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Marie Euphrosyne Spartali, later Stillman, (born 1844-03-10, died 1927-03-06) was a London-born Pre-Raphaelite painter of Greek descent. She has been described as (arguably) the best of the Pre-Raphaelite women artists. During a 60-year career she produced over one hundred pictures, contributing regularly to galleries in London and the USA. A portrait of Julia Jackson who was Camerons niece and favorite subject, an albumen silver print by Julia Margaret Cameron, taken in 1867. ...
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The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was a group of English painters, poets and critics, founded in 1848 by John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Holman Hunt. ...
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Life Maria Spartali was the youngest daughter of Michael and Euphrosyne Spartali. Michael Spartali was a wealthy Greek merchant and diplomat based in London.
Maria Zambaco and Aglaia Coronio were her cousins; the three of them, all of Greek heritage and noted for their beauty, were known collectively by their friends as the Three Graces, after the Charites of Greek mythology (whose names were Aglaia, Euphrosyne and Thalia). Swinburne said of Spartali: "She is so beautiful that I want to sit down and cry". The Three Graces, from Sandro Botticellis painting Primavera Uffizi Gallery In Greek mythology, the Charites were the graces. ...
Algernon Swinburne, Portrait by Rossetti Algernon Charles Swinburne (April 5, 1837 – April 10, 1909) was a Victorian era English poet. ...
Spartali studied under Ford Madox Brown for several years from 1864, along with his children Lucy, Catherine and Oliver. She modelled for Brown, Burne-Jones (The Mill), Julia Margaret Cameron, Rossetti (A Vision of Fiammetta, Dante's Dream and The Bower Meadow), Spencer Stanhope and Whistler (La Princesse du Pays de la Porcelaine). The Last of England, 1855 Ford Madox Brown (April 16, 1821 - October 6, 1893) was an English painter of moral and historical subjects, notable for his distinctively graphic and often Hogarthian version of the Pre-Raphaelite style. ...
Love Among the Ruins, by Edward Burne-Jones. ...
A portrait of Julia Jackson who was Camerons niece and favorite subject, an albumen silver print by Julia Margaret Cameron, taken in 1867. ...
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (May 12, 1828 - April 10, 1882) was an English poet, painter and translator. ...
Self portrait James Abbott McNeill Whistler (July 14, 1834 – July 17, 1904) was an American-born, British based painter and etcher. ...
A Rose from Armida's Garden by Marie Spartali Stillman (1894) In 1871, against her parents' wishes, she married American journalist and painter William J. Stillman. She was his second wife, his first having committed suicide two years before. His job as a foreign correspondent resulted in the couple dividing their time between London and Florence from 1878 to 1883, and then Rome from 1889 to 1896. She also travelled to America, and was the only English Pre-Raphaelite artist to work in the United States. 1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
William James Stillman (June 1, 1828 - July 6, 1901), United States painter and journalist, was born at Schenectady, New York. ...
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Spartali's daughter Euphrosyne (Effie) and her step-daughter Lisa both became artists. Her son Michael became an architect.
Marie Spartali died in London in 1927. She was cremated at Brookwood Cemetery, near Woking, Surrey. 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
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Art The subjects of her paintings were typical of the Pre-Raphaelites: female figures; scenes from Shakespeare, Petrarch, Dante and Boccaccio; also Italian landscapes. She exhibited at the Dudley Gallery, then at the Grosvenor Gallery and its successor, the New Gallery; at the Royal Academy; and at various galleries in the eastern USA, including the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876. A retrospective show of her work took place in the United States in 1982. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...
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Works David Elliott lists more than 170 works in his book. The following are the better-known works, as determined by their mention in other books which discuss the artist. Madonna Pietra degli Scrovigni by Marie Spartali Stillman (1884) - Self-Portrait (1871) Delaware Art Museum
- Gathering Orange Blossoms (1879) St. Lawrence University
- The Meeting of Dante and Beatrice on All Saints' Day (1881)
- Madonna Pietra degli Scrovigni (1884) Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
- Love's Messenger (1885) Delaware Art Museum
- A Florentine Lily (c 1885-90) private collection
- The May Feast at the House of Folco Portinari (1887)
- Dante at Verona (1888) private collection
- Upon a Day Came Sorrow unto Me (1888)
- A Florentine Lily (c 1885-90)
- Messer Ansaldo showing Madonna Dionara his Enchanted Garden (1889)
- Convent Lily (1891)
- Cloister Lilies (1891)
- Saint George (1892) Delaware Art Museum
- How the Virgin Mary came to Brother Conrad of Offida and laid her Son in his Arms (1892) Wightwick Manor, The Mander Collection
- A Rose from Armida's Garden (1894)
- Love Sonnets (1894) Delaware Art Museum
- Beatrice (1895) Delaware Art Museum
- Portrait of Mrs W. St Clair Baddeley (1896)
- Beatrice (1898) private collection
- The Pilgrim Folk (1914) Delaware Art Museum
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References - Elliot, David B. (2005). A Pre-Raphaelite Marriage: The Lives and Works of Marie Spartali Stillman and William James Stillman, Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-495-2.
- Marsh, Jan; Pamela Gerrish Nunn (1998). Pre-Raphaelite Women Artists, 131-135, London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-28104-1.
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