialist
- James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903) - American-born, British-based painter and etcher
- William McTaggart (1835–1910) - Scottish landscape painter
- Arthur Boyd Houghton (1836–1875) - British painter (oil and watercolours) 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 painter of portraits as well as genre subjects
- Simeon Solomon (1840–1905) - English Pre-Raphaelite painter
- Frederick Walker (1840–1875) - English Social Realist painter and illustrator in watercolours and oils
- Albert Moore (1841–1893) - English painter especially of langorous female figures set against the luxury and decadence of the classical world
- Alexander Mark Rossi (1841–1916) - British artist specializing in genre works
- Walter Crane (1845–1915) - English artist and book illustrator
- Frank Holl (1845–1888) - English painter
- Walter Greaves (1846–1930) - English painter
- Ralph Hedley (1848–1913) - English realist painter, woodcarver and illustrator
- John William Waterhouse (1849–1917) - English Pre-Raphaelite painter especially of female characters from mythology and literature
- John Collier (1850–1934) - British writer and painter in the Pre-Raphaelite style
- Edward Robert Hughes (1851–1914) - English painter in a Pre-Raphaelitism and Aestheticism style
- Edmund Blair Leighton (1853–1922) - English painter in Pre-Raphaelite and Romantic styles
- Frank Bernard Dicksee (1853–1928) - English Victorian painter and illustrator especially of dramatic historical and legendary scenes
- Walter Dendy Sadler (1854–1923) - English painter.
- Alfred Wallis (1855–1942) - Cornish fisherman and artist
- David Horatio Winder (1855–1933) - Bolton, Lancashire-born British Artist - oil & watercolour
- James Pittendreigh MacGillivray (1856–1938) - Scottish sculptor
- John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) - Portrait painter of his era, landscape painter and watercolorist
- Richard Caton Woodville (1856–1927) - English artist, and illustrator especially of battle scenes
- Walter Sickert (1860–1942) - English Impressionist painter
- Philip Wilson Steer (1860–1942) - English artist
- Arthur Wardle (1864–1949) - English painter
- William Edwin Pimm (1864–1952) British Artist - oil & watercolours
- Robert Bevan (1865–1925)
- H. Gustave Hiller (1865–1946), mainly of stained glass
- Roger Fry (1866–1934) - English artist and an art critic
- Frank Brangwyn (1867–1956) - Welsh artist, painter, water colourist, virtuoso engraver and illustrator, and progressive designer
- Charles Murray Padday (1868–1954) - English painter
- William Ratcliffe (1870–1955)
- Sholto Johnstone Douglas (1871–1958) - Scottish artist
- William Nicholson (1872–1949) - English painter, illustrator and author of children's books
- Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (1872–1898) - English illustrator and author especially of erotic illustrations
- Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1872–1945) - English artist and illustrator
- John Duncan Fergusson (1874–1961) - Scottish artist, one of the Scottish Colourists school of painting
- Arthur Henry Knighton-Hammond (1875–1970) - English painter best known for landscapes, society portraits, and industrial paintings
- Harold Gilman (1876–1919) - English artist and founder-member of the Camden Town Group
- Gwen John (1876–1939) - Welsh artist
- Horace Tuck (1876–1951) - Norfolk artist of oil and watercolour landscapes
- Donald Maxwell (1877–1936) - English illustrator and painter in oils and watercolours
- Frank Cadogan Cowper (1877–1958) - English artist
- Charles Ginner (1878–1952) - French-born painter, member of Camden Town Group
- Spencer Gore (1878–1914) - British painter who was first president of the Camden Town Group
- William Reid Dick (1879–1961) - Scottish sculptor
- Augustus John (1878–1961) - Welsh painter, draughtsman, and etcher
- Vanessa Bell (1879–1961) - English painter and interior designer
- 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
- Eric Gill (1882–1940) - British sculptor, typeface designer, stonecutter and printmaker
- Percy Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957) - English painter and author
- Henry Lamb (1883–1960) - Australian-born British painter
- Sydney Percy Winder (1884–1966) - Pendleton, Manchestern-born British Artist, Framer and Gilter
- Duncan Grant (1885–1978) - Scottish painter and member of the Bloomsbury Group
- Gwen Raverat (1885–1957) - English wood engraving artist who co-founded the Society of Wood Engravers
- L. S. Lowry (1887–1976) - English artist
- Paul Nash (1889–1946) - English war artist
- Christopher Nevinson (1889–1946) - English painter and vorticist
- Robert Gibbings (1889–1940) - Irish artist and author especially as a wood carver and engraver and for books on travel and natural history
- Edward Wadsworth (1889–1949) - English artist
- Nina Hamnett (1890–1956) - Welsh artist and writer
- David Bomberg (1890–1957) - English painter and one of the Whitechapel Boys
- Iain Macnab (1890–1967)
- Leon Underwood (1890–1975) - British sculptor, painter, and engraver
- Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (1891–1915) - French sculptor and vorticist
- Mark Gertler (1891–1939) - British portrait and landscape painter
- Stanley Spencer (1891–1959) - English painter especially of Biblical scenes
- Gilbert Spencer (1892–1978)
- John Nash (1893–1977) - English painter, illustrator, and engraver
- Orovida Camille Pissarro (1893–1968) - English painter and etcher
- Flora Twort (1893–1985) - English painter who specialised in watercolours and pastels
- Ben Nicholson (1894–1982) - English abstract painter
- David Jones (1895–1974) - Welsh artist and British modernist poet
- William Roberts (1895–1980) - English painter and war artist
- John Buckland Wright (1897–1954)
- Henry Moore (1898–1986) - English artist and sculptor
- C. J. Wintle (fl. 1844) - English artist of landscape, known to have been in India
Born 1900 and later