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
- Pieter Andreas Rysbrack (1685 or 1690-1748), a Flemish painter working in London
- 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 (c1712–1787) – 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 Kauffman (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 (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 Humphry (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
- Joshua Cristall (1767-1847) - Cornish watercolour painter
- 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
- Henry James Richter (1772-1857) - Engraver and painter
- Anne Frances Byrne (1775-1837) - Painter of flowers and still lifes
- Thomas Girtin (1775–1802) – English painter, watercolourist, and etcher
- J. M. W. Turner (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 (1777–1866) – watercolour-painter
- John Varley (1778–1842) – English watercolour painter and astrologer
- Augustus Wall Callcott (1779–1844) – English landscape painter
- Samuel Colman (1780–1845)
- James Holworthy (1781–1841) - watercolour painter
- 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
- Eglington Margaret Pearson (died 1823), stained glass painter
Born 1800–1899
- Arthur Elliot ( – ) – British watercolourist
- Richard Parkes Bonington (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 (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
- Edmund John Niemann (1813–1876) – English painter
- 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 Frederic 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
- Lucy Madox Brown (1843 - 1894) - English painter and watercolourist
- 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
- James Docharty (1829–1878) – Scottish landscape painter
- 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 born 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 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
- James Campbell Noble (1846–1913) – Scottish Land- and Seascape and Portrait 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
- John Charles Dollman (1851-1934) English narrative, landscape and animal painter.
- Edward Robert Hughes (1851–1914) – English painter in a Pre-Raphaelitism and Aestheticism style
- Edmund Leighton (1853–1922) – English painter in Pre-Raphaelite and Romantic styles
- Frank Dicksee (1853–1928) – English Victorian painter and illustrator especially of dramatic historical and legendary scenes
- Walter Dendy Sadler (1854–1923) – English painter.
- Alfred Wallis (1855–1942) – Cornish fisherman and artist
- David Winder (1855–1933) – Bolton, Lancashire-born British Artist – oil & watercolour
- James Pittendreigh MacGillivray (1856–1938) – Scottish sculptor
- John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) – American portrait painter of his era, landscape painter and watercolorist
- Richard Caton Woodville (1856–1927) – English artist, and illustrator especially of battle scenes
- Stanhope Forbes (1857-1947) - British artist, founder of the Newlyn School
- Walter Sickert (1860–1942) – English Impressionist painter
- Solomon Joseph Solomon (1860–1927) – English painter of mythological scenes and portraits
- Philip Wilson Steer (1860–1942) – English artist
- Archibald Standish Hartrick - (1864-1950)
- Arthur Wardle (1864–1949) – English painter
- William Edwin Pimm (1864–1952) British Artist – oil & watercolours
- Arthur Lowe (painter) (1865–1940) – English Landscape Artist from Kinoulton Nottingham
- 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
- Lamorna Birch (1869–1955) - English painter
- Lucy Kemp-Welch (1869-1958) - English equine artist
- William Ratcliffe (1870–1955)
- Sholto Johnstone Douglas (1871–1958) – Scottish artist
- 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
- John Duncan Fergusson (1874–1961) – Scottish artist, one of the Scottish Colourists school of painting
- Frank O. Salisbury (1874-1962) - English painter known for his portraits and historical and mythological works.
- Dorothea Sharp (1874-1955) - British landscape painter
- 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
- Florence Mabel Hollams (1877–1963) - painter of dogs and horses
- Laura Knight (1877-1970) - British artist
- 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
- Augustus John (1878–1961) – Welsh painter, draughtsman, and etcher
- Sir Alfred James Munnings KCVO, PRA (1878 –1959) – English artist – particularly renowned for equine subject matter
- William Reid Dick (1879–1961) – Scottish sculptor
- 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
- Arthur Watts (1883–1935) – Illustrator
- Duncan Grant (1885–1978) – Scottish painter and member of the Bloomsbury Group
- Gwen Raverat (1885–1957) – English wood engraving artist who co-founded the Society of Wood Engravers
- Randolph Schwabe (1885-1948) - English artist
- Maxwell Gordon Lightfoot (1886-1911) - English painter
- Austin Osman Spare (1886–1956) – English artist and occultist
- L. S. Lowry (1887–1976) – English artist
- Sydney Carline (1888-1929) - English artist
- Paul Nash (1889–1946) – English war artist
- Christopher Nevinson (1889–1946) – English painter and vorticist
- Robert Gibbings (1889–1958) – Irish artist and author especially as a wood engraver and for books on travel and natural history
- Edward Wadsworth (1889–1949) – English artist
- Charles Cundall (1890-1971) – English painter
- Joseph Gray (1890-1963) - English painter
- Nina Hamnett (1890–1956) – Welsh artist and writer
- David Bomberg (1890–1957) – English painter and one of the Whitechapel Boys
- Iain Macnab (1890–1967)
- Olive Mudie-Cooke (1890–1925) - English painter
- 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
- Colin Gill (1892-1940) – English painter
- Gilbert Spencer (1892–1978)
- John Armstrong (1893-1973)
- John Nash (1893–1977) – English painter, illustrator, and engraver
- Winifred Nicholson (1893–1981) – English painter
- Orovida Camille Pissarro (1893–1968) – English painter and etcher
- Henry Matthew Talintyre (1893–1962) – British artist
- Flora Twort (1893–1985) – English painter who specialised in watercolours and pastels
- Henry Carr (1894-1970)
- 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
- Raymond Coxon (1896-1997)
- John Buckland Wright (1897–1954)
- Henry Moore (1898–1986) – English artist and sculptor
Born 1900–1949
Born 1950 and later
- Pete Gilbert (born 1950), graphic designer and painter
- Antony Gormley (born 1950)
- Edward Allington (born 1951)
- Paul Kenny (born 1951)
- Humphrey Ocean (born 1951)
- Stephen Pusey (born 1952)
- Melinda Camber Porter (1953–2008) painter writer filmmaker journalist The Times lived in London Paris and New York
- Chris Gollon (born 1953)
- Charles Thomson (born 1953)
- Aidan Hughes (born 1954)
- Anish Kapoor (born 1954)
- David Tress (born 1955)
- Errol Francis (born 1956)
- Panayiotis Kalorkoti (born 1957)
- Thomas Hodges (born 1957) photographic and mixed media artist
- Willard Wigan (born 1957)
- Keith Coventry (born 1958)
- Lennie Lee (born 1958) – born in South Africa
- Jake Tilson (born 1958)
- Keith Salmon (born 1959) Scottish landscape painter born in England
- Andy Dog Johnson (born 1959)
- Hew Locke (born 1959) – born in Scotland
- Suzzan Blac (born 1960)
- John Foulger (1960–2006)
- Grayson Perry (born 1960)
- Marion Kalmus (born 1962)
- Nasser Azam (born 1963)
- Tracey Emin (born 1963)
- Janette Parris (born 1963)
- Dean Stalham (born c.1963))
- Rachel Whiteread (born 1963) 1993 Turner Prize winner
- Frances Aviva Blane (born 1964)
- Chris Hipkiss (born 1964)
- Tom Cartmill (born 1965)
- Guy Denning (born 1965)
- Damien Hirst (born 1965)
- Sarah Lucas (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)
- Elizabeth Price (born 1966) 2012 Turner Prize winner.
- Guy Tarrant (born 1966)
- Peter Brown (born 1967)
- Paul Rooney (born 1967)
- Chris Ofili (born 1968)
- Suling Wang (born 1968)
- Brita Granström (born 1969)
- Jonathan Myles-Lea (born 1969), painter of country houses, historic buildings, and landscapes
- Chantal Joffe (born 1969)
- Michael Gustavius Payne (born 1969)
- Alexander Talbot Rice (born 1969), society portrait painter
- Justin Mortimer (born 1970)
- Nina Murdoch (born 1970), tempera painter
- Mandy Wilkinson (born 1970)
- Jonathan Kearney (born 1971)
- Anna Barriball (born 1972), mixed media artist
- Dee Ferris (born 1973)
- Peter Liversidge (born 1973)
- Banksy (born 1974)
- Tom Palin (born 1974)
- Stephen Wiltshire (born 1974), savant artist
- Benedict Carpenter (born 1975)
- Tim Rickards TR!GA (born 1975) Portrait Artist
- Graham Nicholls (born 1975)
- Lucy Skaer (born 1975)
- Matt O'dell (born 1976)
- Adelaide Damoah (born c1977)
- Maryam Hashemi (born 1977)
- Claire Hooper (born 1978)
- Nick Gentry (born 1980)
- Conor Harrington (born 1980)
- Polly Morgan (born 1980)
- Stuart Semple (born 1980)
- Molly Garnier (born 1981)
- Chris (Simpsons artist) (born 1983)
- Anna King (born 1984)
- Sarah Maple (born 1985), feminist artist, first New Sensations winner
- Johan Andersson (born 1986)
- Lizz Brady (born 1988), installation, visual artist
- Nathan Wyburn (born 1989), food artist
- Pogus Caesar, born in St Kitts (date unknown)
See also
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