Pre raphaelite paintings

Portrait of a Lady (detail), by Michael Dahl.

Controversy and conservatism in Victorian England

[Private Collection - Oil on canvas, 94 x 68.8 cm]

John Collier (1850-1934), The Sleeping Beauty, 1921, oil on canvas, 111.7 x 142.2 cm. In a private collection This remarkable picture is eloquent testimony to the survival of Pre-Raphaelite values well into the twentieth century. Dating from as late as 1921, it treats the famous fairy story of 'Sleeping Beauty' that had been told many…

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Controversy and conservatism in Victorian England

Frederic William Burton disappeared from the cultural radar within a few years of his death

Signature: at lower left, the artist's monogram "DGR / 1867"Inscription: Surtees, 1971, p. 118 records a label (that no longer exists), once on the back of the frame, inscribed in pen and ink in the artist's hand: "Lady Lilith

I’ve been a great admirer of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and their artistic style for a very long time now. Of all the artists associated with the movement, I think that John William Wate…