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Its Lugnasadh in the Northern Hemisphere and the beginning of the harvest. Let's celebrate with paintings by Charles Allston Collins, Ford Madox Brown and Simeon Solomon!

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2019-08-01

Hero Holding the Beacon for Leander (c. 1885) by Evelyn de Morgan (England, 1855-1919). Hero was a priestess of Aphrodite - and lived in a tower.

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2019-07-27

I've gotten a chance to add some more paint to my freshly-started It is inspired by the works of the painters. I'm going to like its moodiness. If anyone has a great title for this piece, please let me know in the comments. Thanks!

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2019-06-24

A musical interlude:

The Duet
Henry Holiday
born London, 17 June 1839

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2019-06-18

Helen of Troy (1898) by Evelyn de Morgan (UK, 1855-1919). De Morgan Centre. "Helen of Sparta" was said to have been the most beautiful woman in the world, the daughter of Zeus & Leda.

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2019-05-08

Perseus and the Graiae (1892) by Edward Burne-Jones (England, 1833-1898). Three sisters sharing one eye & one tooth. From the version of the Perseus legend that appears in William Morris's "The Doom of King Acrisius".

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2019-05-03

Helen of Troy (1898) by Evelyn de Morgan (England, 1855-1919). De Morgan Centre. style.

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2019-04-07

Perseus and the Graiae (1892) by Edward Burne-Jones (UK, 1833-1898). The Grey Sisters were three siblings who shared one eye and one tooth among them.

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2019-04-02

La Ghirlandata (1873) by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (UK, 1828-1882). Guildhall Art Gallery, London. The model who sat for the painting was Alexa Wilding.

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2019-03-15

"Aurora Triumphans" is a painting by English artist Evelyn De Morgan, featuring the Roman goddess of dawn Aurora, covered with draped ropes of pink roses, that breaks the shackles of Night, who swirls away a black cloak.

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2019-03-06

The woody hollows in which we meet... My solo exhibition at Zakura Gallery, London, is on now. Catch it while you can!

8 Shillingford Street, London N1 2DP, UK

Tuesday- Saturday 1-6pm

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2019-02-23

Saw some very fine drawings at the Exhibition
Lowry and The Pre-Raphaelites

Quite stunning was Dante's Dream at
the Time of the Death of Beatrice (1874)
(chalk drawing of right-hand attendant)
by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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2019-02-20

Randolph Caldecott was an English artist & illustrations. His artwork in children's literature influenced all of the children's books of the 19th century. He was close friends with many of the PreRaphaelites like Rossetti and Millais. The Caldecott Medal is named after him.

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2019-02-20