British Prints
This article offers great British paintings, by the most famous British artists, each available to buy as British prints online from a trusted and recommended retailer. The article will offer the best British painters from the past 300-400 years and therefore cover many different art movements such as Romanticism, Impressionism and other traditional styles. Similarly to French art, the key periods of British art were throughout the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. American artists, which we cover in another article, was more recent as one would guess from the history of the USA.
Feel free to browse the famous British artists and paintings below, and click on any prints that you would like to find out more about. Each prints is ready to buy at great prices, and all are available as framed prints, stretched canvases, tapestries and more.
You may also read about British artists and American artists in these articles available here, with their best paintings available to buy as prints online.
- List of Famous British Artists
- JMW Turner Prints
- John Constable Prints
- Thomas Gainsborough Prints
- Joshua Reynolds Prints
- George Stubbs Prints
- John William Waterhouse Prints
- Francis Bacon Prints
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti Prints
- James Abbott McNeill Whistler Prints
- Lucian Freud Prints
- Banksy Prints
- David Hockney Prints
- Tracey Emin Prints
- Damien Hirst Prints
- Henry Moore Prints
- Jack Vettriano Prints
You can also find French prints and American prints here as well.
JMW Turner Prints
JMW Turner was perhaps the most famous English romanticist landscape artist. William Turner became known as 'the painter of light'. He is the most famous Romanticist painter. Turner is respected alongside other British artists such as Gainsborough and Constable for developing British art from the medieval and renaissance eras up to the more contemporary styles.
List of JMW Turner Prints
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| The Dort Packet-Boat from Rotterdam |
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| Burning of the Houses of Parliament |
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John Constable Prints
John Constable was an English Romantic painter who helped the rise in landscape oil painting. Constable actually sold more paintings in France than in his native England and took many years before he truly became famous. Constable was also well respected for his watercolours too, with Stonehenge being one of his best. Constable did complete portrait paintings too, but these were predominantly to pay his artist costs rather than ever being chosen for artistic happiness.
List of John Constable Prints
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| View on the Stour near Dedham |
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| The Thames and Waterloo Bridge |
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Thomas Gainsborough Prints
Thomas Gainsborough was one of the most famous portrait and landscape painters of 18th century Britain. He remains popular in the sphere of British art. Gainsborough's most famous paintings include Portrait of Mrs. Graham; Mary and Margaret: The Painter's Daughters; William Hallett and His Wife Elizabeth, nee Stephen, known as The Morning Walk; and Cottage Girl with Dog and Pitcher, display the unique individuality of his subjects.
List of Thomas Gainsborough Prints
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| Gainsborough's Forest ("Cornard Wood"... |
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| Mr. and Mrs. Andrews, 1750 |
| Thomas Gainsborough |
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| Mrs. Richard Brinsley She... |
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Joshua Reynolds Prints
Joshua Reynolds was a famous 18th century English artist. Reynolds was best known for his portrait paintings. Reynolds was also the first President of the Royal Academy, after helping to start it. His paintings were respected by key monarchs and noblemen of the time, including George III. Nowadays his work is respected throughout the art world for it's contribution.
List of Joshua Reynolds Prints
George Stubbs Prints
George Stubbs was a British painter, best known for his paintings of horses. His most famous painting remains Whistlejacket which is currently on show at the National Gallery, London. Another famous work included Mares and Foals in a Landscape, and he is best known for his depictions of horses. In the 1780s he produced a pastoral series called Haymakers and Reapers, and in the early 1790s he enjoyed the patronage of the Prince of Wales, whom he painted on horseback in 1791.
List of George Stubbs Prints
John William Waterhouse Prints
John William Waterhouse was a British pre-raphaelite oil painter who created some extraordinary oil paintings, based on mythical characters, around the end of the 19th century and start of the 20th century. These included The Lady of Shalott, Hylas and the Nymphs and many more.
List of John William Waterhouse Prints
Francis Bacon Prints
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List of Francis Bacon Prints
Dante Gabriel Rossetti Prints
Dante Gabriel Rossetti was an English poet, illustrator, painter and translator. Rossetti's art was characterised by its sensuality and its medieval revivalism. Rossetti was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848. Rossetti's personal life was closely linked to his work, especially his relationships with his models and muses Elizabeth Siddal and Jane Morris.
List of Dante Gabriel Rossetti Prints
James Abbott McNeill Whistler Prints
Whistler was inspired by and incorporated many sources in his art, including the work of Rembrandt, Velázquez, Japanese art, and ancient Greek sculpture to develop his own highly influential and individual style. During his life, he impacted two generations of artists, in Europe and in the United States. Whistler had significant contact and exchanged ideas and ideals with Realist, Impressionist, and Symbolist painters.
List of James Abbott McNeill Whistler Prints
Lucian Freud Prints
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List of Lucian Freud Prints
Banksy Prints
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List of Banksy Prints
David Hockney Prints
David Hockney paintings continue to excite the art world. His career has spanned Pop Art and contemporary art up to the modern day. His paintings offer a bright charm to its viewers. His British art is respected around the world, and his subjects have included Los Angeles and his native Yorkshire. David Hockney is one of the best-known British artists of his generation and Hockney paintings are displayed below for your enjoyment. Famous Hockney paintings include A Bigger Splash, Garrowby Hill, Man Taking Shower in Beverly Hills, A Bigger Grand Canyon, Malibu.
List of David Hockney Prints
Tracey Emin Prints
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List of Tracey Emin Prints
Damien Hirst Prints
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List of Damien Hirst Prints
Henry Moore Prints
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List of Henry Moore Prints
Jack Vettriano Prints
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List of Jack Vettriano Prints
