Articles related to "Victorian Artist"

Richard Dadd is best known for his fairy paintings, but his facinating work encompasses so much more.

Atkinson Grimshaw is remembered for moonlit cityscapes. His works represent contradictions between Victorian industrialisation and a Romantic longing for times past.

More than one hundred years have passed since the death of British artist Catherine (Kate) Greenaway but her art is still enjoyed today.

Though overshadowed by the Impressionists in their own day, the works of these romantic and idealistic artists has through time gained a new respect and admiration.

Rossetti was one of the founders of The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood artistic movement. Both painter and poet, his images and words created an ethereally sensuous world.

Greenaway combines the simplicity of the Aesthetic Movement with the intricacy preferred by the Pre-Raphaelites. This article looks at her work life.

Short biography of the talented and independent-minded daughter of England's Queen Victoria.

Well known in the UK for his antagonistic interviews with recalcitrant politicians, journalist Jeremy Paxman reveals his in-depth knowledge of Victorian art.

Sir Rowland Hill's 1840 reform of the British postal system not only introduced the Penny Black and Two Pence Blue postage stamps but also a letter sheet.

Andy Warhol and G. F. Watts, Van Eyck to Titian, Bruegel to Rubens, or Turner to Gauguin: London's art galleries are bursting with exciting exhibitions for Winter 2008

The Bronte Society have gathered a remarkable collection of items used and produced by the famous Bronte family, displayed in their original home at Haworth Parsonage.

Jackson Pollock claimed that contemporary artists did not have to go to a subject-matter outside themselves for inspiration. What outside forces lay behind this claim?

Travelling on London Underground can be an ordeal for some. Yet symptoms of anxiety may be embedded in our collective unconscious.

Camille Pissarro was unique amongst French Impressionists who lived in London. He painted London's suburbs, leaving an artistic record of England's growing capital city.

Despite gloomy predictions about the railways, Turner's Rain Steam and Speed used an optimistic painterly language to depict the new mode of travel.

Inspired by the turbulent times of the Industrial Revolution John Martin was famous for his vast canvases showing humanity dwarfed by the awesome power of wild nature.