Pre-Raphaelite Sisters: Five Female Painters to Know
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, an all-male artistic fraction active during the second half of the 19th century, has become synonymous today with...
Anastasia Tsaleza 30 March 2026
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The Last of the Pre-Raphaelites: Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale in 10 Paintings
Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale’s paintings are full of rich, opulent color and detail, and her subjects range from Arthurian legends to fairies to the...
Theodore Carter 23 March 2026
10 Things You Should Know About the Pre-Raphaelites
Just about all of us have a tiny inkling about Impressionism, the Renaissance, maybe even Expressionism, and what makes each movement different from...
Abreeza Thomas 16 March 2026
Masterpiece Story: Miranda by John William Waterhouse
The subject of this eerie painting by John William Waterhouse is Miranda, a character from William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. She was detained on...
Guest Author 3 March 2026
Masterpiece Story: Flaming June by Sir Frederic Leighton
We have prepared a story about this truly warm painting that can leave you in flames… Ladies and Gentlemen, Flaming June by Sir Frederic...
Joanna Kaszubowska 22 February 2026
Fanny Eaton—Pre-Raphaelite Muse from Jamaica
Fanny Eaton was a regular model for the Pre-Raphaelites during the 1860s and features in a number of famous works. Yet for most of the last century,...
Catriona Miller 19 February 2026
Masterpiece Story: April Love by Arthur Hughes
Today’s Masterpiece Story is about April Love—Arthur Hughes’ most celebrated artwork that perfectly embodies the Pre-Raphaelite...
Arianna Richetti 15 February 2026
American Artist Who Loved Everything British: Edwin Austin Abbey’s Shakespeare Paintings
A painter and illustrator Edwin Austin Abbey was born in the US, but he loved all things British, particularly the works of William Shakespeare. He...
Alexandra Kiely 17 December 2025
Women in Rossetti’s Life and Art: Muses and Lovers
Anyone who knows of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood will remember their style by the representation of a very particular type of woman—those with...
Bolor Jargalsaikhan 10 December 2025
The (Mostly) Complete Poems of Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal
Long poised atop a pedestal crafted by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Rossetti’s favorite muse finally speaks for herself in The (mostly)...
Emily Snow 17 November 2025
9 Shakespeare Paintings by John Everett Millais
Back in 1590, when Henry IV first appeared on stage, Shakespeare could not have foreseen the popularity of his creations. The appeal of characters...
Ledys Chemin, 3 November 2025
