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  • About Pre-Raphaelite Sisterhood
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  • What is Pre-Raphaelite Art?
  • Unexpected Pre-Raphaelite Sightings
  • Contact
  • Dante Gabriel Rossetti,  Effie Millais,  Evelyn De Morgan,  fairy tales,  Frederick Sandys,  Keats,  May Morris,  Millais,  Nature,  Ophelia,  Paintings,  Robert Bateman,  Shakespeare,  William Holman Hunt

    Botanical Paintings: My Top Picks

    October 4, 2016

    An  important hallmark of Pre-Raphaelite art is truth to nature.  Of course, there are many reasons why the art of the Pre-Raphaelites is so visually striking.  Their subject matter often illustrates a compelling narrative,  the vibrant hues they used results in a visually arresting effect that commands attention, and who can resist the beauty of a long-haired Pre-Raphaelite Stunner? For…

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  • Books,  Frederick Sandys,  Shakespeare

    Perdita, the lost girl

    January 25, 2016

    Perdita (seen above) was painted by Frederick Sandys with  Mary Emma Jones as the model.  Also known by her stage name Miss Clive, Mary Emma Jones appears in several of Sandys’ works.  They never married, but the couple did have ten children together.  Sandys was a bit of a rogue when it came to his love life.  In addition to…

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  • Books,  Burne-Jones,  Dante Gabriel Rossetti,  Edward Robert Hughes,  Evelyn De Morgan,  fairy tales,  Paintings,  Personal,  Shakespeare

    Art is a Mirror

    August 21, 2015

     When I was fifteen years old, my father taught me how to drive.  I was eager, yet scared; I couldn’t believe that I had actually passed the test to get my learner’s permit. Dad wanted to give me ample opportunity to practice before beginning Driver’s Ed at school, so we drove together often.  He’d pick a destination and I would…

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  • Arthur Hughes,  Dante Gabriel Rossetti,  Elizabeth Siddal,  Henrietta Rae,  Jane Burden Morris,  Lady of Shalott,  Maria Spartali Stillman,  Millais,  Paintings,  Photography,  poetry,  Pre-Raphaelite Subjects and Themes,  Shakespeare,  Tennyson,  Valentine Cameron Prinsep,  Waterhouse

    The Unrequited Love of Mariana

    June 4, 2015

    Above is Sir John Everett Millais’ painting Mariana, which I’ve blogged about before in this post. Her dress is bluer than blue, the stained glass is exquisite, but let us have a moment of silence for the little mouse who died for Millais to include him in the work. “But where was the mouse to paint from? Millais’ father, who…

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  • Dante Gabriel Rossetti,  Ellen Terry,  John Singer Sargent,  Shakespeare

    Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow

    May 24, 2015

    Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death… —Macbeth (Act 5, Scene 5, lines 17-28) I’ve just read Variety’s review of the new adaptation of the Scottish play. I can not wait to see this.…

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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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