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Find out more about the greatest 19th Century British Painters, including John Ruskin, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, John Everett Millais and Thomas Cole

Famous 19th Century British Artists & Painters

William BlakeWilliam Blake
28 November 1757
Painter, Poet
John RuskinJohn Ruskin
08 February 1819
Art Critic and Painter

John Everett MillaisJohn Everett Millais
08 June 1829
Painter

Dante Gabriel RossettiDante Gabriel Rossetti
12 May 1828
Poet

John William WaterhouseJohn William Waterhouse
06 April 1849
Painter

Eric GillEric Gill
22 February 1882
Sculptor
Aubrey BeardsleyAubrey Beardsley
21 August 1872
Illustrator

Charles Rennie MackintoshCharles Rennie Mackintosh
07 June 1868
Architect

Thomas ColeThomas Cole
01 February 1801
Painter
Lawrence Alma-Tadema Lawrence Alma-Tadema
08 January 1836
Painter

Edward Burne-JonesEdward Burne-Jones
28 August 1833
Painter
Alfred SisleyAlfred Sisley
30 October 1839
Impressionist Landscape Painter

Jack Butler YeatsJack Butler Yeats
29 August 1871
Irish artist

Sophie Gengembre AndersonSophie Gengembre Anderson
1823 AD
Artist

Alice LiddellAlice Liddell
04 May 1852
Artist

Louis WainLouis Wain
05 August 1860
Artist, Painter
Vanessa BellVanessa Bell
30 May 1879
Painter

Branwell BrontëBranwell Brontë
26 June 1817
Painter, Poet, Writer

Philip de LászlóPhilip de László
30 April 1869
Painter

Elizabeth SiddalElizabeth Siddal
25 July 1829
Painter, Poet, Art model, Visual artist, Model
Augustus PuginAugustus Pugin
01 March 1812
Architect

Arthur RackhamArthur Rackham
19 September 1867
Painter, Illustrator
Henry Scott TukeHenry Scott Tuke
12 June 1858
Painter

Duncan GrantDuncan Grant
21 January 1885
Painter

W. S. GilbertW. S. Gilbert
18 November 1836
Dramatist
William Holman HuntWilliam Holman Hunt
02 April 1827
Painter, Artist

Richard DaddRichard Dadd
01 August 1817
Painter, Illustrator
Dora CarringtonDora Carrington
29 March 1893
Painter

Wyndham LewisWyndham Lewis
18 November 1882
Painter, Writer, Journalist, Editor, Novelist

Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron LeightonFrederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton
03 December 1830
 
Oskar KokoschkaOskar Kokoschka
01 March 1886
Painter, Playwright, Writer, Poet, University

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E. H. ShepardE. H. Shepard
10 December 1879
Artist, Illustrator, Painter
Edmund LeightonEdmund Leighton
21 September 1852
Painter

Arthur RansomeArthur Ransome
18 January 1884
Author

Stanley SpencerStanley Spencer
30 June 1891
Painter

John TennielJohn Tenniel
28 February 1820
Illustrator
Augustus JohnAugustus John
04 January 1878
Painter, Etcher
Laura KnightLaura Knight
04 August 1877
Painter, Autobiographer

Jacob EpsteinJacob Epstein
10 November 1880
Sculptor

Thomas LawrenceThomas Lawrence
13 April 1769
Painter

Alfred MunningsAlfred Munnings
08 October 1878
painter
Gertrude JekyllGertrude Jekyll
29 November 1843
Horticulturist, Painter, Gardener, Non-fiction

Paul NashPaul Nash
11 May 1889
painter, illustrator, printmaker

Elizabeth ThompsonElizabeth Thompson
03 November 1846
Painter

John Atkinson GrimshawJohn Atkinson Grimshaw
06 September 1836
Painter

Roger FryRoger Fry
14 December 1866
Curator, Art historian, Painter, University
Ernest Thompson SetonErnest Thompson Seton
14 August 1860
Author

John William GodwardJohn William Godward
09 August 1861
Painter
Ford Madox BrownFord Madox Brown
16 April 1821
Painter

Evelyn De MorganEvelyn De Morgan
30 August 1855
Painter

Edwin LandseerEdwin Landseer
07 March 1802
Painter
John CollierJohn Collier
27 January 1850
painter, screenwriter

Kate PeruginiKate Perugini
29 October 1839
Painter
George Frederic WattsGeorge Frederic Watts
23 February 1817
Painter

Ben NicholsonBen Nicholson
10 April 1894
painter, sculptor

George CruikshankGeorge Cruikshank
27 September 1792
Caricaturist

Eileen AgarEileen Agar
01 December 1899
Painter

John GouldJohn Gould
14 September 1804
Ornithologist
Luis Ricardo FaleroLuis Ricardo Falero
23 May 1851
Painter

Kate GreenawayKate Greenaway
17 March 1846
Artist and writer

Edward Robert HughesEdward Robert Hughes
05 November 1851
 

Edward Gordon CraigEdward Gordon Craig
16 January 1872
Actor, Director, Illustrator, Scenographer,
Edward Adrian WilsonEdward Adrian Wilson
23 July 1872
Explorer, Ornithologist, Painter, Scientist

Herbert James DraperHerbert James Draper
1863 AD
painter, illustrator
Leslie WardLeslie Ward
21 November 1851
Painter

Frank DickseeFrank Dicksee
27 November 1853
Painter, Illustrator

John Nash (Painter)John Nash (Painter)
11 April 1893
 
Mina LoyMina Loy
27 December 1882
Poet

Roger FentonRoger Fenton
28 March 1819
Photographer
Edward PoynterEdward Poynter
20 March 1836
Painter, University teacher

Maria CoswayMaria Cosway
11 June 1760
Artist

William Powell FrithWilliam Powell Frith
09 January 1819
Painter
Marie Spartali StillmanMarie Spartali Stillman
10 March 1844
Painter, Model

Samuel PalmerSamuel Palmer
27 January 1805
Painter, Poet
William ThorntonWilliam Thornton
20 May 1759
Physician

John CromeJohn Crome
22 December 1768
Artist

Luke FildesLuke Fildes
03 October 1843
Painter, Caricaturist, Illustrator

Frederick RolfeFrederick Rolfe
22 July 1860
Writer
Benjamin HaydonBenjamin Haydon
26 January 1786
Painter
Henry RaeburnHenry Raeburn
04 March 1756
Painter

Isaac RosenbergIsaac Rosenberg
25 November 1890
Poet

Randolph CaldecottRandolph Caldecott
22 March 1846
Artist

Edward JohnstonEdward Johnston
11 February 1872
Graphic designer
David BombergDavid Bomberg
05 December 1890
Painter

J. E. H. MacDonaldJ. E. H. MacDonald
12 May 1873
Painter

Thomas BewickThomas Bewick
10 August 1753
Engraver

Christopher R. W. NevinsonChristopher R. W. Nevinson
13 August 1889
Paramedic, Painter

Thomas SullyThomas Sully
19 June 1783
Portrait Painter
John LeechJohn Leech
29 August 1817
Illustrator

Harry JohnstonHarry Johnston
12 June 1858
Botanist
Augustus EggAugustus Egg
02 May 1816
Artist

John OpieJohn Opie
16 May 1761
Painter
Laurence HousmanLaurence Housman
18 July 1865
Playwright
Bruce BairnsfatherBruce Bairnsfather
09 July 1887
Humorist