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Solomon has his own unique vision & although us work was part of the PRB vision he followed his own path. Self-Portrait (1859), Dante’s First Meeting with Beatrice (1859-63), the Return of the Prodigal Son (1857) & Study for a Hebrew Musician (1860)
Sir John Everett Millais was born #OnThisDay in 1829, shown here from our collection are two works: 'Waiting' and a study for 'Ophelia' #PRB #PreRaphaelite
Resident Evil (2002) features two real-world paintings among the myriad of paintings found throughout the Spencer Mansion.
"Proserpine" (Persephone) by PRB painter, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and "Judith Beheading Holofernes" by Baroque artist, Caravaggio.
From the 1860s Watt was influenced by the PRB. He also pursued a more symbolic approach to his work. Sir Galahad (1860-2), Dame Alice Ellen Terry (c1864) & The Cedar Tree (1868-9)
Ophelia was a popular subject for the PRB & Waterhouse painted the doomed maiden at least three times - each stunning. Ophelia (1910), Sketch of Circe (c1911-14), The Charmer (1911) & A Song of Springtime (1913)
His landscapes are pure PRB & have a mystical romantic quality against which he placed his ideal girl & ideal man. A Hamadryad (1893), A Naiad (1893) & Study for La Belle Dame sans Merci (c1893)
James Collinson died #OTD in 1881
1 of the original 7 PRB members, he was attracted to the devotional & high church aspects of Pre-Raphaelitism
One time fiancé of Christina Rossetti, he resigned from the Brotherhood after the scandal over Millais's Christ in House of His Parents
Dunfermline-born Sir Joseph Noel Paton was born #OTD in 1821. Historical, allegorical & superb fairy painter, he was a close friend of Millais but turned down an invite to join the PRB.
Featured: The Bluidie Tryst 1855, Hesperus 1857 & The Fairy Raid (det) 1867 (Glasgow Museums)
Celebrating the recent birthdays of Rosa Brett & her brother John (7 & 8th Dec) painters of meticulous PRB accuracy.
Rosa, who also painted under pseudonym 'Rosarius', is omitted from the current NPG exhibition, a shame as she is undoubtedly a significant 'Pre-Raphaelite Sister'
Sculptor, illustrator, poet & original member of the PRB Thomas Woolner died #OTD in 1892. Attached Woolner's portrait by DGR, his bust of PRB patron Thomas Coombe (Ashmolean), a frontispiece illustration & Holman Hunt's illustration to Woolner's poem 'My Beautiful Lady' (1850)
The PRS Tweeter was in Birmingham at the weekend, marvelling over the very splendid collection at Birmingham Art Gallery & Museum @BM_AG
Although some PRB paintings are currently on tour, the following were on display & the fourth image is a detail for this week's #TuesdayTeaser
"The mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Marcelo Crivella (PRB), announced on social media that he had censored copies of the comic book "Avengers - The Children's Crusade," exhibited at the Book Biennial."
Romantic German painter Caspar David Friedrich was born #OTD in 1774. Although too early too be a Pre-Raphaelite, his reverence for Nature, evident in his stunning & often haunting woodland & alpine landscapes, & attention to detail, echo that of the PRB #CasparDavidFriedrich
#MDZSOC sister and her younger brother of a different mother (gonna draw more sangcheng soon nhs is pulling string in my heart (and prb jc 🌝
#BOTD #PRB founding member William Holman Hunt (1827-1910). Here is an exquisite self-portrait from 1867 @UffiziGalleries in #Florence
"Morning"—alluring fairy-painting version of Venus at Dawn + PRB detail, John Simmons 1862 https://t.co/sgUuiMITls