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Smaller version: William Holman Hunt, The Shadow of Death, 1870-73, retouched 1886, oil on canvas, 94 x 73.6 cm ( Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds Museums and Galleries) The Shadow of Death dates from Hunt’s second major trip to the Holy Land from 1869–72. The painting was begun on a smaller canvas (now in the Leeds Art Gallery) in a carpenter’s ...
14 de oct. de 2023 · William Holman Hunt's position in the history of art was secured as the founder of the Pre-Raphaelite School of painting and the work he produced in accordance with the principles he played a major part in establishing. Hunt was born Willian Hobman Hunt, in Cheapside, London, on 2 April 1827, his father managed a warehouse.
William Holman Hunt (born April 2, 1827, London, Eng.—died Sept. 7, 1910, London) was a British artist and prominent member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. His style is characterized by clear, hard colour, brilliant lighting, and careful delineation of detail. In 1843 Hunt entered the Royal Academy schools where he met his lifelong friend ...
William Hobman Hunt - solo dopo l'artista cambiò il suo secondo nome in Holman [3] - nacque a Londra il 2 aprile 1827. Inizialmente venne avviato alla pratica commerciale; resosi conto della propria vocazione artistica, tuttavia, abbandonò il mondo del commercio per dedicarsi agli studi pittorici alla National Gallery e al British Museum.
6 de dic. de 2023 · William Holman Hunt’s painting, The Awakening Conscience, addresses the common Victorian narrative of the fallen woman (for more about this subject, see Stanhope’s Thoughts of the Past). Trapped in a newly decorated interior, Hunt’s heroine at first appears to be a stereotype of the age, a young unmarried woman engaged in an illicit liaison with her lover.
Indeed, Hunt returned to England in February 1856 sporting a voluminous beard. He saw the beard (as illustrated in William Blake Richmond's 1877 and 1900 portraits of the artist) as somehow prophetic and he was to present himself henceforward as an untamed artistic genius. In 1865 Hunt married Fanny Waugh.
William Holman Hunt OM (2 April 1827 – 7 September 1910) was an English painter and one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. His paintings were notable for their great attention to detail, vivid color, and elaborate symbolism. These features were influenced by the writings of John Ruskin and Thomas Carlyle, according to whom the ...
