Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Painting #129 - The Pre-Raphaelites

Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood [PRB] (later known as the Pre-Raphaelites) was a group of English painters, poets, and art critics, founded in 1848 by Dante Gabriel Rossetti with William Holman Hunt and John Everett Millais.



John Everett Millais (1829–1896, English)


Ophelia
- John Everett Millais
- oil on canvas (76 × 112 cm) 1851-52
- Tate Britain (London) 
Ophelia is a character in William Shakespeare's drama Hamlet.

Christ in the House of His Parents
- John Everett Millais
- oil on canvas (86 × 140 cm) 1849-50
- Tate Britain (London) 


William Holman Hunt (1827–1910, English)


Our English Coasts (aka 'Strayed Sheep')
- William Holman Hunt
- oil on canvas (76 × 122 cm) 1852
- Tate Britain (London) 

The Awakening Conscience
- William Holman Hunt
- oil on canvas (76 x 56 cm) 1853
- Tate Britain (London) 

Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882, English) 


The Day Dream
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti
- oil on canvas (159 × 93 cm) 1880
- Victoria and Albert Museum (London) 

A Sea–Spell
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti
- oil paint on canvas (112 × 93 cm) 1877
- Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, Massachusetts) 


Edward Burne-Jones (1833–1898, English)


The Golden Stairs
- Edward Burne-Jones
- oil on panel (269 × 117 cm) 1880
- Tate Britain (London) 


Source: Wikipedia

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