Ophelia by millais

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Millais Ophelia

detail of ophelia by john everett millais

lonequixote: John Everett Millais Ophelia (detail) (via @lonequixote)

Dante Gabriel Rossetti's influential painting 'Lady Lilith' is currently on view in the exhibition "The Rossettis" at Tate Britain.

The Bridesmaid was painted by Millais during his Pre-Raphaelite period as the artist began to move away from directly imitating medieval art. https://www.thehistoryofart.org/john-everett-millais/bridesmaid/ During this time, Millais and fellow Pre-Raphaelite Hunt focused on realist and scientific aspects of movement. The artist eventually abandoned Pre-Raphaelitism in 1860, when he adopted a looser style influenced by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Reynolds had been an early foe of the…

George Frederick Watts - Ophélie - 1864

OFELIA John Everett Millais

Elizabeth Siddal (Ophelia)

John Everett Millais - Ophelia (detail)

A working-class woman with artistic aspirations of her own, Siddal nearly died of pneumonia after posing for John Everett Millais’s iconic painting.

Ophelia by Arthur Hughes

The Pre-Raphaelite artists of Victorian England painted many Shakespearian characters, but Ophelia was a particular favourite. The sad death by drowning of Hamlet's sweetheart...

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Are you a fan of the Pre-Raphaelite artists visiting London? This is the ultimate guide to famous Pre-Raphaelite paintings in London. The Pre-Raphaelites were a group of Victorian radicals who were inspired by medieval art, literature, and nature.

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