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Timeline: British painting

Years: c. 650 - 1996	Subject: Art & Architecture
Publisher: HistoryWorld	Online Publication Date: 2012
Current online version: 2012	eISBN: 9780191736216

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c. 650	The Book of Durrow, one of the earliest of the great Celtic manuscripts, is written and illuminated in Ireland Go to Durrow, Book of in The Oxford Companion to Irish History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 7th century Celts Arts Painting Religion Christianity British Isles Europe Ireland Society Britain
c. 698	The Lindisfarne Gospels are written and illuminated by Celtic monks on the Scottish island of Lindisfarne Go to Lindisfarne Gospels in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 7th century Celts Arts Painting Religion Christianity Monasticism Scotland British Isles Europe Society Britain
c. 1397	The English king, Richard II, commissions a diptych (the Wilton Diptych) showing himself being presented to the Virgin and Child Go to Wilton diptych in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Britain 1066-1500 14th century Arts Painting British art British Isles Europe Britain
1526	Hans Holbein the Younger pays his first visit to England, and stays with Thomas More in Chelsea Go to Holbein, Hans (1497–1543) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 16th century Britain 1500-1750 Arts Painting British art British Isles Europe Britain
c. 1585	The English artist John White paints the everyday life of the Secotan Indians of America Go to White, John (1585–93) in The Oxford Companion to American Literature (6 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 16th century Arts Painting American painting Politics Conquest and colonization Social and domestic American art American Indians British colonial America European empires from 1415 Europe Society Empires Britain North America United States
1587	Nicholas Hilliard paints the delightful miniature known simply as Young Man among Roses Go to Hilliard, Nicholas (1547–1619) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: 16th century Britain 1500-1750 Arts Painting British art British Isles Europe Britain
1632	Van Dyck moves to London and becomes portrait painter to the British court and aristocracy Go to Van Dyck, Sir Anthony (1599–1641) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 17th century Baroque Britain 1500-1750 Arts Painting British art British Isles Europe Britain
1636	A painted ceiling by Rubens, celebrating the Stuart dynasty, is installed in the Banqueting House in Whitehall Go to Rubens, Peter Paul (1577–1640) [Art] in The Oxford Dictionary of Reference and Allusion (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 17th century Baroque Britain 1500-1750 Arts Painting British art British Isles Europe Britain
1757	English painter Joseph Wright sets up a studio in his home town, Derby Go to Wright, Joseph (3 Sept. 1734) in The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (4 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 18th century Britain 1750-1900 Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 British Isles Europe Britain
c. 1758	Joshua Reynolds is by now the most fashionable portrait painter in London, copies with as many as 150 sitters in a year Go to Reynolds, Sir Joshua (1723–92) in The Oxford Companion to British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: 18th century Britain 1750-1900 Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 British Isles Europe Britain Liverpool-born artist George Stubbs sets up in London as a painter, above all, of people and horses Go to Stubbs, George (1724–1806) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: 18th century Britain 1750-1900 Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 British Isles Europe Britain
c. 1759	Portrait-painter Thomas Gainsborough moves from Suffolk to set up a studio in fashionable Bath Go to Gainsborough, Thomas (1727–88) in The Oxford Companion to British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: 18th century Britain 1750-1900 Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 British Isles Europe Britain
c. 1760	German painter Johann Zoffany moves to England to find work as a painter of conversation pieces and portraits Go to Zoffany, Johann (13 Mar. 1733) in The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (4 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 18th century Britain 1750-1900 Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 British Isles Europe Germany Britain
1763	American artist Benjamin West settles in London, where he becomes famous for his large-scale history scenes Go to West, Benjamin (1738–1820) in The Oxford Companion to Western Art (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 18th century Britain 1750-1900 Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 British Isles Europe Britain
1768	The Royal Academy is established in London, with Joshua Reynolds as its first president Go to Royal Academy of Arts in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 18th century Britain 1750-1900 Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 British Isles Europe Britain
1774	Thomas Gainsborough moves from Bath to set up a studio in London Go to Gainsborough, Thomas (1727–88) in The Oxford Companion to British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: 18th century Britain 1750-1900 Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 British Isles Europe Britain
1775	John Singleton Copley, already established as America's greatest portrait painter, moves to London Go to Copley, John Singleton (1738?–1815) in The Oxford Companion to American Literature (6 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 18th century Britain 1750-1900 Arts Painting American painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 British Isles American art British colonial America Europe Britain North America United States
1790	English painter J.M.W. Turner is only 15 when a painting of his, a watercolour, is first exhibited at the Royal Academy Go to Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775–1851) in The Oxford Companion to Western Art (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 18th century Britain 1750-1900 Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 British Isles Europe Britain
c. 1792	Scottish painter Henry Raeburn depicts the Reverend Robert Walker skating on Duddingston Loch See this event in other timelines: 18th century Britain 1750-1900 Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 Scotland British Isles Europe Britain
1820	French painter Théodore Géricault begins a two-year visit to Britain Go to Géricault, Théodore in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century Britain 1750-1900 Arts Painting French painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles French art Europe France Britain English painter John Constable acquires a house in Hampstead, a region of London that features frequently in his work Go to Constable, John (1776–1837) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century Britain 1750-1900 Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain
1827	English artist Samuel Palmer moves to Shoreham, in Kent, for the most inspired years of his career Go to Palmer, Samuel (1805–81) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century Britain 1750-1900 Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain
1832	20-year-old English artist Edward Lear publishes Family of the Psittacidae, a collection of his paintings of parrots Go to Lear, Edward (1812–88) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century Britain 1750-1900 Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain
c. 1835	English artist Edward Lear begins a series of travels, sketching around the Mediterranean and in the Middle East Go to Lear, Edward (1812–88) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century Britain 1750-1900 Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Africa North Africa Asia West Asia Europe Britain
1838	J.M.W. Turner paints an icon of British art, The Fighting Téméraire Go to Turner, J. M. W. in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century Victorian era Britain 1750-1900 Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain
1846	Edward Lear publishes his Book of Nonsense, consisting of limericks illustrated with his own cartoons Go to Lear, Edward (1812–88) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century Victorian era Britain 1750-1900 Arts Painting Literature English literature Literature in English Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain
1848	English art students Rossetti, Holman Hunt and Millais form the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood Go to Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century Victorian era Britain 1750-1900 Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain
1849	Dante Gabriel Rossetti depicts his sister Christina in The Girlhood of Mary Virgin Go to Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828–82) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century Victorian era Britain 1750-1900 Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain
1850	Queen Victoria knights her favourite painter of animals, Edwin Landseer Go to Landseer, Sir Edwin (1802–73) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century Victorian era Britain 1750-1900 Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain English cartoonist John Tenniel begins a 50-year career drawing for the satirical magazine Punch Go to Tenniel, Sir John (1820–1914) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century Victorian era Britain 1750-1900 Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain
1855	Holman Hunt's The Scapegoat combines realism and symbolism in an extreme example of Pre-Raphaelite characteristics Go to Hunt, Holman (1827–1910) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century Victorian era Britain 1750-1900 Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain John Everett Millais marries Effie Gray, previously the wife of John Ruskin Go to Millais, John Everett (1829–96) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century Victorian era Britain 1750-1900 Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain
1859	US artist James McNeill Whistler settles in London, which he makes his home for the rest of his life Go to Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834–1903) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century Victorian era Britain 1750-1900 Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain
1870	French artist Claude Monet, fleeing from the Franco-Prussian War, arrives in London Go to Monet, Claude (14 Nov. 1840) in The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (4 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century Victorian era Britain 1750-1900 Arts Painting French painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles French art Europe France Britain
1871	Whistler paints his mother and calls the picture Arrangement in Grey and Black Go to Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834–1903) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century Victorian era Britain 1750-1900 Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain Whistler begins to paint his Nocturnes, a revolutionary series of night-time images on the river Thames Go to Whistler, James McNeill (1834–1903) in The Oxford Companion to United States History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century Victorian era Britain 1750-1900 Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain
1885	The American portrait-painter John Singer Sargent makes London his home and begins an immensely successful career Go to Sargent, John Singer (1856–1925) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century Victorian era Britain 1750-1900 Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain
1895	Gwen John persuades a reluctant father to allow her to follow her younger brother to the Slade School of Art in London Go to John, brother and sister in The Oxford Companion to Western Art (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century Victorian era Britain 1750-1900 Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain
c. 1900	The Welsh painter Augustus John becomes Britain's most famous bohemian Go to John, Augustus Edwin (1878–1961) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century Victorian era Britain 1750-1900 1900s 20th century Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 Wales British Isles Europe Britain
1902	Augustus John meets his favourite subject Dorothy McNeill, to whom he gives the Gypsy name Dorelia Go to John, Augustus Edwin (1878–1961) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Edwardian era 1900s 20th century Arts Painting War British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain
1910	The critic Roger Fry presents in London's Grafton Galleries an influential exhibition of Post-Impressionist art Go to Fry, Roger (1866–1934) in A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 1910s 20th century Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain The part-time English painter L.S. Lowry begins a lifetime career in a Manchester property company Go to Lowry, L. S. (1887–1976) in A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 1910s 20th century Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain
1911	Walter Sickert and other painters, sharing his preference for everyday subjects, adopt the name Camden Town Group Go to Camden Town Group in A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 1910s 20th century Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain
1913	Walter Sickert paints Ennui, depicting a difficult or dreary moment in a marriage Go to Sickert, Walter (31 May 1860) in The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (4 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 1910s 20th century Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain
1914	Wyndham Lewis and others launch Vorticism with a new magazine, Blast Go to Vorticism in A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 1910s 20th century Arts Painting Sculpture British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain Stanley Spencer joins the Royal Army Medical Corps, with whom he finds a wealth of subject matter Go to Spencer, Sir Stanley (30 June 1891) in The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (4 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 1910s 20th century Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain
c. 1915	The Irish painter Jack Yeats develops a romantic Expressionist style, with a new interest in Celtic myth Go to Yeats, Jack Butler (29 Aug. 1871) in The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (4 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 1910s 20th century Arts Painting Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Ireland Britain
1919	John Singer Sargent completes Gassed, a powerful image of one of the particular horrors of the recent war Go to Sargent, John Singer (1856–1925) in A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 1910s 20th century Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain
1924	Four Scottish Colourists (Cadell, Fergusson, Hunter, Peploe) exhibit together in Paris Go to Scottish Colourists in The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (4 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 1920s 20th century Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 Scotland British Isles Europe Britain
1927	Stanley Spencer completes his large visionary canvas The Resurrection: Cookham Go to Spencer, Sir Stanley (1891–1959) in The Oxford Companion to Western Art (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 1920s 20th century Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain Stanley Spencer begins his murals in the Memorial Chapel for Henry Sandham at Burghclere, in Hampshire Go to Spencer, Sir Stanley (1891–1959) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 1920s 20th century Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain
c. 1932	The British artist Graham Sutherland, after an early career as a printmaker, takes up painting relatively late in life Go to Sutherland, Graham Vivian (1903–1980) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 1930s 20th century Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain
1934	British painter Francis Bacon has his first solo show in London Go to Bacon, Francis (1909–1992) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 1930s 20th century Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain
1937	William Coldstream and Victor Pasmore open a school of art with a distinctive style, known from its location as the Euston Road School Go to Euston Road School in The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (4 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 1930s 20th century Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain Stanley Spencer gives a stark depiction of himself and his wife in The Leg of Mutton Nude Go to Spencer, Sir Stanley (30 June 1891) in The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (4 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 1930s 20th century Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain
1938	Leading British artists Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson marry Go to Hepworth, Dame (Jocelyn) Barbara (1903–1975) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 1930s 20th century Arts Painting Sculpture British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain
1939	Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson move their studios to St Ives Go to Nicholson, Ben (1894–1982) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 1930s 20th century Arts Painting Sculpture British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain
1945	English painter Francis Bacon creates a sensation with his Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion Go to Bacon, Francis (1909–1992) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 1940s 20th century Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain
1946	Sadler's Wells Ballet moves to the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden (and is known from 1956 as the Royal Ballet) Go to Royal Ballet, The in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 1940s 20th century Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain
1960	British artist Bridget Riley creates patterns that produce unexpected optical effects, in a style that becomes known as op art Go to Riley, Bridget (24 Apr. 1931) in The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (4 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 1960s 20th century Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain
1962	Coventry's new cathedral is inaugurated, enhanced by a wide range of work by leading British artists Go to Coventry in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (2 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: 1960s 20th century Architecture British architecture Painting Sculpture Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain
1967	A Bigger Splash, by English painter David Hockney, casts a new light on sunlit swimming pools Go to Hockney, David (1937– ) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 1960s 20th century Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain
1971	British artist David Hockney paints a striking triple portrait in Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy Go to Hockney, David (9 July 1937) in The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (4 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 1970s 20th century Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain
1996	Chris Ofili's painting The Holy Virgin is embellished with elephant dung Go to Ofili, Chris (1968– ) in A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 1990s 20th century Arts Painting British art Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain

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