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The Lost Pre-Raphaelite
The Victorian Scottish artist, George Wilson, died in 1890 at the early age of 41, just at the time when he was, inevitably, approaching the height of his artistic career. He was a strict adherent to the original Pre-Raphaelite ethos and principles long after these had been abandoned by most 'followers' for more commercial interests. Frequently described as a 'born painter', George Wilson was a true 'artist's artist' who painted purely because he loved to paint - almost entirely from nature, which he loved equally with the romantic poets and the classics. He interpreted the works of the latter in a small number of surviving allegorical oil paintings; but undoubtedly his greatest love was to ...
Of Nymphs and Pans And-- a StubbyDub?
An illustrated biography, this book is the life story of Rachel Cassels Brown, children's illustrator and etcher.
The Two Muriel Wilsons
Muriel Wilson, 1892-1974 (nee Wilson) Muriel Wilson, 1893-1977 (nee Samuelson) A brief account that aims to unravel some of the confusion that surrounds the lives and work of two 20th century artists, who both bore the name of Muriel Wilson, and who both painted and exhibited at exactly the same time. These close similarities have led to the two artists becoming perpetually confused, and their data greatly muddled in published media as well as in the sale room."
Of Nymphs and Pans and ... a Stubbydub ?
Rachel Cassels Brown, nee Wilson, was born on 29th December 1875, the ninth in a family of 16 children produced by her remarkable mother, Anna, over a period of just 21 years. Her father was Factor to the Duke of Richmond and Gordon's estates around Huntly in Aberdeenshire, and her uncle was the now largely forgotten late Pre-Raphaelite adherent painter, George Wilson (1848-1890). Rachel evidently inherited the gene that inspired her uncle, as she undertook formal musical and art training, first in London for two years and then - at the inspiringly early age of 18 - in Paris for a further four years. In Paris, she initially attended the Academie Delacluse and then later became Assistante in ...
