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Category: XIX Century
William Morris, the Original Hipster Grandad you wished you had…
The Pre-Raphaelites—the group of Victorian artists, writers, and aesthetes—are back as the original Hipster mob. The original Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood existed from 1848 to 1853, had a relatively well-defined membership and clearly stated aims. They advocated a return to what they saw as the moral and visual purity of medieval art, from before the time of…
Kazumasa Ogawa
Kazumasa Ogawa’s stunning Lotus Flowers print a hand coloured collotype c1887 original on display at the Rijksmuseum available in museum quality prints framed or unframed in various sizes at SpaceWhale.
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
Pierre-Joseph Redouté 1759 –1840, was a painter & botanist from Belgium, known for his watercolours of roses, lilies and other flowers, many of which were published as large, color stipple engravings. He was nicknamed “the Raphael of flowers” and has been called the greatest botanical illustrator of all time. Redoute taught and painted up to…
Manuel Ramos Rejano Andalusian Dry Cord tails
Manuel Ramos Rejano was born in Palma del Río (Córdoba) Spain on October 19, 1851. Having perfected a ceramic enamelling process, he founded his ceramics factory in the district of Triana in Sevilla. The Cuerda seca (Spanish for “dry cord”) tile uses a technique when applying coloured glazes to ceramic surfaces. The history of the…