When talking about arts, the 20th century British era has a lot of contribution. Many 20th century British painters become famous and contributed a lot of works in today’s art history. There are great painters and there are also those controversial painters. Here are some famous 20th century British paintings and painters.

British Painters- Their Stories and Paintings

– Francis Bacon
One famous British painter on the 20th century is Francis Bacon. He is known for his contemporary paintings that express terror, brutality, power and other intense emotions. He painted “self-portrait”, “Head” and a lot more. He was born on Ireland. His early paintings are mostly based on the work and images of other artists. He will just distort it in a way. Due to his chronic asthma, Francis Bacon developed a respiratory disease. He died on April 1992 because of cardiac arrest. It is said the Francis Bacon destroyed his early paintings that is why only few are left.

– Robert Oscar Lenkiewicz
Robert Lenkiewicz is a painter that is known for handling a lot of projects. Some of the projects he handled are “Vagrancy”, Love and Romance”, “Suicide” and a lot more. Under these projects are different kinds of paintings. For example, his famous “Cockney Jim Waiting for Miss Lesley Miller on the Barbican\” is under his “Love and Romance Collection”. He is considered one of the infamous painters of the 20th century because of his artworks that are mostly based on secret communities and different controversial social issues.

– Roy Petley
Roy Petley is a famous contemporary painter of the 20th century, He created the known “In the Open Air” or also called “En Plein Air”. He is also known as a great oil impressionist painter. Roy Petley’s artworks are incorporated with different shadow and light techniques. Also, it is said that his artworks mirror his environment. He hosted a lot of exhibits and he made a lot of painting collections.

– John Egerton Christmas Piper
John Piper is also a famous painter. He is also a great printmaker. He started learning at Epsom College and he continued studying at Richmond School of Art. This is the educational backround of this famous English painter. John Piper is known for creating different abstract paintings. He also created different stained glass in different churches. One of his famous paintings is “Middle Mill, Pembrokeshire.”

These are just some of the famous 20th century British paintings and painters. The 20th century is really an era filled with a lot of artworks. This is why when looking back in the art history, the 20th century is considered one of the golden periods. The art is rich and blossoming these times. Many present artworks are inspired by the paintings and artworks made by the known 20th century painters.

If you want to know more, you could always read different books and articles about the art of the 20th century. You could also visit the Internet to find different interesting things and information about the Art history.

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