British Artists

These famous British artists are just some of those in our art collection, so if you can’t find what you are looking for please use the search, or contact us and let us know – we’ll be happy to help.

British painters list

A list of British painters (either born in Britain or recognized as being British) includes:

  • William Hogarth
  • Joshua Reynolds
  • William Turner (Joseph Mallard William Turner) – Perhaps the most famous British artist is J.M.W. Turner, a true master given extra recent recognition by the film “Mr. Turner”. Turner’s “The Fighting Temeraire” is one of the most popular British paintings, along with “The Hay Wain” by Constable, which narrowly won a more recent vote in a national newspaper.

A Few of the Most Popular British Paintings

Manchester Art Gallery

Byron’s Dream

Lawrence, Sir Thomas

George Canning

Lawrence, Sir Thomas

Lady Selina Meade

Watts, George Frederick

Painting Name Unknown

Lawrence, Sir Thomas

Vestal Virgin

Gainsborough, Thomas

Rest by the Way

Turner, Joseph Mallord William

The Butter Cross, Winchester

Watts, George Frederick

Surrey Landscape

Leighton, Lord Frederick

A Street Scene Capri

Watts, George Frederick

Eve Repentant

Wilkie, Sir David

Self – Portrait

Gainsborough, Thomas

Portrait of Mrs. Richards

Wilkie, Sir David

Thomas Garnett, MD

National Gallery of Ireland

Clovelly Bay, Devonshire

Watts, George Frederick

Robert Browning

Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museum

A Wooded Landscape

The J. Paul Getty Museum

After

Hogarth, William

John Huggins Esq.

Cozens, John Robert

Lake and Town of Nemi

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Portrait of Mrs Andrew Lindington

Fitzwilliam Museum

The Book of Ahania

Turner, Joseph Mallord William

Mouth of the Seine, Quille – Boeuf

Lely, Sir Peter

Arabella Bankes

Turner, Joseph Mallord William

Loch Fyne, with Inverary Castle in the Distance

Watts, George Frederick

Orpheus And Eurydice