England, Italy. 1849 - 1917
Pre-raphaelite female mythology figure painting
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1823 - 1876. Known for: Miniature portrait and fairyland painting based on literature.
A Bristol, England portrait painter and miniaturist, Simmons turned to fairy painting in the 1860s as it became an increasingly popular genre, springing both from the constant search for narrative... Read full biography
A Bristol, England portrait painter and miniaturist, Simmons turned to fairy painting in the 1860s as it became an increasingly popular genre, springing both from the constant search for narrative subject matter, but also from a desire to escape the mundane, everyday Victorian life. The works of... Read full biography
A Bristol, England portrait painter and miniaturist, Simmons turned to fairy painting in the 1860s as it became an increasingly popular genre, springing both from the constant search for narrative subject matter, but also from a desire to escape the mundane, everyday Victorian life. The works of Shakespeare provided the richest source of fairy subject-matter, one which had been explored earlier in the paintings of Puck and Titania by Sir Joshua Reynolds and Henry Fuseli for Boydell's 1789... Read full biography
A Bristol, England portrait painter and miniaturist, Simmons turned to fairy painting in the 1860s as it became an increasingly popular genre, springing both from the constant search for narrative subject matter, but also from a desire to escape the mundane, everyday Victorian life. The works of Shakespeare provided the richest source of fairy subject-matter, one which had been explored earlier in the paintings of Puck and Titania by Sir Joshua Reynolds and Henry Fuseli for Boydell's 1789 Shakespeare Gallery. While the subject matter came from literature, the often eroticised aesthetic of fairy painting emerged from the appearance of Romantic ballet in London in the 1840s. Almost all of Simmons' fairy paintings take Titania as their... Read full biography
A Bristol, England portrait painter and miniaturist, Simmons turned to fairy painting in the 1860s as it became an increasingly popular genre, springing both from the constant search for narrative subject matter, but also from a desire to escape the mundane, everyday Victorian life. The works of Shakespeare provided the richest source of fairy subject-matter, one which had been explored earlier in the paintings of Puck and Titania by Sir Joshua Reynolds and Henry Fuseli for Boydell's 1789 Shakespeare Gallery. While the subject matter came from literature, the often eroticised aesthetic of fairy painting emerged from the appearance of Romantic ballet in London in the 1840s. Almost all of Simmons' fairy paintings take Titania as their subject, treating her as 'a paragon of Victorian maidenhood' (J. Maas cited in J. Martineau (ed.)... Read full biography
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Scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Titania asleep: a scene from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', Act II, Scene ii
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HERMIA AND LYSANDER, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
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England, Italy. 1877 - 1958
Painting, romantic, Pre-Raphaelite style and realist style women's portraiture
United Kingdom, England. 1836 - 1893
Nocturnal, atmospheric scene painting
England, France. 1864 - 1920
Classical mythology and portrait painting, illustration, life drawing
United Kingdom, England, Italy. 1861 - 1922
Female figure in landscape painting
England, United Kingdom. 1840 - 1905
Painting
United Kingdom, England. 1860 - 1952
Animal, figure and genre painting
United Kingdom, England. 1847/56 - 1927
Child and idyllic genre painting, portraits
England. 1828 - 1882
Religious and allegorical painting, idealized women
England, United Kingdom. 1853 - 1928
Portrait, figure, landscape, interior painting
Italy. 1858 - 1939
Bourgeois genre and figure painting, women and children
United Kingdom, England, France. 1836 - 1919
Allegory and history painting, design, drawing
England. 1874 - 1941
Cornish genre, landscapes, interiors and religious painting, murals
France, England. 1836 - 1902
Urban female figure, genre and portrait post impressionist painting, illustration
United Kingdom, England. 1830 - 1902
Landscape painting, coastal views, maritime and glaciers
United Kingdom. 1833 - 1898
Fairy tale painting, tapestry and stained glass design
France, United States. 1870 - 1924
Idealized woman portrait, female nude painting
United Kingdom. 1856 - 1924
Neo-Classical approach, watercolors, and drawings
Kent / British Indian Ocean Territory, United Kingdom, England. 1865 - 1958
Figure, genre and portrait painting-miniatures
United Kingdom, England. 1829 - 1896
Figure, genre painting
United Kingdom, Netherlands. 1836 - 1912
Classical-theme paintings, drawing
United Kingdom. 1811 - 1880
Landscape, seascape, marine
United Kingdom, England, France, Ireland. 1857 - 1947
Figurative and rural plein air landscape painting
United Kingdom, Italy, England. 1808 - 1864
Venetian scene painting with figures, buildings and canals
United Kingdom, England. 1820 - 1884
Animal art, buildings and literary theme painting and drawing
United Kingdom, England, Germany. 1830 - 1896
Painting and sculpture
United Kingdom, England. 1874 - 1955
Figure, landscape, and seascape painting
United Kingdom, England. 1821 - 1886
Bucolic landscape painting, cattle
United Kingdom, England. 1870 - 1955
Figure, still life, garden and landscape waterolor paintings
United Kingdom, England. 1848 - 1926
Landscape painting, cottages, magazine illustrations
United Kingdom, England. 1878 - 1959
Equestrian genre, horse portraits, lithography
England, United Kingdom, Scotland. 1802/03 - 1873
Animal painting and sculpture