Curated category
English male painters
- Lucas HorenboutGhent, 1512. Lucas Horenbout stood before the Guild of Saint Luke to claim his master status. He had trained under his father Gerard, a leading figure in…
- John Gilbert (painter)John Gilbert was born on the 21st of July 1817 in Blackheath, Surrey. He began his working life as an apprentice to a firm of estate agents.
- Joseph Wright of DerbyJoseph Wright was born on the 3rd of September 1734 in a house located at 28 Irongate, Derby. His father John Wright served as the town clerk and worked as…
- William HogarthWilliam Hogarth was born on the 10th of November 1697 at Bartholomew Close in London. His father Richard Hogarth taught Latin and wrote textbooks for a…
- Marcus Gheeraerts the YoungerMarcus Gheeraerts the Younger was born in Bruges around 1561 or 1562. His father Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder fled to England with his son to escape…
- James ThornhillJames Thornhill arrived in the world on the 25th of July 1675 or perhaps 1676 within the Dorset town of Melcombe Regis. His father Walter worked as a…
- Peter Blake (artist)Peter Blake was born on the 25th of June 1932 in Dartford, Kent. He began his formal training at the Gravesend Technical College school of art before moving…
- John RuskinJohn Ruskin was born on the 8th of February 1819 at 54 Hunter Street in Brunswick Square, London. His father John James Ruskin worked as a sherry and wine…
- William Powell FrithWilliam Powell Frith was born in Aldfield, near Ripon in the West Riding of Yorkshire on the 9th of January 1819. He had originally intended to be an…
- Herbert James DraperHerbert James Draper entered the world in 1863 within the bustling heart of London. He was born in Covent Garden, the seventh child and only son of a fruit…
- William Blake RichmondWilliam Blake Richmond entered the world on the 29th of November 1842 in Marylebone. His father George Richmond was a portrait painter of some note, and his…
- Nicholas HilliardNicholas Hilliard was born in Exeter in 1547. His father Richard Hilliard served as Sheriff of Exeter and worked as a goldsmith.
- John Charles DollmanJohn Charles Dollman was born in Hove on the 6th of May 1851. He moved to London to study at South Kensington and the Royal Academy Schools.
- Joseph FaringtonJoseph Farington entered the world on the 21st of November 1747 in Leigh, Lancashire. He was the second son born to William Farington and Esther Gilbody.
- Richard Hamilton (artist)Richard William Hamilton arrived in the world on the 24th of February 1922 within the London district of Pimlico. He left school without any formal…