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Saturday, April 23, 2011

John Everett Millais - Euphemia Chalmers ('Effie') Gray, Mrs John Ruskin


oil on panel, 1853
230 x 210mm
Wightwick Manor


Painted while the Ruskins and Millais were on hoiday in Scotland in July 1853.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Andrew Lloyd Webber: A Passion for the Pre-Raphaelites new documentary for ITV1



With preview clips

On Sunday 1 May at 10.15 pm, ‘Andrew Lloyd Webber: A Passion for the Pre-Raphaelites’ will air on ITV1


http://www.andrewlloydwebber.com/news/andrew-lloyd-webber-a-passion/

Monday, April 4, 2011

Blog break


I have to take a break for a while - back when I can.

Dame Ellen Terry as Katherine of Aragon Shakespeare Henry VIII




1892 picture of Victorian actress Dame Ellen Terry (1847-1928) as William Shakespeare's Queen Katherine of Aragon in his play Henry VIII. Dame Ellen is wearing a costume designed for a production of Henry VIII at the Lyceum in London by Sir Henry Irving (1838-1905).

I can't find the artist of this - gnash.

Friday, April 1, 2011

Did the aesthetic rebels get Ruskin wrong?

The aesthetic movement rejected John Ruskin's high-minded approach to art – but there was real radicalism behind his moralising http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2011/mar/29/aesthetic-movement-john-ruskin