[Kit's First Writing Lesson] 1852
oil on canvas
Tate Gallery
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1826 - 1869.
He first trained as a lawyer and later entered the Royal Academy where he was awarded a silver medal. He studied under Pre-Raphaelite artist William Holman Hunt and once shared a studio with him. He died at the age of 43. He married Maria Wheeler and had two children with her.
this one doesn't look like straight pre-raphaelite painting, it's more realistic in shadows and lines i think, but it's very interesting, that this pre-raph mood is still preserved here.
ReplyDeleteThanks Natalis, I do wander round the theme a bit and genre paintings like this interest me a lot. Is almost like a photo but adds depth and texture, like the red cheeks of the boy.
ReplyDeleteyes, it's more intense than in other images...
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