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British visual artists

49 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Alan AldridgeIllustrator · IllustrationAlan Aldridge (8 July 1938 – 17 February 2017) was a British artist, graphic designer and illustrator.
Alan LeeIllustrator · IllustrationHe was born in London.
Alasdair GrayIllustrator · IllustrationAlasdair James Gray (28 December 1934 – 29 December 2019) was a Scottish writer and artist.[4] He published novels, short stories, plays, poetry and translations, and wrote on politics and…
Alfred EastArtist · PaintingsSir Alfred Edward East (15 December 1844 – 28 September 1913) was an English painter.
Allen JonesArtist · SculptureAllen Jones (born 1 September 1937) is a British pop artist best known for his paintings, sculptures, and lithography. He was awarded the Prix des Jeunes Artistes at the 1963 Paris Biennale.
Barbara HepworthPhotographer · PhotographyDame Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth (10 January 1903 – 20 May 1975) was an English sculptor. Her work exemplifies Modernism and in particular modern sculpture.
Barry FlanaganEngraver · PrintsBarry Flanagan OBE RA (11 January 1941 - 31 August 2009) was an Irish-Welsh sculptor. He is best known for his bronze statues of hares and other animals.
Christopher AlexanderDesigner · DesignChristopher Wolfgang John Alexander (4 October 1936 – 17 March 2022) was an Austrian-born British-American architect and design theorist.
Cressida CowellIllustrator · IllustrationCressida Cowell (née Hare, born 15 April 1966) is a British author. She is best known for the book series How to Train Your Dragon, which has subsequently become a media franchise as…
Damien HirstEngraver · PrintsDamien Steven Hirst (Brennan; born 7 June 1965) is an English artist and art collector. He was one of the Young British Artists (YBAs) who dominated the art scene in the UK during the 1990s.
David BowieArtist · PaintingsDavid Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter and actor.
David LloydArtist · Comics and comic artDavid Lloyd (disambiguation)David Lloyd
Edward Burne-JonesIllustrator · IllustrationSir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, 1st Baronet (28 August 183317 June 1898), was an English painter and designer associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood's style and subject matter.
Edwin LutyensDesigner · DesignSir Edwin Landseer Lutyens (29 March 1869 – 1 January 1944) was an English architect known for imaginatively adapting traditional architectural styles to the requirements of his era.
Eleanor Fortescue-BrickdaleArtist · Comics and comic artEleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (25 January 1872 – 10 March 1945) was a British artist, a late exponent of Pre-Raphaelitism.
Francis BaconDesigner · Modern designFrancis Bacon (28 October 1909 – 28 April 1992) was an Irish-born British figurative painter known for his raw, unsettling imagery.
Gillian WearingPhotographer · PhotographyGillian Wearing CBE, RA (born 10 December 1963) is an English conceptual artist, one of the Young British Artists, and winner of the 1997 Turner Prize.
Grayson PerryArtist · CeramicsHe was born in Chelmsford.
Hans Holbein the YoungerEngraver · PrintsHans Holbein the Younger (Hans Holbein der Jüngere; c. 1497 – between 7 October and 29 November 1543) was a German painter and printmaker active in Switzerland and England.
Henry FuseliIllustrator · IllustrationHenry Fuseli (Johann Heinrich Füssli; 7 February 1741 – 17 April 1825) was a Swiss painter, draughtsman, and writer on art who spent much of his career in Britain.
Henry HolidayArtist · SculptureHenry Holiday (17 June 183915 April 1927) was an English Victorian painter of historical genre and landscapes, also a stained-glass designer, illustrator, and sculptor.
James WardEngraver · PrintsJames Ward (23 October 1769 – 17 November 1859) was an English painter, particularly of animals, and an engraver.
Jamie ReidDesigner · Modern designJamie Macgregor Reid (16 January 1947 – 8 August 2023) was an English visual artist.
John Byam Liston ShawIllustrator · IllustrationJohn Byam Liston Shaw (13 November 1872 – 26 January 1919), commonly known as Byam Shaw, was a British painter, illustrator, designer and teacher.
Kurt SchwittersArtist · SculptureKurt Hermann Eduard Karl Julius Schwitters (20 June 1887 – 8 January 1948) was a German artist. He was born in Hanover, Germany, but lived in exile from 1937.
Luke PearsonArtist · Comics and comic artLuke Pearson (born 12 October 1987) is a British illustrator, cartoonist, and comic book writer best known for the Hilda series of comics for Nobrow Press, and Hilda, the Netflix series…
M.I.A.Designer · FashionMathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam (born 18 July 1975), known professionally as M.I.A. (an initialism for both "Missing in action" and "Missing in Acton"), is a British rapper, singer,…
May MorrisDesigner · Modern designMary "May" Morris (25 March 1862 – 17 October 1938) was an English artisan, embroidery designer, jeweller, socialist, and editor.
Mona HatoumArtist · SculptureMona Hatoum (born 1952) is a British-Palestinian multimedia and installation artist who lives in London.
Oskar KokoschkaIllustrator · IllustrationOskar Kokoschka (lang; 1 March 188622 February 1980) was an Austrian (though, at times during his life, he had also Czech and British citizenship) artist, poet, playwright and teacher, best…
Peter GreenawayArtist · PaintingsPeter Greenaway (born 5 April 1942) is a British filmmaker and visual artist.
Richard WilliamsIllustrator · IllustrationRichard Edmund Williams (Lane; March 19, 1933 – August 16, 2019) was a Canadian and British animator, voice actor, and painter.
Sam Taylor-JohnsonPhotographer · PhotographySamantha Louise Taylor-Johnson (Taylor-Wood; born 4 March 1967) is an English filmmaker.
Sarah LucasArtist · SculptureSarah Lucas (born 1962) is an English artist. She is part of the generation of Young British Artists who emerged in 1988.
Solomon Joseph SolomonIllustrator · IllustrationSolomon Joseph Solomon (16 September 1860 – 27 July 1927) was a British painter, a founding member of the New English Art Club and member of the Royal Academy.
Steve DillonIllustrator · IllustrationSteve Dillon was a British screenwriter, artist, illustrator and comics creator (1962–2016). He was born in London and died in New York City.
Tony CraggArtist · SculptureSir Anthony Douglas Cragg (born 9 April 1949) is an Anglo-German sculptor, resident in Wuppertal, Germany since 1977.
William NicholsonIllustrator · Illustration

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