British art began developing later than other European countries. From the 17th to 19th centuries, British art was represented by great portrait artists like Sir Anthony Van Dyck, known as the father of the English portrait school, and his famous self-portrait. William Hogarth created notable social commentaries like "Captain Coram" and "The Shrimp Girl". Thomas Gainsborough was an excellent painter of women and landscapes, with masterpieces including "Mrs. Siddons", "The Blue Boy", and "The Portrait of Duchess de Befou". William Turner was Britain's greatest romantic landscape painter, known for works such as "The Fighting Temeraire", "Rain, Steam and Speed", and

1. British Art

2. Our life seems to be impossible without art.

3. Art penetrates into all spheres and sides of our life
and makes it brighter, richer and more intellectual.

4. Painting in England
began to develop later
than in over European
countries.
Painting in GB in the
17th-19th centuries is
represented by a
number of great
artists.

5. Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599 - 1641)
the father of the
English portrait
school

6. His most famous works are:
his self portrait

7. «Portrait of the
Man»

8. «Charles I»

9. William Hogarth (1697 - 1764)

10. Among his best works
are:
«Captain Coram»

11. «The Shrimp Girl»

12. «Mode Marriage»

13. Thomas Gainsborough (1727 - 1788)
• A good
amateur violinist and
a lover of drama, he
was an artistic person
by nature.

14. Richard Sheridan

15. London Academy of
Arts

16. Thomas
Gainsborough is
acknowledge as an
excellent women
painter.
”Mrs. Siddons”

17. “Two Daughters”
are among his best creatures.

18. His portraits are
painted in clear tones in
which blue and gray
predominate.
One of his best pictures
is the famous
“Blue boy”

19. His other
masterpiece is
“The Portrait of
Duchess de Befou”

20. He was one of the first English artists who painted his
native land. The best landscape of his are:
“Watering Place” and “Harvest Wagon”.

21. William Joseph
Turner
(1774 - 1851)
was the greatest
English romantic,
landscape and
marine painter.

22. During his life Turner created some hundreds of
paintings and some thousands of water-colors and
drawings. Some of his famous pictures are:
“The Fighting Temeraire”

23. “Rain, Steam and Speed”

24. “Light and
Color”

25. “Fisherman at Sea”

26. “Calais Pier” is one of his greatest creations.

27. So if portrait painting is one of the glories of
English art, landscape is another: in both
directions it rose to supreme highs.

28. Thank you, for your attention!