Tag: Links
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Artist paints Ophelia using bacteria
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In a highly original and unique project, artist Jo Wonder recreates Ophelia by Sir John Everett Millais using bacteria as a medium. The video is incredibly moving and includes voice mails and messages left for Ophelia. “I like the idea of Ophelia being a beauty but made up of something that we think is disgusting.…
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Retired teacher pinpoints where Millais painted Ophelia
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Barbara Webb has narrowed down the location where Millais sat to paint the background to Ophelia. Ophelia is not only one of the artist’s most famous works, it is also one of the most recognizable images of Elizabeth Siddal. Read the entire article at Telegraph.co.uk. For more on Elizabeth Siddal as Ophelia, visit the Ophelia…
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W.M. Rossetti article from The Guardian Archives:
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Thank you to Cathy Baker of Gather Ye Rosebuds while ye may for bringing this to my attention. Originally published in Manchester Guardian on 29 March 1904. William Michael Rossetti starts off with the intention of setting the record straight that John Ruskin did not “set Pre-Raphaelitism going”. Excerpt below, click here to read…
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New article in the Spectator on Barbara Bodichon and her circle, including Elizabeth Siddal
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A new article in the Spectator explores Barbara Leigh Smith, later Bodichon. Written by Charlotte Moore, this charming piece introduces us to her ‘Aunt Barbara’, whose circle of friends included many famous Victorians. I recently saw the sketch that Barbara made of Elizabeth Siddal in The Art of the Pre-Raphaelites by Elizabeth Prettejohn. The sketch,…
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Commemoration of Siddal and Rossetti’s marriage
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Via Hasting’s Art Forum: 150 years ago on May 23rd 1860 the Pre Raphaelite artists Dante Gabriel Rossetti married his lover and model Lizzie Siddal in St. Clements Church Hastings. Lizzie later became a fine artist and poet in her own right. Sadly just two years later she died. To commemorate the wedding there will…
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A look at Pippa Passes
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The latest post at Pre-Raphaelite Sisterhood discusses Lizzie’s illustration of Robert Browning’s poem, Pippa Passes.