Pre-Raphaelite Sisters, alla National Gallery di Londra in mostra le artiste del Preraffaellismo

La confraternita artistica britannica era composta anche da artiste, sebbene siano passate alla storia per essere state modelle e muse dei più noti colleghi uomini. La mostra in corso a Londra per la prima volta pone luce sulla produzione artistica delle consorelle preraffaellite

Pre-Raphaelite Sisters, alla National Gallery di Londra in mostra le artiste del Preraffaellismo
Elizabeth Siddal is the model in Ophelia by John Everett Millais, 1865-66. Private Collection

 Se artisti quali John Everett Millais, William Holman Hunt, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edward Burne-Jones e William Morris sono noti in tutto il mondo per essere stati i maggiori esponenti della Confraternita dei Preraffaelliti, forse sono meno note le donne – o meglio le consorelle – che dell’associazione artistica fondata nella seconda metà dell’Ottocento in Gran Bretagna hanno fatto parte come artiste, seppur molte di loro siano conosciute per essere state le modelle dei dipinti realizzati dai colleghi uomini. Alle artiste e soprattutto all’importanza che queste hanno avuto nello sviluppo dell’arte preraffaellita è dedicata una mostra alla National Portrait Gallery di Londra: Pre-Raphaelite Sisters, in corso fino al 26 gennaio 2020, punta per la prima volta l’attenzione su dodici donne –  artiste, modelle, mogli, muse – che hanno avuto un ruolo determinante nella storia del movimento dei Preraffaelliti, attraverso dipinti, fotografie, manoscritti L’esposizione racconta la storia di Annie Miller, Fanny Cornforth e della modella giamaicana Fanny Eaton, le cui vicende sono presentate per la prima volta in mostra. Spazio anche a Christina Rossetti, poetessa del Preraffaellismo e modella per i primi dipinti; a Effie Millais e Georgiana Burne-Jones, che hanno sostenuto i successi artistici e sociali dei loro mariti, abbandonando le proprie ambizioni artistiche. Per la prima volta Elizabeth Siddal, la modella della celebre Ophelia di John Everett Milliais, viene presentata come artista oltre che come modella, insieme a Jane Morris e Maria Zambaco, delle quali sono presentati per la prima volta al pubblico quadri, ricami e sculture. Ecco le immagini di alcune opere in mostra.

– Desirée Maida

Londra // fino al 26 gennaio 2020
Pre-Raphaelite Sisters
National Portrait Gallery
St Martin’s Place
www.npg.org.uk

Night and Sleep by Evelyn De Morgan, 1878. De Morgan Collection, courtesy of the De Morgan Foundation 1 / 16
Night and Sleep by Evelyn De Morgan, 1878. De Morgan Collection, courtesy of the De Morgan Foundation
Evening Bag Stitched by Jane Morris, c.1878. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Bequeathed by May Morris. Image © Victoria and Albert Museum, London; 2 / 16
Evening Bag Stitched by Jane Morris, c.1878. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Bequeathed by May Morris. Image © Victoria and Albert Museum, London;
Effie with Foxgloves in her Hair (The Foxglove) by John Everett Millais, 1853. National Trust Collections, Wightwick Manor and Gardens, Warwickshire. © National Trust Images / Derrick E. Witty 3 / 16
Effie with Foxgloves in her Hair (The Foxglove) by John Everett Millais, 1853. National Trust Collections, Wightwick Manor and Gardens, Warwickshire. © National Trust Images / Derrick E. Witty
Study of Fanny Eaton by Joanna Wells, 1861. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund; 4 / 16
Study of Fanny Eaton by Joanna Wells, 1861. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund;
Jane Morris is the model for Proserpine by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1877. Private Collection; 5 / 16
Jane Morris is the model for Proserpine by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1877. Private Collection;
Annie Miller is the model in Il Dolce far Niente by William Holman Hunt, 1866. Private Collection, c/o Grant Ford Ltd; 6 / 16
Annie Miller is the model in Il Dolce far Niente by William Holman Hunt, 1866. Private Collection, c/o Grant Ford Ltd;
Jane Morris at Tudor House (Mrs William Morris posed by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1865), John Robert Parsons, 1865 Bromide print © National Portrait Gallery, London 7 / 16
Jane Morris at Tudor House (Mrs William Morris posed by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1865), John Robert Parsons, 1865 Bromide print © National Portrait Gallery, London
Sophy Gray by John Everett Millais, 1856. Private Collection 8 / 16
Sophy Gray by John Everett Millais, 1856. Private Collection
Elizabeth Siddal is the model in Ophelia by John Everett Millais, 1865-66. Private Collection 9 / 16
Elizabeth Siddal is the model in Ophelia by John Everett Millais, 1865-66. Private Collection
Georgiana Burne-Jones, with Philip and Margaret by Edward by Burne-Jones 1883. Private Collection Image courtesy of Sotheby's, London; 10 / 16
Georgiana Burne-Jones, with Philip and Margaret by Edward by Burne-Jones 1883. Private Collection Image courtesy of Sotheby's, London;
The First Meeting of Petrarch and Laura by Marie Spartali Stillman, 1889. Private Collection. Courtesy of Peter and Renate Nahum 11 / 16
The First Meeting of Petrarch and Laura by Marie Spartali Stillman, 1889. Private Collection. Courtesy of Peter and Renate Nahum
Embroidered Shoes by Marie Spartali Stillman. Delaware Art Museum, Gift of Eugenia Diehl Pell, 2016 12 / 16
Embroidered Shoes by Marie Spartali Stillman. Delaware Art Museum, Gift of Eugenia Diehl Pell, 2016
Marie Spartali by Ford Madox Brown, 1869. Private Collection; 13 / 16
Marie Spartali by Ford Madox Brown, 1869. Private Collection;
Thou Bird of God by Joanna Boyce Wells, 1861, Private Collection; 14 / 16
Thou Bird of God by Joanna Boyce Wells, 1861, Private Collection;
Christina Rossetti is the model in Ecce Ancilla Domini! (The Annunciation) by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1849-50. Tate: Purchased 1886. Image © Tate, London 2019 15 / 16
Christina Rossetti is the model in Ecce Ancilla Domini! (The Annunciation) by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1849-50. Tate: Purchased 1886. Image © Tate, London 2019
Fanny Cornforth is the model for The Blue Bower by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1865, The Henry Barber Trust, the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham 16 / 16
Fanny Cornforth is the model for The Blue Bower by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1865, The Henry Barber Trust, the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham
Night and Sleep by Evelyn De Morgan, 1878. De Morgan Collection, courtesy of the De Morgan Foundation
Evening Bag Stitched by Jane Morris, c.1878. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Bequeathed by May Morris. Image © Victoria and Albert Museum, London;
Effie with Foxgloves in her Hair (The Foxglove) by John Everett Millais, 1853. National Trust Collections, Wightwick Manor and Gardens, Warwickshire. © National Trust Images / Derrick E. Witty
Study of Fanny Eaton by Joanna Wells, 1861. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund;
Jane Morris is the model for Proserpine by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1877. Private Collection;
Annie Miller is the model in Il Dolce far Niente by William Holman Hunt, 1866. Private Collection, c/o Grant Ford Ltd;
Jane Morris at Tudor House (Mrs William Morris posed by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1865), John Robert Parsons, 1865 Bromide print © National Portrait Gallery, London
Sophy Gray by John Everett Millais, 1856. Private Collection
Elizabeth Siddal is the model in Ophelia by John Everett Millais, 1865-66. Private Collection
Georgiana Burne-Jones, with Philip and Margaret by Edward by Burne-Jones 1883. Private Collection Image courtesy of Sotheby's, London;
The First Meeting of Petrarch and Laura by Marie Spartali Stillman, 1889. Private Collection. Courtesy of Peter and Renate Nahum
Embroidered Shoes by Marie Spartali Stillman. Delaware Art Museum, Gift of Eugenia Diehl Pell, 2016
Marie Spartali by Ford Madox Brown, 1869. Private Collection;
Thou Bird of God by Joanna Boyce Wells, 1861, Private Collection;
Christina Rossetti is the model in Ecce Ancilla Domini! (The Annunciation) by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1849-50. Tate: Purchased 1886. Image © Tate, London 2019
Fanny Cornforth is the model for The Blue Bower by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1865, The Henry Barber Trust, the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham

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Desirée Maida

Desirée Maida

Desirée Maida (Palermo, 1985) ha studiato presso l’Università degli Studi di Palermo, dove nel 2012 ha conseguito la laurea specialistica in Storia dell’Arte. Palermitana doc, appassionata di alchimia e cultura giapponese, approda al mondo dell’arte contemporanea dopo aver condotto studi…

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