3 of the best... minor artists

THOMAS GIRTIN Possibly the greatest-ever watercolourist, Girtin died too young. Turner said, ‘Had Tom Girtin lived, I should have starved.’

NICHOLAS HILLIARD Another great British artist deserving to be better known. This Elizabethan painted exquisite miniatures.

STANHOPE FORBES Moving to Cornwall in 1884, he became a giant of the Newlyn School, capturing ordinary people at work.