In pictures: Icons of British art

1 of 7 This 1963 picture of artist David Hockney is one of 300 "icons of British art" featured in an exhibition of Jorge Lewinski photographs which opens at the Royal Academy on Tuesday.

2 of 7 Barbara Hepworth, photographed in 1969, was as renowned for her political activism as for her visionary sculpture.

3 of 7 Sculptor Anish Kapoor, photographed here in 1995, is to create a memorial in New York to the British victims of the World Trade Centre attacks.

4 of 7 Sculptor Antony Gormley, pictured in 1985, is famous for his iconic Angel of the North statue in Gateshead.

5 of 7 This 1963 image is of Scottish sculptor Eduardo Paolozzi.

6 of 7 Dublin-based sculptor Barry Flanagan, seen here in 1983, is one of many members of the Royal Academy included in the exhibition.

7 of 7 This 1970 image of painter R B Kitaj is one of 50 portraits in the exhibition, which runs at the Royal Academy in London until 21 September.