State of the Arts: Pre Raphaelite Artist Summary

This curriculum is based on the Pre-Raphaelite portion of the first program. Please prepare yourself by watching the entire program before showing it to your students.

James Collinson- (May 9, 1825 – January 24, 1881) An English Victorian painter who was one of the founding members of the Pre-Raphaelite movement. He was attracted to the devotional and religious aspects of Pre-Raphaelitism. During his period as a Pre- Raphaelite he created multiple religious works including The Holy Family (displayed below). Collinson resigned from the Brotherhood of the Pre-Raphaelites because he believed if was disgracing the Christian religion.

The Holy Family (1878)

John Everett Millais- (June 8, 1829 – August 13, 1869) was an English painter and illustrator as well as one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. As a Pre- Raphaelite he painted with great attention to detail and often focused on the natural beauties of the world. Ophelia shown below shows a dense pictorial surface with natural elements mixed in. Ophelia (1850)

Dante Gabriel Rossetti- (May 12, 1828 – April 9 1882) was an illustrator, painter, and poet as well as one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Rosetti’s paintings were known for his eye for beauty, choice of subjects and purposeful vision. One of his first exhibited Pre-Raphaelite pictures was Ecce Ancilla Domini, which is pictured below.

Ecce Ancilla Domini (1850)

William Holman Hunt- (April 2, 1827 – September 7, 1910) was a British painter and one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Most of his paintings were religious or moralistic and we characterized by extreme detail, bright light, and harsh colors. He became famous for his religious paintings, like The Light of the World (pictured below).

Thomas Woolner- (December 17 1825 – October 7, 1892) was a sculptor and a poet as wall as one of the founding members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Woolner believed in a close observation of nature, which was conveyed in his sculptures like Sir Stamford Raffles pictured below.

Henry Walls- (1830 – 1916) was an English Pre-Raphaelite writer and painter. He created the popular painting entitled The Death of Chatterton (pictured below). This painting displays the Pre-Raphaelite techniques of vibrant colors and the careful build-up of symbolic detail.

The Death of Chatterton (1856)

Evelyn De Morgan- (August 30, 1855 – May 2, 1919) was an English painter. Her early ambition to paint was discouraged by her parents but later she was permitted to become a student at the Slade School and in due course to study in Italy, in Rome and in Florence. Helen of Troy (1898)

Thomas Seddon- (August 28, 1821 – November 23, 1856) was an English landscaper painter. Shown below is one of his Pre-Raphaelite landscape paintings entitled Jerusalem and the Valley of Jehoshaphat from the Hill of Evil Counsel.

(1854)

Charles Allston Collins- (January 25, 1828 – April 9, 1873) was British painter and writer associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Collins was most interested in the Pre- Raphaelitism characteristics of flattened modeling, emphasis in pattern making, and imagery of embroidery. His best know work was Convent Thoughts, pictured below.

Convent Thoughts

John Brett- (December 8, 1831 – 1902) was a Pre-Raphaelite painter mainly known for his highly detailed landscapes such as The Val d’Aosta (pictured below). The Val d’Aosta (1858)

Arthur Hughes- (January 27, 1831 – December 23, 1915) was an English painter and illustrator associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. One of his most famous paintings is April Love (pictured below). This work along with others of his are known for their glowing contours and delicateness of the drawing technique.

April Love (1856) William Michael Rossetti- (September 25, 1829 – February 5, 1919) was an English writer and critic. He was one of the founding members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. He became the movement’s unofficial organizer and bibliographer. He edited the Brotherhood’s literary magazine called The Germ.

Frederic George Stephens- (1828 – March 9, 1907) was an art critic and one of the founding members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood founders. He communicated the aims of the Brotherhood to the public. He also wrote for The Germ, the literary magazine of the Brotherhood, under two pseudonyms.