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Title

A pre-Raphaelite journey : the art of Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale / Pamela Gerrish Nunn.

Author

Nunn, Pamela Gerrish

Publication

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press : National Museums Liverpool, [2012?].

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Additional Authors

• Fortescue-Brickdale, Eleanor,
• Lady Lever Art Gallery, host institution.
• National Museums Liverpool, issuing body.
• National Museums Liverpool.

Description

96 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 25 cm.

Summary

"Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1872-1945) was an accomplished painter, illustrator and designer whose artistic life bridged the Victorian and modern worlds. Her work was much influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite artists whose love of detail, colour, symbolism, storytelling and nature was so hugely influential on mid Victorian Britain. Eleanor's own work carried the Pre-Raphaelite style forward into the 20th century. Indeed she became known as 'the last Pre-Raphaelite'. Despite her huge popularity in her own time, Eleanor's work has been neglected since her death in 1945. This book is the first monograph on the artist. It is the result of extensive research by Pamela Gerrish Nunn, whose work on Pre-Raphaelite women artists has done so much to re-assess the art history of the Victorian period. Here, the author takes us on a journey through Eleanor's training, career and achievements to re-establish her as an important and fascinating figure in the history of Pre-Raphaelite art. Published by Liverpool University Press with National Museums Liverpool." --Publisher description.

Subject

• Fortescue-Brickdale, Eleanor > Criticism and interpretation
• Fortescue-Brickdale, Eleanor, 1872-1945
• Pre-Raphaelitism > Great Britain
• Women artists > Great Britain > 19th century
• Women artists > Great Britain > 20th century

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 32-37).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Machine generated contents note: Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale: A Pre-Raphaelite Journey -- Catalogue -- Knight with an Angel of Death -- Time the Physician -- Complete Works of Shakespeare -- At the Sepulchre -- Labour and the Broken Heart -- little Foot-Page -- Statue and the Bust (I did no more while my heart was warm) -- Two studies for The World and what it fears -- Sketch for The World and what it fears -- Pippa passes and Men and Women -- If one could have that Little Head of hers -- Dramatis Personae and Dramatic and Romantic Lyrics -- Beautiful Flowers and How to Grow Them -- Autumn Fields, Condover -- rusty Knight (Yniol's rusted arms) -- Merlin and Vivien -- Passing of Elaine -- Guinevere (The sombre close of that voluptuous day) -- Portrait of Winifred Roberts -- Wish (Pride and ambition here) -- Book of Old English Songs and Ballads -- June is Dead -- Sketch for Guardian Angel -- Guardian Angel (The Genius of Flight) -- Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale's Golden Book of Famous Women -- Sketch for The Forerunner -- Forerunner -- Almshouses at Abingdon -- Palgrave's Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics -- Portrait of Charles Fortescue-Brickdale -- Prior's Niece.

ISBN

• 9781846318573 (pbk)
• 1846318572 (pbk)

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library