Painters

Though Britain is a relatively small country, it contains an infinite variety of scenery. Around almost every corner is a different scene, and often a completely different type of landscape. The constantly changing face of the countryside has had a great effect on British artists and is reflected in the enormous range of styles and subject matters of our landscape paintings.

Watercolour artist painting the River Stour

John Constable

The Stour Valley area on the Suffolk/Essex border is a magnet for visitors the world over. It was known as 'Constable Country' even during the artist's lifetime.

John Constable
Today's explorers find the city a convenient base whether for bracing hill-walking along the Cotswold Way or a gentle cruise on the restored Kennet and Avon Canal

Thomas Gainsborough

Gainsborough's early landscape, Cornard Wood, typically echoes the Sudbury countryside that he was to make his own.

Thomas Gainsborough
The Highlands have without doubt the most spectacular terrain for wild off-trail walking

Sir Edwin Henry Landseer

In 1824, Landseer went to Scotland for the first time to visit Sir Walter Scott. He fell in love with the Highlands.

Sir Edwin Henry Landseer
Almost unchanged to this day are the vistas from Petworth House which Turner captured so beautifully

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Turner's friendship with the Earl of Egremont, who resided at Petworth House, and his many visits there, produced some of his most idyllic landscapes.

Joseph Mallord William Turner
Legoland in Windsor

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