Joseph Mallord William Turner, known in his time as William Turner, was an English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolourist. He is known for his expressive colouring, imaginative landscapes and turbulent, often violent marine paintings. He left behind more than 550 oil paintings, 2,000 watercolours, and 30,000 works on paper. He was championed by the leading English art critic John Ruskin from 1840, and is today regarded as having elevated landscape painting to an eminence rivalling history painting.
John Sell Cotman was an English marine and landscape painter, etcher, illustrator, and a leading member of the Norwich School of painters.
David Cox was an English landscape painter, one of the most important members of the Birmingham School of landscape artists and an early precursor of Impressionism.
Richard Parkes Bonington was an English Romantic landscape painter. He moved to France at the age of 14 and can also be considered as a French artist, and an intermediary bringing aspects of English style to France. Becoming, after his early death, one of the most influential British artists of his time, the facility of his style was inspired by the old masters, yet was entirely modern in its application. His landscapes were mostly of coastal scenes, with a low horizon and large sky, showing a brilliant handling of light and atmosphere. He also painted small historical cabinet paintings in a freely-handled version of the troubadour style.
Alfred Elmore (1815–1881) was a British history and genre painter.
Eugène Louis Lami was a French painter and lithographer. He was a painter of fashionable Paris during the period of the July Monarchy and the Second French Empire and also made history paintings and illustrations for books such as Gil Blas and Manon Lescaut.
William Wyld was an English painter who participated at the Exposition Universelle of 1855. He was a friend of painters Ary Scheffer and Paul Delaroche.
Thomas Hearne was an English landscape painter, engraver and illustrator. Hearne's watercolours were typified by applying a wash of subtle subdued colours over a clear outline in fine brush, pen or pencil. His techniques were studied by younger artists such as Thomas Girtin and J. M. W. Turner.
Charles Bentley, was an English watercolour painter of coastal and river scenery.
George Robertson was an English landscape painter.
Portrait of Benjamin West is an 1810 portrait painting by the British artist Thomas Lawrence depicting the Anglo-American painter Benjamin West. Ten years later Lawrence succeeded West, on his death, as the President of the Royal Academy.
Malvern Hall is an 1821 landscape painting by the British artist John Constable. It depicts a view of Malvern Hall in Warwickshire. Constable, known in particular for his paintings of his native Suffolk, first visited Malvern Hall in 1809 and returned again in 1820. He was invited by Magdelane, the widow of Earl of Dysart. As the house had been rebuilt and restored since his previous visit, he was encouraged by her to paint it again.
Portrait of Thomas Gage is a 1768 portrait painting by the American artist John Singleton Copley depicting the British general Thomas Gage.
Harwich Lighthouse is an 1820 landscape painting by the British painter John Constable. It depicts a scene on the coast of Essex in England featuring Harwich Low Lighthouse. The lighthouse was maintained by Constable's patron General Rebow whose estate at Wivenhoe Park he also painted.
Venice, Ducal Palace with a Religious Procession is an 1828 cityscape painting by the British artist Richard Parkes Bonington. Bonington visited Venice in Spring 1826 and the trip inspired him to produce a number of works up to his death in 1828. It is the largest known painting he produced. It was exhibited at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition of 1828 to critical acclaim. It is now in the collection of Tate Britain in Pimlico, having been acquired in 1947.
Portrait of Antonio Canova is an 1820 portrait painting by the British artist John Jackson depicting the Italian sculptor Antonio Canova.
The Pont des Arts, Paris is an 1826 cityscape painting by the British artist Richard Parkes Bonington. It depicts a scene in Paris during the Restoration era. The Pont des Arts across the River Seine, built during the Napoleonic era, forms the centre of the veduta.
On the Seine near Mantes is an 1825 landscape painting by the British artist Richard Parkes Bonington. Bonington settled in France and painted a number of views of France and Italy. His romantic landscapes enjoyed critical success before his death from consumption at the age of twenty five.
A Distant View of St-Omer is a c.1824 landscape painting by the British artist Richard Parkes Bonington. Bonington moved to France when he was fourteen and became known for his views of the French countryside and coasts. This painting depicts the town of Saint-Omer on River Aa in Picardy from a distance. A rural scene, the skyline of Saint-Omer and its taller, church buildings is dominated by the clouds and the near countryside.
A Fishmarket near Boulogne is an 1824 landscape painting by the British artist Richard Parkes Bonington. Born in England, he moved with his family to France shortly after the end of the Napoleonic Wars. He became celebrated for his views of the French countryside and coasts before his early death from tuberculosis. The painting, one of his earliest oil on canvas works, shows a fish market somewhere on the French coast. Painted while he was staying in Dunkirk, its identification as representing Boulogne only came several decades later.
