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

John RuskinJohn Ruskin
08 February 1819
Art Critic and Painter
Dante Gabriel RossettiDante Gabriel Rossetti
12 May 1828
Poet

John William WaterhouseJohn William Waterhouse
06 April 1849
Painter

Charles Rennie MackintoshCharles Rennie Mackintosh
07 June 1868
Architect

Aubrey BeardsleyAubrey Beardsley
21 August 1872
Illustrator

Eric GillEric Gill
22 February 1882
Sculptor
Thomas ColeThomas Cole
01 February 1801
Painter

Edward Burne-JonesEdward Burne-Jones
28 August 1833
Painter

Lawrence Alma-Tadema Lawrence Alma-Tadema
08 January 1836
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

John Everett MillaisJohn Everett Millais
08 June 1829
Painter, Illustrator

Louis WainLouis Wain
05 August 1860
Artist, Painter
Elizabeth SiddalElizabeth Siddal
25 July 1829
Painter, Poet, Art model, Visual artist, Model

Vanessa BellVanessa Bell
30 May 1879
Painter
Arthur RackhamArthur Rackham
19 September 1867
Painter, Illustrator

Branwell BrontëBranwell Brontë
26 June 1817
Painter, Poet, Writer

Oskar KokoschkaOskar Kokoschka
01 March 1886
Painter, Playwright, Writer, Poet, University
William Holman HuntWilliam Holman Hunt
02 April 1827
Painter, Artist

Richard DaddRichard Dadd
01 August 1817
Painter, Illustrator
John GouldJohn Gould
14 September 1804
Ornithologist

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

Arthur RansomeArthur Ransome
18 January 1884
Author

John Atkinson GrimshawJohn Atkinson Grimshaw
06 September 1836
Painter
Alfred MunningsAlfred Munnings
08 October 1878
painter
Duncan GrantDuncan Grant
21 January 1885
Painter

Roger FryRoger Fry
14 December 1866
Curator, Art historian, Painter, University

E. H. ShepardE. H. Shepard
10 December 1879
Artist, Illustrator, Painter

Gertrude JekyllGertrude Jekyll
29 November 1843
Horticulturist, Painter, Gardener, Non-fiction
Dora CarringtonDora Carrington
29 March 1893
Painter

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Ernest Thompson SetonErnest Thompson Seton
14 August 1860
Author

Augustus JohnAugustus John
04 January 1878
Painter, Etcher

George CruikshankGeorge Cruikshank
27 September 1792
Caricaturist

Stanley SpencerStanley Spencer
30 June 1891
Painter
Ford Madox BrownFord Madox Brown
16 April 1821
Painter

Laura KnightLaura Knight
04 August 1877
Painter, Autobiographer
George Frederic WattsGeorge Frederic Watts
23 February 1817
Painter, Sculptor

Edmund LeightonEdmund Leighton
21 September 1852
Painter

John William GodwardJohn William Godward
09 August 1861
Painter
Evelyn De MorganEvelyn De Morgan
30 August 1855
Painter

Samuel PalmerSamuel Palmer
27 January 1805
Painter, Poet
Elizabeth ThompsonElizabeth Thompson
03 November 1846
Painter

Mina LoyMina Loy
27 December 1882
Poet

Kate GreenawayKate Greenaway
17 March 1846
Artist and writer

Kate PeruginiKate Perugini
29 October 1839
Painter

Henry Scott TukeHenry Scott Tuke
12 June 1858
Painter
Edward Gordon CraigEdward Gordon Craig
16 January 1872
Actor, Director, Illustrator, Scenographer,

Roger FentonRoger Fenton
28 March 1819
Photographer

Ben NicholsonBen Nicholson
10 April 1894
painter, sculptor

Herbert James DraperHerbert James Draper
1863 AD
painter, illustrator
Edward Robert HughesEdward Robert Hughes
05 November 1851
 

Edward Adrian WilsonEdward Adrian Wilson
23 July 1872
Explorer, Ornithologist, Painter, Scientist
Luke FildesLuke Fildes
03 October 1843
Painter, Caricaturist, Illustrator

Leslie WardLeslie Ward
21 November 1851
Caricaturist, Painter

Edward PoynterEdward Poynter
20 March 1836
Painter, University teacher
J. E. H. MacDonaldJ. E. H. MacDonald
12 May 1873
Painter

David BombergDavid Bomberg
05 December 1890
Painter
Richard Parkes BoningtonRichard Parkes Bonington
25 October 1801
painter

Frank DickseeFrank Dicksee
27 November 1853
Painter, Illustrator

Marie Spartali StillmanMarie Spartali Stillman
10 March 1844
Painter, Model
Christopher R. W. NevinsonChristopher R. W. Nevinson
13 August 1889
Paramedic, Painter

Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron LeightonFrederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton
03 December 1830
 
John CollierJohn Collier
27 January 1850
painter, screenwriter

Paul NashPaul Nash
11 May 1889
painter, illustrator, printmaker

John Nash (Painter)John Nash (Painter)
11 April 1893