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The Victorian Radicals featured in this exhibition were attempting to go back to the future, although, at points, they got lost in the past. Ford Madox Brown explores the psychological and emotional ...
Undeniably, Madox Brown’s was a 19th-century vision. Even his chosen palette, with his preference for brilliant new colours, including his favourite magenta, suggests the aniline dyes of mid-century ...
Ford Madox Brown is the odd man out among the Pre-Raphaelites. Born in 1821 to English parents in Calais, he learnt to paint in the academies at Antwerp, Ghent and Paris.
The work was completed in 1847 on the artist's return to London after a stay in Rome and the death of his first wife ...
A painting by British artist Ford Madox Brown, which was thought to be lost, is to go on display for the first time in 115 years. The Seraph's Watch was last seen in publicly in 1896, before it ...
The public have not laid eyes on the heavenly depiction of "The Seraph's Watch" for over a century and many people thought the painting was lost.
Ford Madox Brown was by no means a great artist, but his engagement with Victorian reality certainly makes him an interesting one UK News Website of the Year 2024 Search Icon ...
* Ford Madox Brown was born to British parents in Calais in 1821. He spent much of his youth in France and Belgium before training to be an artist at the academies of Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp ...
Image caption, A copy of the painting sold for £100,000 in 2006 at an auction in London A painting by British artist Ford Madox Brown, which was thought to be lost, is to go on display for the ...