Tag: Pre Raphaelite

Down to the water to catch a breeze with English painter John Brett. Living from 1831 to 1902, was a British artist associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement. Studied with Richard Redgrave.

Distant Capri. 1897. British. Oil on canvas. John Brett, A.R.A, painter (1831-1902). Signed and dated John Brett 1897 incised lower left. Image © 2024 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2024/european-british-art-l24101/distant-capri
Kynance. 1888. British. Oil on canvas. One of several studies that Brett produced on a visit in the autumn of 1888 as preparation for his ambitious painting The Lion, the Lizard and the Stags. John Brett, A.R.A, painter (1831-1902). Collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/435775
Carthillon Cliffs. 1878. British. Oil on canvas. John Brett, A.R.A, painter (1831-1902). Image credit and collections of Royal Holloway, University of London. Image © Royal Holloway, University of London. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/carthillon-cliffs-12805
H.M.S. ‘Northumberland.’ Undated, by 1902. British. Oil on canvas. John Brett, painter (1831-1902). . Image credit and collections of the King’s Lynn Museums. Image © King’s Lynn Museums. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/hms-northumberland-253

Medieval women seen through a Pre-Raphaelite eye. English. John Melhuish Strudwick, artist. Living from 1849 to 1937, he worked as a studio assistant to Edward Burne-Jones in his youth.

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“Evensong, Saint Cecilia.” 1897. Source: er artmagick.com. In the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1925. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Melhuish_Strudwick02.jpg

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“Oh Swallow, Swallow.” Inspired by lines from Tennyson’s “The Princess” about a swallow flying south with a message from the poet to his beloved. 1894. Source: liverpoolmuseums.org.uk. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 80 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Melhuish_Strudwick17.jpg

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“The Ten Virgins.” ca. 1884. Oil on canvas. Exhibited at the Grosvenor Gallery in London in 1884. Image © 2020 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2015/victorian-pre-raphaelite-british-impressionist-art-l15133/lot.8.html

People with wings on their heads and some with wings on their backs. Pre Raphaelite. Sir William Blake Richmond, English artist (1842-1921). Also taught art at the University of Oxford and created decorative mosaics for Saint Paul’s in London.

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“Icarus.” 1887. In the public domain due to age. via https://fineartamerica.com/featured/icarus-by-richmond-william-blake-richmond.html

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“Hermes,” illustration in the 1886 “Magazine of Art.” Image capture and formatting by George P. Landow. Collections of the University of Toronto Library and the Internet Archive. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via http://www.victorianweb.org/painting/richmondwb/paintings/3.html

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“Saint Joan of Arc.” No date. Pencil and pastel on buff paper. signed with the initials “WBR” on the reverse on the lower right. Image © CHRISTIE’S 2020. Fair use license. via https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/sir-william-blake-richmond-ra-1842-1921-4516729-details.aspx

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“The Hun and the Crucifix.” No date. In the public domain due to age. via https://gallerix.org/storeroom/792413141/N/706/

Far away people who probably never looked like this. History paintings with a touch of the Pre-Raphaelite mixed with a bit of Neo I don’t know what. But fun. Herbert Gustave Schmalz (Herbert Gustave Carmichael), English artist. Living from 1856 to 1935, he was a friend of William Holman Hunt and Frederic Leighton.

"Too Late." ca.1884-86. Oil on canvas.
“Too Late.” ca.1884-86. Oil on canvas. Collection of the Bendigo Art Gallery. Image © 2016 Creative Victoria and CV Content Contributors. Fair use license. via https://cv.vic.gov.au/stories/creative-life/selection-from-bendigo-art-gallery/too-late/

"Faithful until death" (Christianes ad Leones!).
“Faithful until death” (Christianes ad Leones!). No date. Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1888. Signed “Herbert Carmichael” on the lower right. Image © 2019 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2018/fine-old-master-19th-century-european-art-n09814/lot.862.html

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“Saint Monica’s Prayer.” No date. Oil on canvas. Photo credit: Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, MIMA. Image © Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, MIMA. Fair use license. via https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/saint-monicas-prayer-56651

"Dust to Dust." 1881.
“Dust to Dust.” 1881. Oil on canvas. Private collection. In the public domain due to age. via https://artchive.ru/artists/5461~Herbert_Gustave_Schmalz/works/220129~Ashes_to_ashes

Paintings of women and their friends. Pre-Raphaelite fusion and something of which I am not sure. English. Sidney Harold Meteyard, artist. Living from 1868 to 1947, he also designed stained glass. Member of the Birmingham Group.

"Hope Comforting Love in Bondage." 1901
“Hope Comforting Love in Bondage.” 1901. Collection of the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.flickr.com/photos/birminghammag/6869473601

"Tristram and Yseult." No exact date.
“Tristram and Yseult.” No exact date. Watercolor with bodycolor and tempera. Image © 2019 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/victorian-pre-raphaelite-and-british-impressionist-art/sidney-harold-meteyard-tristram-and-yseult

"Lucifer flying over the city," an illustration for Longfellow's "The Golden Legend."
“Lucifer flying over the city,” an illustration for Longfellow’s “The Golden Legend.” ca. 1910. Watercolor. Auctioned by Bonhams in March of 2017. Image © Bonhams. Fair use license. via https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/An-illustration-for-Longfellow-s-The-Gol/CCC825EACB4E4FD5 and http://www.arcadja.com/auctions/en/meteyard_sidney_harold/artist/55566/

Paintings of people getting out and hopefully having fun. By English artist Simeon Solomon. Living from 1840 to 1905 he was associated with the Pre-Raphaelite school.

"The Painter's Pleasance." 1861.
“The Painter’s Pleasance.” 1861. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://leprincelointain.blogspot.com/2018/05/simeon-solomon-1840-1905-painters.html

"Three priests." 1865.
“Three priests.” 1865. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://www.amoeba.com/blog/2012/10/eric-s-blog/happy-birthday-simeon-solomon.html

"In the Coliseum A.D.XC." 1865.
“In the Coliseum A.D.XC.” 1865. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://leprincelointain.blogspot.com/2018/08/simeon-solomon-1840-1905-in-coliseum.html

Pre-Raphelite art with wings waiting to take you out of this work a day world and into theirs where the dreamtime never ends.

"Dantis Amor." 1860.
“Dantis Amor.” 1860. Dante Gabriel Rossetti, artist (1828-1882). © The Tate, London. Cc license 3.0. via https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/rossetti-dantis-amor-n03532.

"The Gift That is Better Than Rubies." 1899.
“The Gift That is Better Than Rubies.” 1899. Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1872-1945). In the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1923. via https://mydailyartdisplay.wordpress.com/2018/04/17/eleanor-fortescue-brickdale/

"The Storm Spirits." ca. 1900.
“The Storm Spirits.” ca. 1900. Evelyn De Morgan, artist (1855-1919). Collection of the De Morgan Center, London. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Storm_Spirits.jpg

"The Heart of the Rose." 1889.
“The Heart of the Rose.” 1889. Edward Burne-Jones, artist. Private Collection. In the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1923. via http://www.spiritualpilgrim.net/11_Western-Art/23_Later-19th-Century-Romanticism/Burne-Jones/Burne-Jones.htm.

The ancient world through a major Victorian haze by second string Pre Raphaelite artist Sir William Blake Richmond. Living from 1842 to 1921 he tricked everything up bright . . . .would have fit right in . . . .the ancients had nothing they wouldn’t gild . . .

"An Audience in Athens during the Representation of Agamemnon by Aeschylus" (detail). 1884.
“An Audience in Athens during the Representation of Agamemnon by Aeschylus” (detail). 1884. Oil on canvas. Collection of the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham. In the public domain in the United States because it was made before 1923. via https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/an-audience-in-athens-during-the-representation-of-agamemnon-by-aeschylus/qAGPG-FrIdsF-A.

"An Audience in Athens during the Representation of Agamemnon by Aeschylus" (detail). 1884.
“An Audience in Athens during the Representation of Agamemnon by Aeschylus” (detail). 1884. Oil on canvas. Collection of the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham. In the public domain in the United States because it was made before 1923. via https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/an-audience-in-athens-during-the-representation-of-agamemnon-by-aeschylus/qAGPG-FrIdsF-A.

"Hera in the House of Hephaistos." 1902.
“Hera in the House of Hephaistos.” 1902. Oil on canvas. Collection of the Indianapolis Museum of Art. In the public domain in the United States because it was painted before 1923. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Blake_Richmond_-_Hera_in_the_House_of_Hephaistos,_1902.jpg.

Other than “Hera in the House of Hephaistos” both of these being details from the same huge painting.