William Holman Hunt

1827–1910 · United Kingdom · Pre-Raphaelite, Symbolism

William Holman Hunt (2 April 1827 – 7 September 1910) was an English painter and one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. His paintings were notable for their great attention to detail, vivid colour, and elaborate symbolism. Wikipedia

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Hard-edged, brilliantly coloured Pre-Raphaelite detail and moral or religious symbolism in every object.

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“The Light of the World”, 1853 — Keble College
“The Awakening Conscience”, 1853 — Tate
“The Scapegoat”, 1854 — Lady Lever Art Gallery
“Isabella and the Pot of Basil”, 1867 — Laing Art Gallery
“The Hireling Shepherd”, 1851 — Manchester Art Gallery
“The Shadow of Death”, 1873 — Manchester Art Gallery
“The Lady of Shalott”, 1890–1905 — Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
“A Converted British Family Sheltering a Christian Missionary from the Persecution of the Druids”, 1849 — Ashmolean Museum
“Our English Coasts”, 1852 — National Gallery
“The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple”, 1860 — Birmingham Museums Trust
“Claudio and Isabella”, 1850 — National Gallery
“London Bridge on the Night of the Marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales”, 1863 — Ashmolean Museum
“The Miracle of the Holy Fire”, 1892 — Harvard Art Museums
“Valentine Rescuing Sylvia from Proteus”, 1851 — Birmingham Museums Trust
“May Morning on Magdalen Tower”, 1890 — Lady Lever Art Gallery
“The Haunted Manor”, 1849 — Tate
“Little Nell and Her Grandfather”, 1845 — Sheffield Galleries and Museums Trust
“F.G. Stephens”, 1847 — National Gallery
“The Ship”, 1875 — National Gallery
“John Hunt” — National Gallery
“John Key” — National Gallery
“Cornfield at Ewell”, 1849 — Tate
“The Triumph of the Innocents”, 1883 — National Gallery
“The Dead Sea from Siloam”, 1857 — Birmingham Museums Trust
“"One Step to the Deathbed"” — Yale Center for British Art
“The Nile”, 1854 — Yale Center for British Art
“Self-portrait at the Age of 14”, 1841 — Ashmolean Museum
“The Eve of Saint Agnes”, 1848 — Guildhall Art Gallery
“Miss Gladys M. Holman Hunt (”The School of Nature”)”, 1905 — Museo de Arte de Ponce
“Afterglow in Egypt”, 1854 — Southampton City Art Gallery
“The School-Girl's Hymn”, 1859 — Ashmolean Museum
“The Afterglow in Egypt”, 1861 — Ashmolean Museum
“The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple”, 1862 — Sudley House
“The Beloved” — Royal Collection
“Stephen Lushington”, 1862 — National Portrait Gallery
“Plain of Esdraelon from the Heights above Nazareth”, 1876 — Ashmolean Museum
“Sir Richard Owen (1804–1892)”, 1881 — Natural History Museum
“Mary Walker Waugh”, 1868 — Cleveland Museum of Art
“The Prosperity of Egypt” — Yale Center for British Art
“The Father's Leave Taking”, 1879 — Yale Center for British Art

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