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The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

Britain, 1848 to Late 19th Century
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was created in 1848 by seven artists: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Michael Rossetti, William Holman Hunt, James Collinson, John Everett Millais, Frederic George Stephens, and Thomas Woolner.

The group popularized a theatrically Romantic style, marked by great beauty, an intricate realism, and a fondness for Greek and Arthurian legend.

Other noted artists associated with the Pre-Raphaelites are Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, and Frederic, Lord Leighton.

The movement itself did not last past the 1850's but the style remained popular for decades, and influenced the Arts and Crafts Movement and the Symbolists, among others.

Chronological Listing of Pre-Raphaelites



George Fredrick Watts	1817-1904	English Painter/Sculptor
Ford Madox Brown	1821-1893	English Painter
Sophie Anderson	1823-1903	French
Emily Mary Osborn	1824-?	English Painter
James Collinson	1825-1881	English Painter
William Holman Hunt	1827-1910	English Painter
Charles Allston Collins	1828-1873	British Painter
Dante Gabriel Rossetti	1828-1882	English Painter
Frederic George Stephens	1828-1907
John Everett Millais	1829-1896	English Painter
Frederick Sandys	C.1829-1904	English
Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal	C.1829-1862	English Painter
John Roddam Spencer Stanhope	1829-1908	English
Frederic, Lord Leighton	1830-1896	English Painter/Sculptor
Henry Wallis	1830-1916	English
Arthur Hughes	1832-1915	English Painter
Edward Burne-Jones	1833-1898	British Painter
William Morris	1834-1896	English Writer/Designer
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema	1836-1912	Dutch/English Painter
Elihu Vedder	1836-1923	American Painter
Valentine Cameron Prinsep	1838-1904	Indian/British
Simeon Solomon	1840-1905	English Painter
Albert Joseph Moore	1841-1893	English Painter
Anna Lea Merritt	1844-1930	American Painter
Marie Spartali Stillman	1844-1927	English Painter
Annie Louise Swynnerton	1844-1933	English
Edward Frederick Brewtnall	1846-1902	English
John Melhuish Strudwick	1849-1937	British
John William Waterhouse	1849-1917	English Painter
John Collier	1850-1934	English
Edward Robert Hughes	1851-1917	English
Edmund Blair-Leighton	1853-1922	English
Sir Frank Dicksee	1853-1928	English Painter
Thomas Cooper Gotch	1854-1931	English
Evelyn De Morgan	1855-1919	English Painter
Kate Elizabeth Bunce	1856-1927	English
Arthur Hacker	1858-1919	English Painter
John William Godward	1861-1922	English
Herbert Draper	1863-1920	English
Sidney Meteyard	1868-1947	English
Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale	1871-1945	English
John Byam Shaw	1872-1919	Indian/British
Frank Cowper	1877-1958	English
Louisa Starr Canziani	19th Century
Edith Ellenborough Corbet	19th Century

These are some samples of Pre-Raphaelite art. My favorite. I love the attention to detail. I guess I'm just an old romantic, but I love this stuff. You can find more info by clicking on the new links at the bottom of the page. You can click on the pictures to go to a larger version.

Ophelia

Sir John Everett Millais painted this picture of Ophelia from Shakespeare's "Hamlet" in 1852.

The Bower Meadow

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, brother of Christina Rossetti, the poet, painted this in 1872.

Lady of Shalott

Miranda

These are two of Sir John William Waterhouse's best (IMHO). The Lady of Shallott was completed in 1888. Sir John did not paint Miranda until 1916.

Links

Pre-Raphaelite Paintings to download.

Links - other sites with Pre-Raphaelite Art

WebMagick Presents: The Pre-Raphaelite Collection

Pre-Raphaelite Overview