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  • What is Pre-Raphaelite Art?
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  • Alexa Wilding,  Annie Miller,  Christina Rossetti,  Dante Gabriel Rossetti,  Fanny Cornforth,  Jane Burden Morris,  Paintings

    Rossetti’s Models

    February 4, 2016

    Like his Pre-Raphaelite brethren, Dante Gabriel Rossetti used live models in his works.  Throughout the course of his career, the same faces grace his canvasses, ranging from family members to lovers.  Occasionally, models Elizabeth Siddal and Alexa Wilding are confused for each other. Other models may be misidentified completely. so this post is intended to be a brief overview of…

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    Stephanie Graham Pina 6 Comments
  • Alexa Wilding,  Annie Miller,  Burne-Jones,  Dante Gabriel Rossetti,  Elizabeth Siddal,  Fanny Cornforth,  Georgiana Burne-Jones,  Jane Burden Morris,  mary zambaco

    What is the “Pre-Raphaelite Woman”?

    May 16, 2014

    Women are central figures in Pre-Raphaelite art and this has given us the concept of a “Pre-Raphaelite Woman”. I frequently see the term ‘Pre-Raphaelite’ in occasional news articles, usually describing an actress or singer with long curly hair.  Florence Welch is often described as Pre-Raphaelite and it’s definitely a look she has embraced. But was there a unified ideal?  If we…

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  • Annie Miller,  Dante Gabriel Rossetti,  News

    Annie Miller portrait soon to be auctioned

    May 15, 2009

    Via The Press Association: A portrait previously owned by LS Lowry of an “enthralling” artists’ muse will go under the hammer next month. The 1860 drawing of Annie Miller by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) is expected to fetch between £200,000 and £300,000. Annie Miller (1835-1925) was a striking model from a humble background, who “enthralled each artist for whom she…

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  • Annie Miller

    More on Annie Miller…

    July 25, 2008

    Annie Miller, painted by Millais. Millais painted her hair darker than William Holman Hunt or Dante Gabriel Rossetti did. One facet of Pre-Raphaelite art that I find interesting is that several artists would use the same models time and time again, each painting her differently. Which raises the question: did they portray women how they saw them? Or how they…

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  • Annie Miller

    Annie Miller

    July 8, 2008

      Jan Marsh briefly describes Annie Miller’s childhood in Pre-Raphaelite Sisterhood (not associated with this website) as horribly poor and unhygienic, saying that a neighbor had described Annie and her sister as “dirty and covered with vermin”…and that Annie’s hair was particularly “wild and filthy”.  Annie’s mother had died some time after her birth, leaving Annie and her sister to…

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Stephanie Graham Piña is an independent scholar whose research focuses on Victorian Art, especially the Pre-Raphaelites. In 2004 she created LizzieSiddal.com, a resource for those interested in the life of Pre-Raphaelite model and painter Elizabeth Siddal. She established her website ‘The Pre-Raphaelite Sisterhood’ in 2007 to highlight the work of women artists associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Circle. Through her popular online publications, she has been a leading advocate of independent research and discourse on Victorian art.

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