Walk Through British Art

Start the journey through 500 years of British art with works from 1540–1650

Explore a time of enormous change in the United Kingdom, from 1650–1730

See British artworks from 1730–1765, including an iconic self-portrait by Hogarth

Discover artworks from 1760–1780, a period dominated by the work of Sir Joshua Reynolds

Experience paintings and sculptures from the war period of 1780–1810

See landscape painting and great neoclassical works from 1810–1840

Recapture the feel of a Victorian exhibition gallery, with artworks from 1840–1890

View artworks created from 1890–1900, the decade Tate was founded

Uncover 1910-1930, one of the most contested periods in art

Reflect on the diversity of art produced in Britain from 1930-1940

See artworks from 1940-1950, which mainly respond to World War II

View significant works from 1950–1960, as artists reacted to the post-war period

Explore 1960-1970, a decade of tremendous change in society and art

60 Years continues the Walk through British Art with work by women artists from 1960s to the present day