Sir Edward Burne-Jones. Girl and Goldfish. Sir Edward Burne-Jones.
Girl and Goldfish. 1861. Gouache and gum. Carlisle Art Gallery, UK. Back to Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones's Page.
Autumn Leaves by Sir John Everett Millais Bt PRA (1829-96) Elizabeth Siddal. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Siddal was the living, breathing epitome of the Pre-Raphaelite woman.
With her sensuous full lips, heavy-lidded eyes, and above all her incredible waist-length auburn hair, she could only be described as a "stunner". She was discovered by Walter Deverell in a milliner's shop in 1850. At the time he was searching for a model for Voila in his painting Twelfth Night. Later he told William Holman Hunt, ‘By Jove! The Quest of the Holy Grail. Lady Clare. Clerk Saunders. Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Proserpina (1874) Dante Garbriel Rossetti, Proserpina (1874). 47 x 22 inches, located at the Tate Gallery in London.
Dante Gabriel Rossetti was a founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, which was founded in 1848 by him, John Everett Millias, and William Holman Hunt. Widely considered now to be the first avant-garde movement in art, the Brotherhood was based on the idea that everything from the Italian masters Michelangelo and Raphael had been a slow decline in style and design. The Mannerists, especially, had contributed to Academic ideas about art and had moved away representing moods and emotions into a realm of style with little substance.
They worshiped the more primitive styles of Fra Angelico, and his like. Rossetti - Proserpina. Dante Gabriel Rossetti - Beata Beatrix, 1864-1870.jpg. Ecce_Ancilla_Domini.jpg (JPEG Image, 627×1091 pixels) - Scaled (82%)