Pre-Raphaelite

In 1848, Hunt, Rossetti and Millais, three students at the Royal Academy Schools in London, formed an artistic group called the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Their goal was to put an end to what they considered "false and purposeless art" and to establish a style combining truthful naturalism and moral instruction.* Their studies of Italian Renaissance artists up to Raphael (hence the name) and their imagery pulled from Shakespeare, Tennyson, Keats, Browning and the Bible create a unique and very recognizable approach. Adding mystery to the Pre-Raphaelites exhibition submissions was the choice of the three founders to sign each work with PRB, instead of each individualized signature. They obviously had a knack for marketing themselves! But you be the judge...see if their works, and the works of other Pre-Raphaelites appeal to your taste. And as always, if you don't see the image you are looking for, contact us. We can still recreate it.

*The Yale Dictionary of Art and Artists; E. Langmuir and N. Lynton; first published as a Yale Nota Bene book (2000)