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'Love Among the Ruins' - Edward Burne-Jones, circa 1873 (watercolour).

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2021-04-17

Pre-raphaelite artist John William Waterhouse was born in 1849. He is best remembered for his paintings of women from Greek mythology & Arthurian legend.

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2021-04-06

Saint Eulalia

Video about St. Eulalia: https://t.co/9bru0CrRnN

Lovely Pre-Raphaelite image of the martyrdom of the patroness of Barcelona, St. Eulalia: https://t.co/du8CnwMEAL

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2021-04-06

in 1849, John William Waterhouse painted in the style of the Pre-Raphaelites and his beautiful subject matter was often based on Greek mythology, Arthurian legends and authors such as Shakespeare, Tennyson and Keats.

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2021-04-06

"A thing of beauty is a joy forever" (Keats)

latecomer J.W. Waterhouse was baptised 1849 in Rome

Naiad (1893)
Echo & Narcissus (1903)
The Sorceress (1911)
A Tale from the Decameron (1916)

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2021-04-06

The painting for years has been attributed to the famous Pre-Raphaelite Edward Burne-Jones... in fact, Evelyn De Morgan (née Pickering) was the author of this work. 📘Learn more: https://t.co/MFQhx74ePA

Aurora Triumphans,Evelyn de Morgan 1877-78or 1886

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2021-04-03

"Orpheus and Eurydice" have just been framed and will be off to their new home soon. Even though the original painting has been sold, I still have limited edition canvases and prints available!

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2021-04-02

This is Dante Gabriel Rossetti's amazing c.1868 painting, Lady Lilith!!

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2021-04-02

Valentine Cameron Prinsep
1838 - 1904
Indian-born British Pre-Raphaelite painter
'Study of a Girl Reading'
Oil on panel, cm 88.3 x 46.9

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2021-03-31

Iiiiiiit's fat Topsy's birthday! Hurrah to his tumbling curls, sizeable cuddliness, general grumpiness, and relentlessness.

Let's all cartwheel.

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2021-03-24

A Golden Thread (exhib. 1885) by John Melhuish Strudwick (GB, 1849-1937). Bottom level: The three Fates are spinning the thread of life. Pre-Raphaelite style, Strudwick was a pupil of Edward Burne-Jones.

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2021-03-20

The Crystal Ball (1902) by John William Waterhouse (England, 1849-1917). Two versions of the same painting - can you spot the difference? An early owner asked for the change.

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2021-03-19

Death of Beatrice

Lovely image from the Pre-Raphaelites of the Dream of Dante at the Death of Beatrice: , https://t.co/L9nlp6kNhb

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2021-03-17

Happy Mother's Day - The Childhood of our Lord by Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, in Pre-Raphaelites: Drawings and Watercolours exhibition, opening as soon as the government allows

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2021-03-14

has opened in , and we're delighted that Birmingham's Pre-Raphaelite exhibition is being seen by the public again! It will be wonderful to have museums reopen in the UK too, and we will be very happy when reopens in 2022
https://t.co/Kq6Uj6KdWb

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2021-03-09

Also tonight - IN HER OWN WORDS by about artist Elizabeth Siddal. A poet & a painter who's so often talked about in relation to Dante Rossetti or the Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood...but who is she, on her own terms? >> https://t.co/luxzhxjzfG
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2021-03-09

Miranda (1916) by John William Waterhouse (GB, 1849-1917). From 'The Tempest'.

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2021-03-08