Famous Artists of Great Britain

1. Famous Artists of Great Britain

2. Thomas Gainsborough (1727 – 1788)

Self-portrait

3. Countess Mary Hove

Mrs. Thomas Graham
Countess Mary Hove

4. Robert Andrews and His Wife

5. William Hoggart (1697 -1764)

William Hoggart is the most
colourful figure, whose
paintings attract by their
singular originality. Hoggart
wrote series of paintings
which, like acts of drama,
were bound together by a
plot. His famous series are “A
Harlot’s Progress”, “A Rake’s
Progress”, and “Marriage a la
Mode”. Hoggart didn’t want
to follow the old masters: the
truth of life seemed to be of
great importance. He is the
creator of his own method.
His contemporaries called his
style the “modern moral
subject”. Hoggart’s realism
paved new ways for English
art.
Self-portrait

6. A Rake’s Progress Жизнь распутника

7. “Marriage a la Mode”. Модный брак

8. Series “Elections”. In them Hoggart displays the English state system, her statesmen and the evil practices going on during

election campaigns.

9. The Graham Children

10. Joshua Reynolds ( 1723 - 1792)

Joshua Reynolds was a
great English painter.
He was born in
Devonshire in the south
of England. His father
was a a school teacher.
When the boy was 17,
his father sent him to
London where he learn
from a portrait painter.
People liked the portraits
which Reynolds painted.
Self-portrait

11. Self-portrait

Reynolds lived in
Rome for two years.
After that he spent
five month in Parma,
Florence and Venice.
Then he visited other
important cities in
Italy. He went back to
England and became
a famous portrait
painter.
Self-portrait

12. Sisters Worldgrave

13.

Lady Caroline Hard

14. Lady Jane Holiday

Nelly O’Brain
Lady Jane Holiday

15. William Turner (1775 - 1851)

Self-portrait

16. The Shipwreck Кораблекрушение

17. Snow Storm Снежная буря Ганнибал с войском переходит через Альпы

18. Fishermen at Sea

19. Rain, Steam and Speed Дождь, пар и скорость

20. Light and Colour Свет и цвет

21. John Constable (1776 - 1837)

John Constable is one of the greatest painters-realists of
the 19th century. His pictures are as fresh and simple as
the poetry of the Scotsman Robert Burns. As an artist he
developed his style with great independence, studying
nature and the world of old masters. He painted rain and
sunshine; cool evenings and the heat of midday. In his
landscapes he tried to express his attitude to his native
country. Constable’s paintings show us his love for the
countryside and his deep respect for the common people
of his native country.

22.

The most popular painting ” The Hay Wain”.
There is nothing artificial. You see a cottage half covered with old shady trees, a clear
brook and a cart crossing it. In the distance you see the typical countryside near
London. You can feel the damp atmosphere of London.

23. The Cornfield Пашня

24. The Farm in the Valley Ферма в долине