Find out more about the greatest British Artists, including Banksy, William Blake, Damien Hirst, Cynthia Lennon and Anish Kapoor.
Ant Anstead29 February 1979
Television Presenter
William Blake28 November 1757
Painter
J. M. W. Turner23 April 1775
Romanticist landscape painter
John Ruskin08 February 1819
Art Critic and Painter
David Hockney09 July 1937
Painter
Damien Hirst07 June 1965
Artist
Tracey Emin03 July 1963
Artist, Painter
John Constable11 June 1776
Romantic Painter
Thomas Gainsborough14 May 1727
Landscape painter
Barbara Hepworth10 January 1903
Artist
John Berger05 November 1926
Novelist
Lawrence Alma-Tadema08 January 1836
Painter
Alfred Sisley30 October 1839
Impressionist Landscape Painter
Jack Butler Yeats29 August 1871
Irish artist
Sophie Gengembre Anderson1823 AD
Painter
Allen Jones01 September 1937
Artist
Dusty Springfield16 April 1939
Singer, Artist, Cleric
PJ Harvey09 October 1969
Singer-songwriter, Composer, Artist, Singer,
Anish Kapoor12 March 1954
Sculptor, Visual artist, Painter, Architect
Cynthia Lennon10 September 1939
Film maker
Frieda Hughes01 April 1960
Painter, Poet, Writer, Children's writer
L. S. Lowry01 November 1887
Painter
Lucian Freud08 December 1922
Painter, Illustrator, Printmaker
Grayson Perry24 March 1960
Artist
Jemima Kirke26 April 1985
Artist
Leo Sayer21 May 1948
Artist, Singer-songwriter, Singer
Stephen Wiltshire24 April 1974
illustrator, artist
Dante Gabriel Rossetti12 May 1828
Poet, Illustrator, Painter, Writer, Artist,
Antony Gormley30 August 1950
Sculptor, Artist
Holly Johnson09 February 1960
Singer, Writer, Artist, Guitarist, Painter
Louis Wain05 August 1860
Artist, Painter
Charles Rennie Mackintosh07 June 1868
Architect, Painter, Designer, Sculptor
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William Hogarth10 November 1697
Painter, Caricaturist, Illustrator, Graphic artist
John William Waterhouse06 April 1849
Painter
John Everett Millais08 June 1829
Painter, Illustrator
Neil Buchanan11 October 1961
Television presenter
Justine Frischmann16 September 1969
Musician
Brian Froud1947 AD
painter, illustrator
Jay Jopling1963 AD
Art dealer
Alison Lapper07 April 1965
Painter, Photographer
Bridget Riley24 April 1931
Painter
Derek Jarman31 January 1942
Film director, Actor, Screenwriter, Diarist,
Gerald Scarfe01 June 1936
Caricaturist, Illustrator, Designer, Animator,
Joshua Reynolds16 July 1723
Painter
Vanessa Bell30 May 1879
Painter
Thomas Cole01 February 1801
Painter
Peter Greenaway05 April 1942
Theatre director, Film director, Writer,
Eric Gill22 February 1882
Type designer, Sculptor, Graphic designer,
Dave Lee Travis25 May 1945
Photographer, Television presenter, Radio
Graham Sutherland24 August 1903
Painter, Artist
Arthur Rackham19 September 1867
Painter, Illustrator
Edward Burne-Jones28 August 1833
Painter
Henry Fuseli07 February 1741
Writer
Branwell Brontë26 June 1817
Painter, Poet, Writer
Len Deighton18 February 1929
Writer
Elizabeth Siddal25 July 1829
Painter, Poet, Art model, Visual artist, Model
Oskar Kokoschka01 March 1886
Painter, Playwright, Writer, Poet, University
Jack Vettriano17 November 1951
Painter
William Holman Hunt02 April 1827
Painter, Artist
Stanley Spencer30 June 1891
Painter
Thomas Lawrence13 April 1769
painter
Richard Dadd01 August 1817
Painter, Illustrator
Stevie Starr07 July 1966
Stage magician
Angelica Kauffman30 October 1741
Painter
Linder Sterling1954 AD
photographer
Jenny Saville07 May 1970
painter
Wyndham Lewis18 November 1882
Painter, Writer, Journalist, Editor, Novelist
Augustus John04 January 1878
Painter, Etcher
Rachel Whiteread20 April 1963
Sculptor
Eduardo Paolozzi07 March 1924
Sculptor, University teacher, Painter
Gertrude Jekyll29 November 1843
Horticulturist, Painter, Gardener, Non-fiction
E. H. Shepard10 December 1879
Artist, Illustrator, Painter
Joseph Wright of Derby03 September 1734
Painter, Artist
Dora Carrington29 March 1893
Painter
Peter Scott14 September 1909
Ornithologist, Illustrator, Painter, Postage stamp
John Atkinson Grimshaw06 September 1836
Painter
Roger Fry14 December 1866
Curator, Art historian, Painter, University
Chris Ofili10 October 1968
Painter, Sculptor, Artist, Visual artist
Laura Knight04 August 1877
Painter, Autobiographer
Godfrey Kneller08 August 1646
Painter
Frank Auerbach29 April 1931
Painter
George Stubbs24 August 1724
painter, non-fiction writer
Edmund Leighton21 September 1852
Painter
Ben Nicholson10 April 1894
painter, sculptor
George Frederic Watts23 February 1817
Painter, Sculptor
Ford Madox Brown16 April 1821
Painter
Peter Doig17 April 1959
Painter
Yinka Shonibare09 August 1962
painter, Photographer
John William Godward09 August 1861
Painter
Elizabeth Thompson03 November 1846
Painter
Evelyn De Morgan30 August 1855
Painter
Marc Quinn08 January 1964
Artist, Sculptor
Thomas Rowlandson13 June 1756
caricaturist, painter, illustrator, artist,
Stanley Donwood29 October 1968
Artist, Writer
Kate Perugini29 October 1839
Painter
Henry Scott Tuke12 June 1858
Painter