Leighton was popular, his paintings were eagerly bought. Aesthetics in its purest form, the here and now moment, more typical of the Impressionists. This use of the color orange was innovative.

Here everything came together - the British love of classical salon portraits and realism, Lawrence's desire to meet these tastes, the primness of the English and the strict moralism of the Victorian era, and the artist's paintings, in which he painted nude beauties in the historical setting, quite well within the narrow limits of propriety.

Collier was lucky to have had a very prosperous childhood. Collier did not change his style, and probably did not fail, his paintings still found their admirers.

Waterhouse achieved success and wealth during his lifetime, and his work was highly sought after. Waterhouse's best paintings are ancient myths embodied on canvas, and his heroines were very popular in Victorian England, where women actively fought for equality with men and for the first time were able to vote and go to the polls.

He drew inspiration from the artwork of Italian Mannerist painters. He entered the Paris School of Fine Arts. However, only 6 years after the Paris exhibition, his painting was awarded first place. And in 1899 he became a Knight of the Legion of Honor - the highest state award of France.

And such work better reflected the mindset of ordinary Flemish people. The complex light and shade in his paintings, as well as the construction of plots and composition largely come from the artwork of the Italian master. When Rubens died, it was Jordaens who became the chief painter in Antwerp.