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Banksy beats art heavyweights in Britain’s favourite work

The street artist was top of a poll of popular British pieces.

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Banksy's Balloon Girl

Graffiti artist Banksy has beaten the likes of Turner and Constable in a poll of the nation’s favourite artwork.

His famous 2002 daubing on the wall of a Shoreditch shop, Balloon Girl, came top of a list of British art preferred by 2,000 people who were given a shortlist drawn up by arts editors and writers to choose from.

Second place went to John Constable’s 1821 Romantic landscape The Hay Wain while third spot was taken by Jack Vettriano’s 1992 painting The Singing Butler.

Banksy's Bal
Banksy’s Balloon Girl is a hit with art lovers (Lewis Whyld/PA)

The poll was carried out to mark the launch of a new Samsung TV, The Frame, which carries more than 100 pre-loaded artworks for users to choose from, making it into a piece of art when not being used as a television.

The full list of the nation’s favourite works by British artists according to The Frame National Art Audit is as follows:

John Constable's The Hay Wain
John Constable’s The Hay Wain has plenty of admirers (Chris Radburn/PA)
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