Pre-Raphaelite sisters / Jan Marsh ; with contributions by Peter Funnell, Charlotte Gere, Pamela Gerrish Nunn and Alison Smith

Marsh, Jan (b. 1942)

ISBN 10: 1855147920 / ISBN 13: 9781855147928

Published by London : National Portrait Gallery Publications, 2019

About this Item

Fine paperback copy with French flaps. Well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 207 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits ; 29 cm. Notes; Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the National Portrait Gallery, London, 17 October 2019 - 26 January 2020. Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-201) and index. Subjects; Pre-Raphaelitism -- Great Britain -- Exhibitions. Women artists -- Great Britain -- Biography. Artists' models -- Great Britain -- Biography. Women in art -- Exhibitions. 3 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pre-Raphaelite sisters / Jan Marsh ; with contributions by Peter Funnell, Charlotte Gere, Pamela Gerrish Nunn and Alison Smith
• Publisher: London : National Portrait Gallery Publications
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1855147920
• ISBN 13: 9781855147928
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Weight: 3 kilograms

About this title

Synopsis

Overlooked stories of the female painters and subjects of Pre-Raphaelite art

When the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood exhibited their first works in 1849, it heralded a revolution in British art. Think of the images created by William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and others in their circle. In these images, however, it is not men but pale-faced young women with lustrous, tumbling locks that spring to mind, gazing soulfully from the picture frame or in dramatic scenes painted in glowing colors.
Who were these women? What is known of their lives and their roles in a movement that spanned over half a century? Some were models, plucked from obscurity to pose for figures in Pre-Raphaelite paintings, while others were sisters, wives, daughters and friends of the artists. Several were artists themselves, with aspirations to match those of the men: sharing the same artistic and social networks yet condemned by their gender to occupy a separate sphere. Others inhabited and sustained a male-dominated art world as partners in production, maintaining households and studios and socializing with patrons. Although their backgrounds and life experiences certainly varied widely, all were engaged in creating Pre-Raphaelite art.
Containing over 100 beautifully reproduced images, Pre-Raphaelite Sisters illustrates the often overlooked stories of some of the movement’s most familiar faces.