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ArtistsJohn Roddam Spencer Stanhope
John Roddam Spencer Stanhope

John Roddam Spencer Stanhope

1829
WA-00070603
PaintingPre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Representation
None documented
0
Institutional Exhibitions
15
Works in Collection
19
Assets Indexed
4
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
90%
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Edward Burne-Jonesinfluenced byJohn RoddamSpencer

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  • Is PublishedManual· 100%
  • Birth yearArtsy· 85%
  • LocationArtsy· 85%
  • NationalityArtsy· 85%

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John Roddam Spencer Stanhope was an English artist associated with Edward Burne-Jones and George Frederic Watts and often regarded as a second-wave pre-Raphaelite. His work is also studied within the context of Aestheticism and British Symbolism. As a painter, Stanhope worked in oil, watercolor, fresco, tempera, and mixed media. His subject matter was mythological, allegorical, biblical, and contemporary. Stanhope was born in Cawthorne, near Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, and died in Florence, Italy. He was the uncle and teacher of the painter Evelyn De Morgan and encouraged then unknown local artist Abel Hold to exhibit at the Royal Academy, which he did 16 times.

Source: Tate · Trust score: 95% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (15)

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15 published of 16 catalogued · 15 with image
  • Wikidata
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  • Tate
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Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

50 entries · 2 sources
  • The Wine Press
    1864 · Tate · 6 prov
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  • Thoughts of the Past
    1859 · Tate · 6 prov
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  • The Expulsion from Eden
    1900 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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  • Charon and Psyche
    1883 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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  • The Waters of Lethe by the Plains of Elysium
    1880 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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  • The Rescue
    1880 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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  • Love and the Maiden
    1877 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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  • Eve Tempted
    1877 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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  • The Gentle Music of a Bygone Day
    1873 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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  • "Why seek ye the living among the dead?" ...
    1880 · Wikidata · 3 prov
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Tate
City of Westminster, United Kingdom
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Education

University of Oxford
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