-
This site is written by Stephanie Pina. Email stephaniepina @ lizziesiddal.com; I can also be found at:
LizzieSiddal.com
Tag Archives: News
Celebrate PRB Day Online
Are you a Twitter user? The Pre-Raphaelite Society is commemorating the formation of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood by using a #PRBDay hashtag on September 8. Please join in! You can follow The Pre-Raphaelite Society on Twitter at @PreRaphSoc and visit their … Continue reading
Will Emma Thompson’s latest film renew interest in the Pre-Raphaelites?
Matthew Cain, Culture Editor at Channel 4, delivers a wonderful and thought provoking piece on Emma Thompson’s new movie Effie and the possibility that it may renew interest in Pre-Raphaelite art. He says,“In 2012, we’re so familiar with the work … Continue reading
How thrilling! I’ve just read this article describing a lost Millais portrait of his wife Effie–found in a dusty attic, no less! Article Link: Lost Portrait Recalls Love Affair
New Pre-Raphaelite Drama Planned:
A new drama about the Pre-Raphaelties for BBC Two (article link). Hopefully it will make its way across the pond. Fingers crossed! Via BBC News: “The BBC says the six-part series will show the men striving to find fame, fortune … Continue reading
Artist’s Model Sue Tilley
Sue Tilley appears in Lucian Freud’s painting Benefits Supervisor Sleeping (a painting that recently sold for $33.6 million). Obviously, this site is devoted to artist’s models who lived mainly in the Victorian era. But Tilley gives unique insight into the … Continue reading
From the Oxford Mail: Memorial to a Pre-Raphaelite Stunner
The beauty of an Oxford “stunner” will be celebrated for all time – following the unveiling of a plaque in her honour. The blue plaque marks the site of the former slum where Jane Burden was born in 1839. Jane, … Continue reading
In the eye of the beholder
Millais’ lurid colours and trite rhetoric have been despised by critics for years. But underneath all that, says Jonathan Jones, lies a startling emotional truth “The Blind Girl is a mawkish, manipulative masterpiece. Seeing it, and others, in Tate Britain’s … Continue reading
Twitter
