16th century edit

 
Holbein, The Ambassadors
Worked in England
  • Hans Holbein the Younger (1497– 1543) After Dürer, Holbein is the greatest of the German painters of his time. His "The Ambassadors" is famously enigmatic.
  • Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder (c. 1520 – c. 1590) – Flemish printmaker and painter for the Tudor court of the 16th century
  • (-) Sir Anthonis Mor, or Anthonis Mor van Dashorst, or Antonio Moro (c. 1517 – 1577), was a Dutch portrait painter in demand by the courts of Europe. He developed a formal style for portraits, largely based on Titian, that was extremely influential on court painters across Europe, especially in Iberia, where it created a tradition that led to Diego Velázquez.
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17th and 18th centuries edit

Worked in England
  •   Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) Rubens was one of the most prolific painters of all time, partly thanks to the collaboration of his studio. Famous in life, he travelled Europe taking orders from rich and important clients. His female nudes are still amazing.
  • Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641), Flemish Baroque portrait artist and etcher who became the leading court painter in England
  • Wenceslaus Hollar (1607–1677), Bohemian etcher
  • Sir Peter Lely (1618–1680), Dutch portrait painter whose career was mostly as the leading court painter in England
  • Sir Godfrey Kneller (c. 1647–1723), German portrait painter in England
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18th and 19th centuries edit

Working in England
English
  •   William Blake (1757–1827) – Revolutionary and mystic, poet, engraver, and painter in watercolour and tempera, with a wild imagination unique in his time.
  •     Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851) The best landscape painter of Western art. Beginning as an academic painter, he evolved towards a free and atmospheric style which was not liked by critics.
  •   John Constable (1776–1837) With Turner, the great figure of English romanticism. But he never left England, devoted himself to English life and landscape
  •   Samuel Palmer (1805–1881), a landscape artist, etcher and printmaker. He was also a writer. He was a key figure in Romanticism and produced visionary pastoral work.

Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (1848) edit

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Members
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19th/20th century engravers edit

19th/ 20th century artists edit

  •   Walter Langley (1852–1922), founder of the Newlyn School of outdoor artists
  •   John Singer Sargent (1856–1925), leading portrait artist, an American living mostly in Europe
  •   Henry Scott Tuke RA RWS (1858–1929), Impressionist painter and photographer, Newlyn school
  •   Dame Laura Knight (1877–1970), painter in oils and watercolours, etcher and engraver, in the figurative realist tradition, embracing English Impressionism, a successful and popular artist whose success in the male-dominated art world paved the way for other women artists. In 1929 she was created a Dame and in 1936 became the first woman elected to full membership of the Royal Academy of Arts. As well as landscapes, she painted in the worlds of the theatre and ballet, gypsies and circus performers.
  •   Augustus John (1878–1961)
  •   Sir Alfred Munnings (1878–1959), a member of the Newlyn School, a fine painter of horses, a war artist, and an outspoken critic of Modernism.
  •   Gerald Brockhurst (1890–1978), portrait artist and etcher
  •     Francis Bacon (1909–1992) Leader, with Lucian Freud, of the School of London, his style ran against all canons of painting, not only in terms of beauty, but also rebelling against the dominance of the Abstract Expressionism in his time.
  •   David Hockney (born 1937) A living myth of Pop Art. Born in England, he migrated to California, where he identified with its light, culture, and urban landscape.

US edit

  •   James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903) With Winslow Homer, the great figure of 19th-century American painting. An excellent portraitist, his portrait of his mother is seen as one of the great masterpieces of American painting.
  •   Winslow Homer (1836–1910) He breathed fresh air into American art, which had got stuck in academic painting and the Hudson River School, and became the top American painter of his day.
  •   Edward Hopper (1882–1967) Hopper is called a painter of urban loneliness. His famous work, "Nighthawks" (1942) is a symbol of the solitude of the modern city and is an icon of 20th century art.
  •   Georgia O'Keefe (1887–1986) She single-handedly redefined Western American painting.
  •     Mark Rothko (1903–1970) Almost forty years after his death, the influence of Rothko's large, dazzling and emotional masses of colour continues to grow.
  •     Jackson Pollock (1912–1956) Leader of American Abstract Expressionism, Pollock’s best works were his famous drips, 1947 to 1950. His later works was often bold, but less exciting.
  •   Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1977) With Warhol, leader of American Pop-Art. His style often seems related to comics, but he objected to the comparison.
  •     Andy Warhol (1928–1987) Brilliant and controversial, Warhol was the leader of Pop Art. His silkscreen series of mass-media icons are an influential milestone of contemporary art.
  •   Jasper Johns (born 1930) The last living legend of the early Pop Art, although not seeing himself as a "pop artist". His best known works are the series "Flags" and "Targets".

Other edit

  •   Emanuel Phillips Fox (1865–1915) was an Australian impressionist. After the National Gallery of Victoria Art School in Melbourne, in 1886 he migrated to Paris and attended the Académie Julian and the École des Beaux-Arts. In 1892, he returned to Melbourne and led the second phase of the Heidelberg School, an impressionist art movement which had grown up while he was away. He had another ten or eleven years in Europe in the early 20th century before his final years in Melbourne.