
The artist’s wife Mary modelled for the figure, and the garden belonged to Holland House in Kensington. Artist John Young-Hunter (1874—1955) was born in Glasgow and...

The artist’s wife Mary modelled for the figure, and the garden belonged to Holland House in Kensington. Artist John Young-Hunter (1874—1955) was born in Glasgow and...

The lilacs here represent early love, and the lady’s dress style and star necklace imply innocence. ‘The Lady with the Lilacs’ was first owned by Lewis Carroll, author...

Rome-born English artist John William Waterhouse (1849—1917) painted classical themes in the Academic style before embracing the ethos of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood...

John William Godward (1861—1922) was a master of classical subject paintings which are stylistically similar to the work of Victorian artists Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema...

The woman represents the goddess Nyx, in Greek mythology, female personification of the night. Nyx is often described as a black-robed goddess. Early Symbolist and Art...

Pre-Raphaelite beauty and muse Jane Morris (1839—1914), née Burden, came from a poor working class background and was spotted by Rossetti while watching a theatre...

This is an early, unfinished version of Dante Gabriel Rossetti's ‘The Blessed Damozel‘ (1875-8, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University). The picture was begun in September...

Frederick Sandys' powerful and sensual images of female beauty and his iconic renderings of alluring and mysterious women are uniquely his own. Anthony Frederick...

Born in Naples in 1839 Charles Edward Perugini spent the first 25 years of his life growing up and studying art in Italy. By 1855 Perugini had made the acquaintance of...

Albert Joseph Moore (1841—1893) was a British artist of the Aesthetic movement in late 19th century. With the motto ‘art for art’s sake’ as his oath, Moore’s work seeks...

Georg Janny (1864—1935) was an Austrian painter and theatre designer, who developed an intriguingly atmospheric strain of fantasy painting, depicting rocky coasts...

William Clarke Wontner (1857—1930) was an English portrait painter and a contemporary of John William Godward. Both artists worked in the Neoclassical tradition that was...

The Art Nouveau and Symbolist artist Mikhail Vrubel (1856—1910) turned to pastel and mixed media for his remarkable “The Pearl” from his “Shells” graphic series. Two...

Mikhail Vrubel’s “Six-winged Seraph (Azrael)” from 1904 shows the Judaeo-Islamic Angel of Death, responsible for transporting the souls of the dead. Their right hand...

Marie Spartali Stillman (1844—1927) was one of a small number of professional female artists working in the second half of the 19th century. She was a British painter of...

One of the most prolific and mysterious artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Mikhail Vrubel (1856—1910) worked in various media such as painting, drawing,...

Georg Janny (1864—1935) was born in Vienna on 20 May 1864, three years before it became one of the two capitals of the newly-established Austro-Hungarian Empire. He...

Georg Janny (1864—1935) was an Austrian painter and theatre designer, who developed an intriguingly atmospheric strain of fantasy painting, depicting rocky coasts...

John William Waterhouse (1849—1917) presented this painting to the Royal Academy after his election as an Academician. From the 1880s Waterhouse exhibited at the Royal...

Gaston Bussière (1862—1928) was a French Symbolist painter and illustrator. Bussière studied at l'Académie des Beaux-Arts in Lyon before entering the Ecole Des...

British artist John William Waterhouse (1849—1917) seems to have conceived “The Siren” around the same time that he began a similarly sized painting A Mermaid (Royal...

“Monna Pomona" by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828—1882) represented the Roman goddess of fruits and flowers, Pomona. The model is Ada Vernon, she lived on the Kings Road,...

Thomas Edwin Mostyn (1864—1930) was an English artist who worked during the late Victorian era and the early 20th century. Born in Liverpool, he studied at the...

“The Blue Bird” was painted by the English artist Frank Cadogan Cowper (1877—1958) at 2 Edwardes Square Studios, a southerly outpost of the artists' colony in Holland...

Sir Frank Dicksee (1853—1928) was heavily influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite interest in medievalism as well as their bright colours and love of detail. In the 1880s he...
Beauties by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882), a Victorian British Pre-Raphaelite artist. His muses: Alexa Wilding, Elizabeth Siddall, Frances Cornford, Jane Morris ❤️

The Pre-Raphaelites were fascinated with redheads, with vast quantities of images featuring flowing, curly, red hair dominating work from the era. Dante Gabriel...

“The Mandolin” could be attributed to both James Smetham (1821—1881) and Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828—1882). Between 1863 and 1868 Smetham was in the habit of spending...

This painting is one of the versions of four large works illustrating the fairy tale 'Sleeping Beauty'. The complete series now hangs at Buscot Park in Berkshire....

According to Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur" (1470), King Arthur suffered a fatal wound in a battle against Mordred. He was later taken to the magical island of...
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