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Jul 9 2011
Victory, O Lord !
Academician / British / Millais / Paintings (Reproductions) / Pre-Raphaelite - 11 months ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “Victory, O Lord!” by John Everett Millais of 1871. It is a depiction of Moses being supported by his brother Aaron and Hur during the battle of Rephidim against the Amalekites as recorded in Exodus 17. Millais was forty-two when he created this masterpiece and was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite School. This work dates from the period in which the artist grew bolder in his use of color and drama and marks a significant transition in his style. He was very influential among British artists and died in 1896. This masterpiece is 141.3 cm wide and 194.7 cm high and is in the Manchester Art Museum in Manchester, England.
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Mar 2 2011
Lady Godiva by John Collier, 1898
Academician / British / Paintings (Reproductions) / Pre-Raphaelite - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “Lady Godiva” of 1898 by John Collier. This English artist of the Pre-Raphaelite School painted this work when he was forty-eight years old. He studied at the Munich Academy and was one of the most prominent portraitists of his age. The Prince of Wales was his major patron and he died in 1934. This painting of a major English mythological tale which depicts the naked wife of Earl Leofric of Mercia riding through Coventry to protest an unfair tax. The legend dates from the Thirteenth Century and was popular in Victorian England as a morality tale.
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Feb 9 2011
Val d’Aosta, John Brett, 1858
British / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “Val d’Aosta” of 1858 by John Brett. This British artist is associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement having been born in 1831 Reigate, south of London. After studying under landscape artists, he entered the Royal Academy schools at the age of 22. In his thirties he journeyed to Switzerland attempting to incorporate scientific principals in his paintings. His reputation mounted and his patron John Ruskin sent him to the Val d’Aosta in northern Italy which produced this masterpiece. Brett became quite financially comfortable and continued to produce scientifically precise paintings until his death in 1902. He was also an astronomer and had been elected a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1871. This masterpiece is in a private collection.
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Jan 10 2011
Hypatia, 1885, Charles William Mitchell
British / Greco-Roman / Paintings (Reproductions) / Pre-Raphaelite - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of Charles William Mitchell’s Hypatia of 1885. Hypatia was the mathmatician, philosopher and astronomer librarian of the Alexandrian Library. Hypatia was a Neoplatonist and followed the teachings of Plotinus. She was killed during Christian rioting at Alexandria in 415, riots which also saw the destruction of the last classical library in Alexandria.
Charles William Mitchell was a Pre-Raphaelite English artist who was contemporary with John William Waterhouse. He produced this painting, his most famous, when he was thirty-one years old. He died in 1903. This painting is in the Laing Art Gallery in the Tyne and Wear Museums, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Dec 13 2010
Bacchus of 1867 by Solomon
Academician / British / Greco-Roman / Italian / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of Simeon Solomon’s “Bacchus” of 1867. Solomon was born in 1840 London and began art academy at the age of 12. He was introduced to the Pre-Raphaelite group and first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1858. He continued to exhibit at the Royal Academy for fourteen years until his arrest for attempted sodomy in London. He was arrested again in Paris. He began again to produce work in 1884 but was constantly plagued by persistent alcoholism. He died on August 14, 1905. This Bacchus was inspired by his Italian travels and is a poignant depiction of the face of the God of Wine and Enthusiasm. The painting is presently at the Birmingham Art Galleries.
Oct 10 2010
Phosphorus and Hesperus by Evelyn De Morgan, 1889
British / Greco-Roman / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) / Pre-Raphaelite - 1 year ago - troycapc
De Morgan was a pioneering woman artist who was born in 1855. Her work is Pre-Raphaelite and she was influenced by her uncle Roddam Stanhope and Edward Poynter. She died in 1919 one of the most renown of women artists in the world.
Hesperus in Greek mythology was the son of Eos and Atlas and was associated with the evening star, Venus. In its morning aspect, the planet we know as Venus was known to the Greeks as Phosphorus, the bringer of light. In some mythological stories, these two male figures were considered to be lovers. The original of this painting is in the De Morgan Foundation in Battersea, London.
Sep 28 2010
Dante and Beatrice by John William Waterhouse, 1915
British / Italian / Paintings (Reproductions) / Pre-Raphaelite - 1 year ago - troycapc
A reproduction of “Dante and Beatrice” of 1915 by John William Waterhouse. This work reflects and captures a moment from the divine comedy when the author encounters his beloved Beatrice. This is an oil sketch from the last year in which the artist could work. In this year he became too ill with cancer to continue.
Waterhouse often re-created scenes from the world of myth as did many of his fellow Pre-Raphaelites. Waterhouse was born to English painters in Rome who returned to England when he was five years old. He entered the Royal Academy of Art school in 1871 when he was aged 21 and within three years he had a successful painting. For the next forty years Waterhouse maintained his success and continued painting until his last illness made production impossible in 1915. He died two years later. This masterpiece is presently in the Art Gallery of South Australia in Adelaide.
Aug 16 2010
Echo and Narcissus by John William Waterhouse, 1903
British / Greco-Roman / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) / Pre-Raphaelite / Waterhouse - 1 year ago - troycapc
A reproduction of "Echo and Narcissus" of 1903 by John William Waterhouse. This work reflects and captures a moment from Greek and Roman Mythology and is another story in which a young man’s rejection of love leads to his destruction. His rejection of the attetnions of the nymph Echo that she faded away until only the whisper of her voice remained. Nemesis heard the prayers of the rejected ladies and arranged for Narcissus to fall in love with his own image .
Waterhouse often re-created scenes from the world of myth as did many of his fellow Pre-Raphaelites. Waterhouse was born to English painters in Rome who returned to England when he was five years old. He entered the Royal Academy of Art school in 1871 when he was aged 21 and within three years he had a successful painting. For the next forty years Waterhouse maintained his success and continued painting until his last illness made productin impossible in 1915. He died two years later. This masterpiece is presently in the Art Gallery of South Australia in Adelaide.
Jul 26 2010
Venus Verticordia by Dante Gabriel Rossetti of ca. 1866
British / Greco-Roman / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
A reproduction of a work by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, “Venus Verticordia”. This Pre-Raphaelite masterpiece of about 1866 is haunting and seductive. The artist composed a poem for the work which is quoted below. It is now displayed in the Rossetti Cotes Art Gallery and Museum in Bournemouth, England.
Jul 12 2010
Narcissus by John William Waterhouse, 1912
British / Greco-Roman / Paintings (Reproductions) / Pre-Raphaelite / Waterhouse - 1 year ago - troycapc
This modern masterpiece was created by John William Waterhouse in 1912. It represents Narcissus who was punished by falling in love with his own reflection. He was trapped by the beauty of his own reflection and died. Yellow narcissus flowers grew there in memory and these are included in the painting.
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