1. 19 May


    Francesca and Her Lute (c.1900). Edward Charles Hallé  (English, 1846-1914). Oil on canvas. Hallé’s  first professors were Richard Doyle and the Baron Marochetti when he entered the School of the Royal Academy of London. At seventeen years of age he traveled to France and worked with Victor Mottez, a student of Ingres.

    Francesca and Her Lute (c.1900). Edward Charles Hallé  (English, 1846-1914). Oil on canvas.

    Hallé’s  first professors were Richard Doyle and the Baron Marochetti when he entered the School of the Royal Academy of London. At seventeen years of age he traveled to France and worked with Victor Mottez, a student of Ingres.

     

  2. 17 May


    Girl Writing (1931). Harold Knight (English, 1874-1961). Oil on canvas. Grundy Art Gallery. Knight studied at Nottingham School of Art under Wilson Foster. At the School of Art he met fellow artist Laura Johnson, whom he married in 1903. As Laura Knight, she became well known for her paintings of scenes from the ballet and circus.

    Girl Writing (1931). Harold Knight (English, 1874-1961). Oil on canvas. Grundy Art Gallery.

    Knight studied at Nottingham School of Art under Wilson Foster. At the School of Art he met fellow artist Laura Johnson, whom he married in 1903. As Laura Knight, she became well known for her paintings of scenes from the ballet and circus.

     

  3. 17 May


    Penning A Letter. George Goodwin Kilburne (English. 1839-1924). Oil on canvas. Kilburne was a London genre painter, watercolourist and engraver. His work is mostly genre set in 17th Century costume, or charming scenes of Victorian life. Many of his pictures became popular through prints.

    Penning A Letter. George Goodwin Kilburne (English. 1839-1924). Oil on canvas.

    Kilburne was a London genre painter, watercolourist and engraver. His work is mostly genre set in 17th Century costume, or charming scenes of Victorian life. Many of his pictures became popular through prints.

     

  4. 11 May


    Girl with Laurel Headband. George Lawrence Bulleid (English,1858-1933). Watercolour on paper. In 1889, Bulleid established a studio near Bath. Toward the end of the 19th century, his work began to show the clear influence of the Pre-Raphaelites, their compositional style and use of strong, direct colour lending itself well to his favoured neo-classicical themes.

    Girl with Laurel Headband. George Lawrence Bulleid (English,1858-1933). Watercolour on paper.

    In 1889, Bulleid established a studio near Bath. Toward the end of the 19th century, his work began to show the clear influence of the Pre-Raphaelites, their compositional style and use of strong, direct colour lending itself well to his favoured neo-classicical themes.

     

  5. 9 May


    Wonderland. Kirsty Mitchell (English, 1976-). Featured on the cover and inside Lithuanian magazine ‘Psichologlia Tau’ Jan 2013. “…My earliest memories were always of the stories read to me by my mother…She instilled in me the most precious gift a mother could, her imagination and a belief in beauty…It became my root, and the place I constantly try to return to in my work, and my dreams…”

    Wonderland. Kirsty Mitchell (English, 1976-). Featured on the cover and inside Lithuanian magazine ‘Psichologlia Tau’ Jan 2013.

    “…My earliest memories were always of the stories read to me by my mother…She instilled in me the most precious gift a mother could, her imagination and a belief in beauty…It became my root, and the place I constantly try to return to in my work, and my dreams…”

     

  6. 7 May


    Sigismonda and the Heart of Guiscardo. Moses Haughton (English, 1772-1848). Oil on canvas. From Giovanni Boccaccio’s medieval novel, the Decameron. The heroine Sigismunda reads the letter sent with a golden goblet from her father, Prince Tancred. Inside is the heart of her dead husband, Giuscardo – one of Tancred’s servants. He has murdered him, enraged by their unsuitable secret marriage.

    Sigismonda and the Heart of Guiscardo. Moses Haughton (English, 1772-1848). Oil on canvas.

    From Giovanni Boccaccio’s medieval novel, the Decameron. The heroine Sigismunda reads the letter sent with a golden goblet from her father, Prince Tancred. Inside is the heart of her dead husband, Giuscardo – one of Tancred’s servants. He has murdered him, enraged by their unsuitable secret marriage.

     

  7. 3 May


    An Interesting Story. William Stephen Coleman (English, 1829-1904). Watercolour heightened with white bodycolour. Coleman was a keen naturalist painting for the Illustrated News and the London Almanac. Until 1881 he was on the committee of the Dudley Gallery and he also designed tiles for Minton.

    An Interesting Story. William Stephen Coleman (English, 1829-1904). Watercolour heightened with white bodycolour.

    Coleman was a keen naturalist painting for the Illustrated News and the London Almanac. Until 1881 he was on the committee of the Dudley Gallery and he also designed tiles for Minton.

     

  8. 2 May


    The Violinist (1891). Sir Edward John Poynter (English, Neo-Classicism, 1836-1919). Oil on panel. Poynter was second only to Frederic Leighton as an exponent of Victorian neo-classicism. His training as an artist took place partly in Europe; he coincided with Leighton in Rome in 1853 and spent the years 1856-59 as a student at Gleyre’s atelier in Paris.

    The Violinist (1891). Sir Edward John Poynter (English, Neo-Classicism, 1836-1919). Oil on panel.

    Poynter was second only to Frederic Leighton as an exponent of Victorian neo-classicism. His training as an artist took place partly in Europe; he coincided with Leighton in Rome in 1853 and spent the years 1856-59 as a student at Gleyre’s atelier in Paris.

     

  9. 30 Apr


    Veronica Veronese (1872). Dante Gabriel Rossetti (English, 1828–1882). Oil on canvas. Delaware Art Museum. The highly decorative character of the picture emphasizes its aesthetic argument, which is more or less explicitly rendered in the title DGR chose for the work. It means literally “a true Veronesian image.”  It is not primarily the portrait of a certain woman, it is DGR’s visionary representation of the soul of Veronesian art, as he understood it.

    Veronica Veronese (1872). Dante Gabriel Rossetti (English, 1828–1882). Oil on canvas. Delaware Art Museum.

    The highly decorative character of the picture emphasizes its aesthetic argument, which is more or less explicitly rendered in the title DGR chose for the work. It means literally “a true Veronesian image.”  It is not primarily the portrait of a certain woman, it is DGR’s visionary representation of the soul of Veronesian art, as he understood it.

     

  10. 27 Apr


    Yuletide. George Goodwin Kilburne (English, 1839-1924). Pencil and watercolour, heightened with touches of bodycolour, and with scratching out. Towards the end of the 19th century, Kilburne designed and executed a great number of greetings and Christmas cards for the firm of Raphael Tuck & Sons and De La Rue, the minute labour and work for which brought on a serious attack of gout in the eyes.

    Yuletide. George Goodwin Kilburne (English, 1839-1924). Pencil and watercolour, heightened with touches of bodycolour, and with scratching out.

    Towards the end of the 19th century, Kilburne designed and executed a great number of greetings and Christmas cards for the firm of Raphael Tuck & Sons and De La Rue, the minute labour and work for which brought on a serious attack of gout in the eyes.

     

  11. 17 Apr


    The Pearl. Anthony Frederick Sandys (English, Pre-Raphaelite, 1829-1904). Oil on canvas. Sandys became friends with a very flamboyant and bohemian set of people, mainly artists and writers. Centred around Rossetti’s exotic house, Sandys, Burne-Jones, Whistler, Swinburne and others painted, wrote and partied. It was around this time that Sandys added the ‘y’ to his surname in order to add to his glamorous and bohemian reputation.

    The Pearl. Anthony Frederick Sandys (English, Pre-Raphaelite, 1829-1904). Oil on canvas.

    Sandys became friends with a very flamboyant and bohemian set of people, mainly artists and writers. Centred around Rossetti’s exotic house, Sandys, Burne-Jones, Whistler, Swinburne and others painted, wrote and partied. It was around this time that Sandys added the ‘y’ to his surname in order to add to his glamorous and bohemian reputation.

     

  12. 14 Apr


    Miranda (1878). Sir Frank Dicksee (English, 1853-1928). Oil on canvas. Miranda is the daughter of Prospero, in William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. She is openly compassionate and unaware of the evils of the world that surrounds her. “O, wonder!How many goodly creatures are there here!How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world,That has such people in’t!”Miranda, The Tempest (5.1.202-204)

    Miranda (1878). Sir Frank Dicksee (English, 1853-1928). Oil on canvas.

    Miranda is the daughter of Prospero, in William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. She is openly compassionate and unaware of the evils of the world that surrounds her.

    “O, wonder!
    How many goodly creatures are there here!
    How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world,
    That has such people in’t!”
    Miranda, The Tempest (5.1.202-204)

     

  13. 13 Apr


    Ave Maria (1858). Philip Hermogenes Calderon (English, 1833–1898). Oil on canvas. Calderon became a leading member of the St John’s Wood Clique, a group of artists interested in modern genre and historical subjects who were inspired, both artistically and socially by the Pre-Raphaelites. Historical, biblical, and literary themes were common in Calderon’s later work.

    Ave Maria (1858). Philip Hermogenes Calderon (English, 1833–1898). Oil on canvas.

    Calderon became a leading member of the St John’s Wood Clique, a group of artists interested in modern genre and historical subjects who were inspired, both artistically and socially by the Pre-Raphaelites. Historical, biblical, and literary themes were common in Calderon’s later work.

     

  14. 13 Apr


    Mother and Daughter. George Goodwin Kilburne (English, 1839-1924). Kilburne was a genre painter specialising in accurately drawn interiors with figures. He favoured the watercolour medium, although he also worked in oils, pencil and - in his early career - engraving.

    Mother and Daughter. George Goodwin Kilburne (English, 1839-1924). Kilburne was a genre painter specialising in accurately drawn interiors with figures. He favoured the watercolour medium, although he also worked in oils, pencil and - in his early career - engraving.

     

  15. 10 Apr


    Vivien Leigh reading, 1930s. Leigh (English, 1913-1967) enrolled at London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1932. After her film debut in Things Are Looking Up (1934), she appeared in several more British “quota quickies” before making her first stage appearance in The Green Sash (1935).

    Vivien Leigh reading, 1930s.

    Leigh (English, 1913-1967) enrolled at London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1932. After her film debut in Things Are Looking Up (1934), she appeared in several more British “quota quickies” before making her first stage appearance in The Green Sash (1935).