England
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Biography: John Constable
John Constable, born on June 11, 1776, in East Bergholt, Suffolk, England, is one of the most celebrated British landscape painters,…
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Biography: Julia Margaret Cameron
Julia Margaret Cameron (1815–1879) was a pioneering British photographer known for her powerful and emotive portraits and for her innovative approach…
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Inspiration: “A Woodland Nymph,” by Philip Hermogenes Calderon
Calderon was born in Poitiers, France. His father, the Reverend Juan Calderón ( 19 April 1791 in Villafranca de los Caballeros;…
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Inspiration: “Idleness,” by John William Godward
Godward was a Victorian Neo-Classicist, and therefore, in theory, a follower of Frederic Leighton. However, he is more closely allied stylistically to…
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Inspiration: “Queen Guinevere’s Maying,” by John Collier
In French chivalric romances and the later works based on them, including the influential Le Morte d’Arthur by Thomas Malory, Guinevere…
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Inspiration: “Lamia,” by John William Waterhouse
Lamia was a woman who became a child-eating monster after her children were destroyed by Hera, who learned of her husband…
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Biography: Aubrey Beardsley
Aubrey Beardsley, born on August 21, 1872, in Brighton, England, was a highly influential and controversial figure in the world of…
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Biography: Henrietta Rae
Henrietta Rae, born Henrietta Ward on December 30, 1859, in Hammersmith, London, was a prominent British artist of the late 19th…
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Biography: Frank Bramley
Frank Bramley, born on May 6, 1857, in Sibsey, Lincolnshire, England, emerged as a distinguished painter of the late 19th and…
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Biography: John Atkinson Grimshaw
John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836–1893) was a Victorian-era artist whose evocative and atmospheric paintings captured the essence of the changing urban and…
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Biography: George Cruikshank
George Cruikshank (1792–1878) was a British caricaturist and illustrator known for his significant contributions to the world of satirical and humorous…