WGeorge Barret Sr. was an Irish landscape artist who is best known for his oil paintings, but also sometimes produced watercolours. He left Ireland in 1762 to establish himself as an artist in London and rapidly gained recognition as a leading artist of the period. He exhibited at the Society of Artists of Great Britain and was able to gain patronage from many leading art collectors. Barrett with other leading members left the Society in 1768 to found the Royal Academy, where he continued to exhibit until 1782. Barrett appears to have travelled extensively in England including the Lake District and the Isle of Wight, Wales, and Scotland to undertake commissions for his patrons. Barret suffered from asthma and this caused him to move in 1772 to Westbourne Green, at the time a country village to the west of Paddington. While he earned considerable quantities of money from his paintings, he has been described as being ‘‘feckless’’ with money. He was helped in 1782 by Edmund Burke, with whom he had become friends when Burke attended Trinity College, Dublin. On Burke's recommendation he obtained the appointment of master painter of Chelsea Hospital, a post he held until his death in 1784. At the time of his death his widow and children were left destitute, but the Royal Academy granted her a pension of thirty pounds a year.
WHenry Brocas was an Irish artist known for his landscapes.
WRobert Carver was a Dublin born Irish painter, who worked as a painter of theatre scenery as well as painting framed works.
WFrancis Danby was an Irish painter of the Romantic era. His imaginative, dramatic landscapes were comparable to those of John Martin. Danby initially developed his imaginative style while he was the central figure in a group of artists who have come to be known as the Bristol School. His period of greatest success was in London in the 1820s.
WSolomon Delane, or Delaney was an Irish landscape painter who spent a major part of his career in Italy. Some earlier sources give his place of birth as Edinburgh, which may be related to the political and religious unrest in Ireland during his later years.
WGeorge Mullins was an Irish landscape painter.
WJames Arthur O'Connor was an Irish painter.
WPeter Pearson is an artist, author, historian, and conservationist born in 1955 who was raised around the Dún Laoghaire area.
WThomas Roberts was an Irish landscape artist, who was born about 1749 and died in 1778.