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United Kingdom artists
Where artists of this country were born, trained and worked, what they painted and which of their works are in the catalogue. Pick a city, era or genre.
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John Gould
1804 – 1881English ornithologist
1356 works
Thomas Rowlandson
1756 – 1827English artist and caricaturist
AmsterdamCity of WestminsterParis1061 works
Leslie Matthew Ward
1851 – 1922British cartoonist
EtonLondon736 works
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
1834 – 1903American painter
ParisValparaísoWest Point704 works
John Singer Sargent
1856 – 1925American painter
CairoFlorenceJerusalem656 works
Alphonse Legros
1837 – 1911French painter, etcher and sculptor
AmsterdamDijonParis487 works
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
1833 – 1898British Pre-Raphaelite painter
BirminghamLondonOxford453 works
Kate Greenaway
1846 – 1901British artist
London450 works
Henry Thomas Alken
1785 – 1851British artist
London444 works
Edwin Austin Abbey
1852 – 1911American illustrator and painter
LondonNew HavenPhiladelphia411 works
Mark Catesby
1683 – 1749English naturalist, painter and etcher
England404 works
Walter Crane
1845 – 1915English artist and book illustrator
London356 works
Sawrey Gilpin
1733 – 1807British artist
296 works
Joseph Mallord William Turner
1775 – 1851English painter and draftsman
City of WestminsterPragueVienna287 works
Byam Shaw
1872 – 1919British painter, illustrator, designer and teacher
London286 works
Charles Hamilton Smith
1776 – 1859British artist and naturalist
254 works
Arthur Rackham
1867 – 1939English book illustrator
City of LondonLondon250 works
Sir Joshua Reynolds
1723 – 1792English painter
AntwerpBrugesCity of Plymouth245 works
George Romney
1734 – 1802English painter
ParisParmaRome244 works
Carlo Pellegrini
1839 – 1889Italian caricaturist
London241 works
David Roberts
1796 – 1864Scottish painter
238 works
William Blake
1757 – 1827English poet and artist
Broadwick StreetCity of WestminsterFelpham232 works
Sir John Tenniel
1820 – 1914British illustrator, graphic humorist and political cartoonist
City of Westminster227 works
Joseph Wolf
1820 – 1899German artist
Greater London220 works
David Young Cameron
1865 – 1945British artist
City of EdinburghGlasgow City210 works
Benjamin West
1738 – 182018th- and 19th-century English painter
LondonNew HavenNew York City204 works
James Ward
1769 – 1859English painter and engraver
London203 works
John Massey Wright
1777 – 1866Watercolour artist
203 works
John Sell Cotman
1782 – 1842British artist
LondonNorwich196 works
Thomas Gainsborough
1727 – 1788English portrait and landscape painter
BathIpswichLondon196 works
Anthony van Dyck
1599 – 1641Flemish Baroque artist
AntwerpBlackfriarsParis190 works
Wenceslaus Hollar
1607 – 1677Czech cartographer, painter of nature, portrait painter and engraver
189 works
Sir John Everett Millais
1829 – 1896British painter and illustrator
Chamonix-Mont-BlancCity of WestminsterLondon187 works
Paul Sandby
1731 – 1809British artist
183 works
Robert Smirke
1752 – 1845English painter and illustrator, specialising in small paintings showing subjects taken from literature
174 works
Benjamin Robert Haydon
1786 – 1846English painter, specialising in grand historical pictures
City of WestminsterLondon159 works
John Constable
1776 – 1837English painter
City of WestminsterDedhamHampton157 works
Archibald Thorburn
1860 – 1935British wildlife artist
151 works
John Hamilton Mortimer
1740 – 1779British artist
151 works
William Heath
1794 – 1840British artist
151 works
Frederic Leighton
1830 – 1896English painter and sculptor
Bezirk MitteBrusselsCity of Westminster148 works
William Simpson
1823 – 1899Scottish artist and war correspondent
148 works
Samuel Howitt
1756 – 1822British artist
147 works
Charles Conder
1868 – 1909English-born Conder grew up in Sydney and Melbourne, joined the Heidelberg School circle and became famous for delicate, silk-painted fans and beach scenes before moving to Europe.
MelbourneSydney44 works
George Grosvenor Thomas
1856 – 1923Sydney-born Grosvenor Thomas moved to England and painted impressionist landscapes and still lifes.
Sydney13 works
Sydney Long
1871 – 1955Long turned the Australian landscape into Symbolist and Art Nouveau scenes such as Spirit of the Plains, before moving to London in 1910.
Sydney13 works
Robert Hawker Dowling
1827 – 1886Raised in Tasmania, Dowling painted portraits and Aboriginal subjects in Launceston and Melbourne before moving to London in 1857.
LauncestonMelbourne12 works
Stella Bowen
1893 – 1947Adelaide-born Bowen left for London in 1914, became known for portraits and everyday scenes, and was later an Australian official war artist documenting RAF bomber crews.
Adelaide12 works