Rosa Brett
Rosa Brett | |
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Born | Rosa Brett 7 December 1829 Camberwell, London, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
Died | 31 January 1882 | (aged 52)
Nationality | British |
Movement | Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood |
Rosa Brett (7 December 1829 – 31 January 1882), was a
Her artistic career was cut short by chronic illness and family demands. She used the pseudonym 'Rosarius' for a period when exhibiting.[2] She never married and died aged 52.
Artistic career
Rosa received private artistic training as early as October 1841 and her father paid for lessons for both her and John.[3] Between the years 1850 and 1851 she kept a diary of her time with her brother John, recording their artistic life together when they shared a studio.[4] It is still extant in the Brett family papers.[5] Diary entries record that though they collaborated together, a portion of Rosa's work was sold under her brother's name. Describing an evening when John's pupils came to visit, Rosa said, '[...] I had to make my escape not wishing any one to see me working at the [picture entitled] Fungus as the work passes for John's.'[sic][6] John referred to her as 'a Diamond sister' in his diaries.[7]
Pamela Gerrish Nunn found within the family archives that Rosa's earliest work dates from 1843.
List of works
- From Bluebell Hill, watercolor, 1851, private collection.
- Birch Tree in our Lawn, sketch, 1852.
- The Hayloft, oil on canvas, 26.5 x 34.7 cm, exh. 1858, private collection.
- In the Artist's Garden, oil on board, 1859–60. Unfinished. In the collection of David Dallas.
- Thistles, oil on canvas, exh. 1861.
- Old House at Farleigh, oil on canvas, 1862.
- The Field-Mice at Home, oil on canvas, exh. 1867.
- Bunny, pencil drawing, May 1873. This drawing depicts the artist's cat.
- Starling and Bluetit, oil on canvas, exh. 1876.
- Snipe, oil on canvas, exh. 1880-1.[13]
- Iris, oil on canvas, exh. 1887.
- A collection of sketchbooks from 1871–2 and 1876-9 were loaned by the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich for 1998 Pre-Raphaelite Women Artists exhibition at Manchester City Art Galleries.[14]
Further reading
- Birmingham Museum and Galleries, Biography for Rosa Brett
- Gaze, Delia, Dictionary of Women Artists, Volume 1 (London: Routledge, 1997)
- Gerrish Nunn, Pamela, Rosa Brett, The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 126, No. 979 (Oct., 1984), pp. 630–631+633-634
- Marsh, Jan and Nunn, Pamela Gerrish, Women Artists and the Pre-Raphaelite Movement (London: Virago, 1989)
- ---., Pre-Raphaelite Women Artists (London : Thames and Hudson, 1998)
- Marsh, Jan, Pre-Raphaelite Sisterhood, (London: Quartet, 1985)
- Payne, Christiana, John Brett: Pre-Raphaelite Landscape Painter (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2010)
- Yeldham, Charlotte, Brett, Rosa [pseud. Rosarius] (1829–1882), painter
References
- ^ Marsh, Jan and Nunn, Pamela Gerrish, Pre-Raphaelite Women Artists (London : Thames and Hudson, 1998), p. 105.
- ^ Birmingham Museum and Galleries, Biography for Rosa Brett
- ^ Charles Brett's Notebook, 14 October 1841 in Payne, Christiana, John Brett: Pre-Raphaelite Landscape Painter (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2010), pp. 10–11.
- ^ Payne, Christiana, John Brett: Pre-Raphaelite Landscape Painter (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2010), pp. 7–8.
- ^ Payne, Christiana, John Brett: Pre-Raphaelite Landscape Painter (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2010), p. viii
- ^ Rosa Brett's Diary, 15 February 1851 in Payne, Christiana, John Brett: Pre-Raphaelite Landscape Painter (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2010), p. 12.
- ^ John Brett's Diary, 16 August 1853 in Payne, Christiana, John Brett: Pre-Raphaelite Landscape Painter (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2010), p. 10.
- ^ Gerrish Nunn, Pamela, Rosa Brett, The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 126, No. 979 (Oct., 1984), pp. 630-631+633-634 [1]
- ^ Gerrish Nunn, Pamela, Rosa Brett, The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 126, No. 979 (Oct., 1984), pp. 630-631+633-634 [2]
- ^ Payne, Christiana, John Brett: Pre-Raphaelite Landscape Painter (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2010), p. 248.
- ^ Payne, Christiana, John Brett: Pre-Raphaelite Landscape Painter (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2010), p. 79 and p. 140. and Yeldham, Charlotte, Brett, Rosa [pseud. Rosarius] (1829–1882), painter [3]
- ^ Gerrish Nunn, Pamela, Rosa Brett, The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 126, No. 979 (Oct., 1984), pp. 630-631+633-634 [4]
- ^ Sotheby's, 19th Century Paintings, 20 May 2003, [5].
- ^ Marsh, Jan and Nunn, Pamela Gerrish, Pre-Raphaelite Women Artists (London: Thames and Hudson, 1998), p. 107