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From iconic Pre-Raphaelite paintings to Cornelia Parker's exploded shed, discover the country's favourite British works of art. In the mid 2010s, Art Fund asked the public to vote for their favourite British masterpieces.
Many different artists contributed to the Romantic era, including as William Blake, J. M. W. Turner, John Constable, and Samuel Palmer. The Victorian era saw an unprecedented explosion in the number and variety of artistic production.
The oldest surviving British art includes Stonehenge from around 2600 BC, and tin and gold works of art produced by the Beaker people from around 2150 BC.
View all British paintings. The history of British painting is intimately linked with the broader traditions of European painting. Kings and queens commissioned portraits from German, Dutch, and Flemish artists.
English art is the body of visual arts made in England. England has Europe's earliest and northernmost ice-age cave art. [1] Prehistoric art in England largely corresponds with art made elsewhere in contemporary Britain, but early medieval Anglo-Saxon art saw the development of a distinctly English style, [2] and English art continued ...
Search the collection. Search or browse our collection of more than 2,600 paintings and other works of art. The "To" year should be greater than or equal to the "From" year. The "From" and "To" years should be between 1823 and 2024.
This is a partial list of artists active in Britain, arranged chronologically (artists born in the same year should be arranged alphabetically within that year).
