London blue plaques

Art & Design

133 of the 1,001 English Heritage blue plaques on this map are classified as Art & Design. The earliest was erected in 1885, the most recent in 2025. They are most concentrated in Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, Camden and Hammersmith and Fulham. Every name below links to that plaque's page, with its inscription, address and location on the map.

• Cecil Beaton 1904–1980 · Photographer · 8 Pelham Place, Kensington
• Francis Bacon 1909–1992 · Artist · 7 Reece Mews, South Kensington · erected 2017
• James Abbott McNeill Whistler 1834–1903 · Painter · 96 Cheyne Walk, Kensington and Chelsea, SW10 · erected 1925
• John William Waterhouse 1849–1917 · Painter · 10 Hall Road, Westminster, NW8 · erected 2002
• Richard Dadd 1817–1886 · Painter · 15 Suffolk Street, Westminster, SW1 · erected 1977
• The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood Brotherhood · 7 Gower Street, Camden, WC1 · erected 1998
• Arthur Hughes 1832–1915 · Pre-Raphaelite painter · Eastside House, 22 Kew Green, Richmond Richmond Upon Thames · erected 1993
• Arthur Rackham 1867–1939 · Illustrator · 16 Chalcot Gardens, Camden, NW3 · erected 1981
• Aubrey Beardsley 1872–1898 · Artist · 114 Cambridge Street, Westminster, SW1 · erected 1948
• Augustus John 1878–1961 · Artist · 28 Mallord Street, Chelsea, SW3
• Barbara Hepworth 1903–1975 · Sculptor · 24 St Ann's Terrace, St John’s Wood · erected 2020
• Ben Nicholson 1894–1982 · Artist · 2B Pilgrims Lane, Camden, NW3 · erected 2002
• Bill Brandt 1904–1983 · Photographer · 4 Airlie Gardens, Campden Hill · erected 2011
• Constance Spry 1886–1960 · Designer in flowers · 64 South Audley Street
• David Bomberg 1890–1957 · Painter · 10 Fordwych Road, West Hampstead, Camden, NW2 · erected 1996
• David Low 1891–1963 · Cartoonist · Melbury Court, Kensington High Street, (next to Commonwealth Institute) Kensington and Chelsea, W8 · erected 1991
• Duncan Grant 1879–1961 · Painter · 46 Gordon Square, Bloomsbury, Camden · erected 2023
• E. H. Shepard 1879–1976 · Painter · 10 Kent Terrace, Regent's Park, Westminster, NW1 · erected 1993
• Edward Ardizzone 1900–1979 · Artist · 130 Elgin Avenue, Westminster, W9 · erected 2007
• Edward Burne-Jones 1833–1898 · Painter · 41 Kensington Square, Kensington, Kensington and Chelsea, W8 · erected 1998
• Ernst Gombrich 1909–2001 · Art historian · 19 Briardale Gardens · erected 2015
• Ford Madox Brown 1821–1893 · Painter · 56 Fortess Road, Kentish Town, Camden, NW5 · erected 1976
• Frederic Leighton 1830–1896 · Painter · 12 Holland Park Road · erected 1958
• George Cruikshank Engraver · Hampstead Road · erected 1885
• George Du Maurier Artist · New Grove House, 28 Hampstead Grove, Camden · erected 1900
• George Du Maurier 1834–1896 · Artist · 91 Great Russell Street, Camden, WC1 · erected 1960
• George Romney 1734–1802 · Painter · 5 Holly Bush Hill, Camden, NW3 · erected 1908
• Giovanni Antonio Canal 1697–1768 · Landscape painter · 41 Beak Street, Westminster, W1 · erected 1925
• Graham Sutherland 1903–1980 · Associate of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers · 8 Dorset Road, Merton Park · erected 2025
• Harry Beck Designer of the London Underground map · Wesley Road, Leyton · erected 2013
• Henri Gaudier-Brzeska 1891–1915 · Sculptor · 25 Winthorpe Road, Putney · erected 2017
• Henry Moore 1898–1986 · Sculptor · 11a Parkhill Road, NW3 · erected 2004
• John Heartfield 1891–1968 · Master of photomontage · 47 Downshire Hill, Hampstead, Camden, NW3 · erected 2004
• Kate Greenaway 1846–1901 · Artist · Greenaway House, 39 Frognal, Hampstead · erected 1949
• Lawrence Alma-Tadema 1836–1912 · Painter · 44 Grove End Road, St John's Wood, Westminster, NW8 · erected 1975
• Lucie Rie 1902–1995 · Potter · 18 Albion Mews, W2 Westminster · erected 2008
• Abram Games 1914–1996 · Graphic artist · 41 The Vale, Golders Green, Barnet · erected 2019
• Alfred Bestall 1892–1986 · Illustrator of Rupert Bear · 58 Cranes Park, Surbiton, KT5 Kingston upon Thames · erected 2006
• Alfred Stevens 1817–1875 · Artist · 9 Eton Villas, Camden, NW3 · erected 1924
• Ambrose Heal 1872–1959 · Furniture designer · The Fives Court, Moss Lane, Pinner · erected 2013
• Anna Maria Garthwaite 1690–1763 · Designer of Spitalfields Silks · 2 Princelet Street · erected 1998
• Benjamin Haydon 1786–1846 · Painter · 116 Lisson Grove, Westminster, NW1 · erected 1959
• Bruce Bairnsfather 1888–1959 · Cartoonist · 1 Sterling Street, off Montpelier Square, Westminster, SW7 · erected 1981
• Carlo Marochetti 1805–1867 · Baron · 34 Onslow Square · erected 2010
• Caslon Foundry 1692–1766 · Type foundry · 21-23 Chiswell Street, Islington, EC1 · erected 1958
• Charles Eamer Kempe 1837–1907 · Stained glass artist · 37 Nottingham Place, Westminster, W1 · erected 1994
• Charles Eastlake 1793–1865 · Painter · 7 Fitzroy Square, Camden, W1 · erected 1985
• Charles Ricketts 1866–1931 · Artist · Lansdowne House, 80 Lansdowne Road, Kensington and Chelsea, W11 · erected 1979
• Charles Sargeant Jagger 1885–1934 · Sculptor · 67 Albert Bridge Road · erected 2000
• Christina Broom 1862–1939 · 92 Munster Road, Fulham · erected 2024
• Christopher Whall 1849–1924 · Stained glass artist · 19 Ravenscourt Road, Hammersmith and Fulham, W6 · erected 1983
• David Cox 1783–1859 · Landscape painter · 34 Foxley Road, Stockwell, SW9
• Edward Johnston 1872–1944 · Master calligrapher · 3 Hammersmith Terrace, Hammersmith · erected 1977
• Edward McKnight Kauffer 1890–1954 · Designer · Swan Court, Chelsea Manor Street, Chelsea SW3
• Emery Walker 1851–1933 · Typographer · 7 Hammersmith Terrace, Hammersmith and Fulham, W6 · erected 1959
• Enid Marx 1902–1998 · Painter · 39 Thornhill Road, Barnsbury · erected 2022
• Eric Ravilious 1903–1942 · Artist · 48 Upper Mall, Hammersmith, Hammersmith and Fulham, W6 · erected 1991
• Frank Brangwyn 1867–1956 · Artist · Temple Lodge, 51 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith and Fulham, W6 · erected 1989
• Frank Dobson 1886–1963 · Sculptor · 14 Harley Gardens, Kensington and Chelsea, SW10 · erected 1993
• Frank Pick 1878–1941 · Pioneer of good design for London Transport · 15 Wildwood Road, Barnet, NW11 · erected 1981
• Frank Short 1857–1945 · Engraver · 56 Brook Green, Hammersmith and Fulham, W6 · erected 1951
• George Frampton 1860–1928 · Sculptor · 32 Queen's Grove, St John's Wood, Westminster, NW8 · erected 1977
• George Richmond 1809–1896 · Painter · 20 York Street · erected 1961
• Gerald Kelly 1879–1972 · Portrait painter · 117 Gloucester Place, Westminster, W1 · erected 1993
• Gilbert Bayes 1872–1953 · Sculptor · 4 Greville Place · erected 2007
• H. M. Bateman 1887–1970 · Cartoonist · 40 Nightingale Lane, Clapham South, SW12 Wandsworth · erected 1997
• Hablot Knight Browne 1815–1882 · Illustrator of Dickens's novels · 239 Ladbroke Grove, W10 Kensington & Chelsea · erected 2001
• Hamo Thornycroft 1850–1925 · Sculptor · 2b Melbury Road, Kensington and Chelsea, W14 · erected 1957
• Henry Fuseli 1741–1825 · Artist · 37 Foley Street, Westminster, W1 · erected 1961
• Jean Muir 1928–1995 · Fashion designer · 22 Bruton Street, Mayfair · erected 2021
• Johann Zoffany 1733–1810 · Painter · 65 Strand-on-the-Green, Chiswick · erected 1973
• John Constable 1776–1837 · Painter · 40 Well Walk, NW3 1BX · erected 1923
• John Everett Millais 1829–1896 · Artist · 2 Palace Gate
• John Francis Sartorius 1807–1812 · Sporting painter · 155 Old Church Street, Kensington and Chelsea, SW3 · erected 1963
• John Lavery 1856–1941 · Painter · 5 Cromwell Place, Kensington and Chelsea, SW7 · erected 1966
• John Linnell 1792–1882 · Painter · 38 Porchester Terrace, Bayswater
• John Linnell 1792–1882 · Painter · 'Old Wyldes', North End, Hampstead, Barnet, NW3 · erected 1975
• John Thomson 1837–1921 · Photographer · 15 Effra Road, Brixton · erected 2024
• John Tweed 1863–1933 · Sculptor · 108 Cheyne Walk, Kensington and Chelsea, SW10 · erected 1985
• Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851 · Painter · 40 Sandycoombe Road, Twickenham · erected 1977
• Joseph Nollekens 1737–1823 · Sculptor · 44 Mortimer Street, Westminster, W1 · erected 1954
• Joshua Reynolds 1723–1792 · Portrait painter · Fanum House (site of 47), Leicester Square, Westminster, WC2 · erected 1947
• Kenneth Clark 1903–1983 · Art historian · 30 Portland Place, Marylebone · erected 2021
• Kurt Schwitters 1887–1948 · Artist · 39 Westmoreland Road, Barnes, Richmond Upon Thames, SW13 · erected 1984
• Laura Knight 1877–1970 · Painter · 16 Langford Place, St John's Wood, Westminster, NW8 · erected 1983
• Lee Miller 1907–1977 · Photographer · 23 Downshire Hill
• Lucien Pissarro 1863–1944 · Painter · 27 Stamford Brook Road, Chiswick, W6 Hounslow · erected 1976
• Luke Fildes 1844–1927 · Artist · 31 Melbury Road, Kensington and Chelsea, W14 · erected 1959
• Marcus Stone 1840–1921 · Artist · 8 Melbury Road · erected 1994
• Marie Spartali Stillman 1844–1927 · The Shrubbery, 2 Lavender Gardens, Battersea · erected 2023
• Marie Tussaud 1761–1850 · Wax artist · 24 Wellington Road, St John's Wood, Westminster, NW8 · erected 2001
• Mark Gertler 1891–1939 · Painter · 32 Elder Street, Tower Hamlets, E1 · erected 1975
• Max Beerbohm 1872–1956 · Artist · 57 Palace Gardens Terrace, Kensington and Chelsea, W8 · erected 1969
• Norman Hartnell 1901–1979 · Court Dressmaker · 26 Bruton Street, Westminster, W1 · erected 2005
• Osbert Lancaster 1908–1986 · Cartoonist · 79 Elgin Crescent, Notting Hill · erected 2015
• Oskar Kokoschka 1886–1980 · Painter · Eyre Court, Finchley Road, Westminster, NW8 · erected 1986
• Paul Nash 1889–1946 · Artist · Queen Alexandra Mansions, Bidborough Street, King's Cross, Camden, WC1 · erected 1991
• Percy Wyndham Lewis 1882–1957 · Painter · 61 Palace Gardens Terrace, Kensington and Chelsea, W8 · erected 1983
• Phil May 1864–1903 · Artist · 20 Holland Park Road, W14
• Philip Wilson Steer 1860–1942 · Painter · 109 Cheyne Walk, Kensington and Chelsea, SW10 · erected 1967
• Piet Mondrian 1872–1944 · Painter · 60 Parkhill Road, Hampstead, NW3
• Randolph Caldecott 1846–1886 · Artist · 46 Great Russell Street, Camden, WC2 · erected 1977
• Richard Westmacott 1775–1856 · Sculptor · 14 South Audley Street, Westminster, W1 · erected 1955
• Robert Bevan 1865–1925 · Camden Town Group painter · 14 Adamson Road, Camden, NW3 · erected 1999
• Roger Fenton 1819–1869 · Photographer · 2 Albert Terrace, Primrose Hill, Camden, NW1 · erected 1991
• Roger Fry 1866–1934 · Artist · 33 Fitzroy Square · erected 2010
• Samuel Palmer 1805–1881 · Artist · 6 Douro Place, Kensington and Chelsea, W8 · erected 1972
• Silver Studio 1853–1896 · Design studio · 84 Brook Green Road, Hammersmith and Fulham, W6 · erected 1981
• Spencer Frederick Gore 1878–1914 · Painter · 31 Mornington Crescent, Camden
• Thomas Chippendale 1753–1813 · Cabinet maker · 61 St Martin's Lane, Westminster, WC2 · erected 1952
• Thomas Daniell 1749–1840 · Topographical artist · 14 Earls Terrace, Kensington, Kensington and Chelsea, W8 · erected 1999
• Thomas Gainsborough 1727–1788 · Artist · 80 - 82 Pall Mall · erected 1951
• Thomas Hosmer Shepherd 1793–1864 · Artist · 26 Batchelor Street · erected 1976
• Thomas Rowlandson 1757–1827 · Artist · 16 John Adam Street, Adelphi, Westminster, WC2 · erected 1950
• Thomas Sheraton 1751–1806 · Furniture designer · 163 Wardour Street, Westminster, W1 · erected 1954
• Thomas Stothard 1755–1834 · Painter · 28 Newman Street, Westminster, W1 · erected 1911
• Victor Weisz 1913–1966 · Cartoonist · Welbeck Mansions, 35 Welbeck Street, Westminster, W1 · erected 1996
• Vincent Van Gogh 1853–1890 · Painter · 87 Hackford Road, Lambeth, SW9 · erected 1973
• W. Heath Robinson 1872–1944 · Illustrator · 75 Moss Lane, Pinner, Harrow · erected 1976
• Walter Crane 1845–1915 · Artist · 13 Holland Street
• Walter Greaves 1846–1930 · Artist · 104 Cheyne Walk · erected 1973
• Walter Gropius 1883–1969 · Lawn Road Flats, Hampstead · erected 2018
• Walter Pater 1839–1894 · Aesthete · 12 Earls Terrace · erected 2004
• Walter Sickert 1860–1942 · Painter · 6 Mornington Crescent, Camden, NW1 · erected 1977
• William Daniell 1769–1837 · Artist · 135 St Pancras Way, Camden, NW1 · erected 2000
• William Holman-Hunt 1827–1910 · Painter · 18 Melbury Road, Kensington and Chelsea, W14 · erected 1923
• William Newzam Prior Nicholson 1872–1949 · Painter · 1 Pilgrim's Lane, Hampstead · erected 2010
• William Orpen 1878–1931 · Painter · 8 South Bolton Gardens, Kensington and Chelsea, SW5 · erected 1978
• William Powell Frith 1819–1909 · Painter · 114 Clifton Hill · erected 1973
• William Reid Dick 1878–1961 · Sculptor · Clifton Hill Studios, 95a Clifton Hill, Westminster, NW8 · erected 2001
• William Roberts 1895–1980 · Artist · 14 St Mark’s Crescent, Primrose Hill, Camden, NW1 · erected 2003
• William Rothenstein 1872–1945 · Painter · 1 Pembroke Cottages, Edwardes Square, Kensington, Kensington and Chelsea, W8 · erected 2000
• William Strang 1859–1921 · Painter · 20 Hamilton Terrace, Westminster, NW8 · erected 1962