James Collinson
James Collinson (9 May 1825 – 24 January 1881) was a Victorian painter who was a member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood from 1848 to 1850.
Life
He was born at
Collinson was a devout Christian who was attracted to the devotional and high church aspects of Pre-Raphaelitism. A convert to
During his period as a Pre-Raphaelite, Collinson contributed a long devotional poem to The Germ and produced a number of religious works, most importantly The Renunciation of St. Elizabeth of Hungary (1850). After his resignation Collinson trained for the priesthood at a
In 1858, he married Eliza Wheeler, one of the sisters-in-law of the painter John Rogers Herbert, an early influence on the Pre-Raphaelites. Returning to his artistic career he painted a number of secular genre paintings, the best-known of which are To Let and For Sale, both of which lightheartedly depict pretty women in situations that suggest moral temptation.
He was secretary of the
Gallery
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The Sisters (c. 1860)
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The Empty Purse (1857)
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Mother and Child by a Stile, with Culver Cliff, Isle of Wight, in the Distance (1849)
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The Renunciation of St. Elizabeth of Hungary (1850)
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Too Hot, print after Collinson, from Illustrated London News (February 28, 1863).
See also
- List of Pre-Raphaelite paintings - including the work of James Collinson.
References
- Attribution
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Cust, Lionel Henry (1887). "Collinson, James". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 11. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 381–382.
External links
Media related to James Collinson at Wikimedia Commons