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[[Image:Van Dyck Charles I from Three Angles.jpg|thumb|Charles I, King of England, from Three Angles ''by Anthony van Dyck''. ]]

[[Image:Van Dyck Charles I from Three Angles.jpg|thumb|Charles I, King of England, from Three Angles ''by Anthony van Dyck''. ]]

'''English Painting''' has a long and rich history. It is believed that [[English]] painting had been influenced by the [[Celts]]. However some scholars affirm that real English painting started in the 18th century; this is because the most important painters who worked before in England were foreigners ([[Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema]], [[Anthony van Dyck]], etc.), from mainland Europe, and painting was essentially an aristocratic matter (Works from the masters of Italian Renaissance were in the collections of the Earl of Arundel and the Duke of Buckingham).  

'''English Painting''' has a long and rich history. It is believed that [[English]] painting had been influenced by the [[Celts]]. However some scholars affirm that real English painting started in the 18th century; this is because the most important painters who worked before in England were foreigners ( [[Anthony van Dyck]], etc.), from mainland Europe, and painting was essentially an aristocratic matter (Works from the masters of Italian Renaissance were in the collections of the Earl of Arundel and the Duke of Buckingham).  

== William Hogarth ==

== William Hogarth ==