List of Pre-Raphaelite paintings facts for kids

The Beguiling of Merlin, a famous painting from 1874 by Edward Burne-Jones.

This is a list of paintings by artists connected to the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. The Pre-Raphaelites were a group of English painters, poets, and art critics. They formed in 1848. They wanted to change art by going back to the detailed and colorful styles of early Italian Renaissance art. This was before the time of the artist Raphael. They believed art should be true to nature and tell a story.

Artists of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

James Collinson

James Collinson – The Sisters, painted around 1860.

James Collinson was one of the first members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. He painted scenes from everyday life and religious stories.

• The Renunciation of St. Elizabeth of Hungary (1850)
• Answering the Emigrant's Letter (1850)
• The Sisters (c. 1860)

William Holman Hunt

William Holman Hunt – The Scapegoat, painted between 1854 and 1856.

William Holman Hunt was a key founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. He was known for his very detailed and symbolic paintings. He often used bright colors.

• A Converted British Family Sheltering a Christian Missionary from the Persecution of the Druids (1849–50), Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
• The Hireling Shepherd (1851), Manchester Art Gallery
• The Awakening Conscience (1851–1853), Tate Britain, London
• The Light of the World (1853–54), Keble College, Oxford
• The Scapegoat (1854–1856), Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight
• The Shadow of Death (1870–1873), Manchester Art Gallery
• The Lady of Shalott (1886–1905), Wadsworth Atheneum, Connecticut

John Everett Millais

John Everett Millais, Leisure Hours, 1864, Detroit Institute of Arts.

John Everett Millais, Mrs Coventry Patmore (1851) Fitzwilliam Museum.

John Everett Millais was another founding member. He was very talented from a young age. His paintings are known for their beauty and strong emotions.

• Isabella (1848–49), Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
• Christ In The House Of His Parents (1850), Tate Britain, London
• Ophelia (1852), Tate Britain, London
• A Huguenot (1852), Makins Collection (private)
• The Rescue (1855), National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
• Autumn Leaves (1856), Manchester Art Gallery
• The Blind Girl (1856), Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
• The Black Brunswicker (1860), Lady Lever Art Gallery, Liverpool
• The Boyhood of Raleigh (1870), Tate Gallery, London
• The North-West Passage (1874), Tate Gallery, London
• Bubbles (1886), owned by Unilever, on display at Lady Lever Art Gallery, Liverpool

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Dante Gabriel Rossetti – Paolo and Francesca da Rimini, 1867.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti was a poet and painter. He was also one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. His art often featured beautiful women and themes from myths and literature.

• Ecce Ancilla Domini or The Annunciation (1850), Tate Britain, London
• Found (1854), Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington
• Paolo and Francesca da Rimini (1855), Tate Britain, London
• Beata Beatrix (1864), Tate Britain, London
• Lady Lilith (1867), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
• Proserpine (1874), Tate Britain, London
• The Blessed Damozel (1875–1881), Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight
• The Day Dream (1880), Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Other Important Artists

Many other artists were inspired by the Pre-Raphaelite style. They shared similar ideas about art.

Ford Madox Brown

Ford Madox Brown was a close friend of the Pre-Raphaelites. He shared many of their ideas. He is known for his detailed and realistic paintings.

• Work (1852–1865), Manchester Art Gallery
• The Last of England (1855), Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

Edward Burne-Jones

Edward Burne-Jones, The Princess Tied to the Tree 1866.

Edward Burne-Jones was a student of Rossetti. He became a very important artist in the later Pre-Raphaelite movement. His works often show stories from myths and legends.

• The Merciful Knight (1863), Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Birmingham
• The Beguiling of Merlin (1872–1877), Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight
• The Golden Stairs (1880), Tate Britain, London
• King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid (painting) (1884), Tate Britain, London
• The Star of Bethlehem (1887–1891), Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Birmingham

Arthur Hughes

Arthur Hughes – Ophelia, painted between 1863 and 1864.

Arthur Hughes was known for his romantic and dream-like paintings. He often painted scenes from literature and fairy tales.

• April Love (1855–56), Tate Britain, London
• The Long Engagement (1859), Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
• Ophelia and He Will Not Come Again (1863–64)
• Sir Galahad (1870), Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

Associated Artists

These artists also worked in a style similar to the Pre-Raphaelites. They were part of the wider art movement.

George Price Boyce

George Price Boyce – A Portrait of Annie Miller, 1854.

George Price Boyce was a landscape painter. He often painted detailed scenes of nature.

• Autumn in the Welsh Hills (1860), Denver Art Museum
• At Binsey, near Oxford (1862), Cecil Higgins Art Gallery, Bedford

John Brett

John Brett was known for his very detailed landscape paintings. He captured nature with great accuracy.

• The Glacier of Rosenlaui (1856), Tate Britain, London
• The Stonebreaker (1857–58), Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
• The British Channel Seen from the Dorsetshire Cliffs (1871), Tate Britain, London

James Campbell

James Campbell – The Dragon’s Den, 1854.

James Campbell focused on realistic scenes of everyday life.

• The Lollipop (1855), Tate Britain, London
• The Dragon's Den (1854), Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

John Collier

John Collier was a later artist who painted in a style influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites. He often painted portraits and historical scenes.

• Last Voyage of Henry Hudson (1881), Tate Britain, London
• Clytemnestra after the Murder (1882), Guildhall Art Gallery, London
• Lady Godiva (c. 1898), Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry

Frank Cadogan Cowper

Frank Cadogan Cowper was one of the last Pre-Raphaelite painters. His works often have a magical or fairy-tale feel.

• Rapunzel (1900)
• La Belle Dame Sans Merci (1905)
• The Blue Bird (1918)

Frank Bernard Dicksee

Frank Bernard Dicksee – Chivalry, 1885.

Frank Bernard Dicksee was known for his romantic and dramatic paintings. He often depicted scenes of chivalry and love.

• Harmony (1877)
• Romeo and Juliet (1884)
• Chivalry (1885)
• Funeral of a Viking (1893)
• La Belle Dam Sans Merci (1903)

Edward Robert Hughes

Edward Robert Hughes – Midsummer Eve, 1908.

Edward Robert Hughes was a nephew of William Holman Hunt. He painted mystical and imaginative scenes.

• Midsummer Eve (1908)
• Night with her Train of Stars (1912)

Edmund Leighton

Edmund Leighton – God Speed!, 1900.

Edmund Leighton was known for his historical paintings. He often showed scenes from medieval times.

• God Speed! (1900)
• The Accolade (1901)

Joseph Noel Paton

Joseph Noel Paton was a Scottish artist. He painted many fairy and fantasy scenes.

• The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania (1849)
• The Reconciliation of Oberon and Titania (1847)

Frederick Sandys

Frederick Sandys – Queen Eleanor, 1858.

Frederick Sandys was known for his detailed portraits and mythical subjects.

• Queen Eleanor (1858), National Museum of Wales
• Morgan le Fay (1864), Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
• Medea (1868), Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

Simeon Solomon

Simeon Solomon – Autumn.

Simeon Solomon was a talented artist. He painted religious and mythical subjects.

• Love in Autumn (1860)
• Priestess offering Poppies (1864)
• Love Dreaming by the Sea (1871)

John William Waterhouse

John William Waterhouse – The Lady of Shalott, 1888.

John William Waterhouse was a later Pre-Raphaelite artist. He is famous for his paintings of women from mythology and literature.

• The Favourites of the Emperor Honorius (1883), Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
• The Magic Circle (1886), Tate, London
• The Lady of Shalott (1888), Tate, London
• Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses (1891), Gallery Oldham, Oldham
• Hylas and the Nymphs (1896)
• Echo and Narcissus (1903), Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

William Lindsay Windus

William Lindsay Windus was a Liverpool-based artist. He was known for his emotional and dramatic paintings.

• Too Late (1858), Tate Britain, London
• The Outlaw (1861), Manchester Art Gallery

Images for kids

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  Claudio and Isabella by William Holman Hunt

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  Our English Coasts by William Holman Hunt

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  Dante Gabriel Rossetti by William Holman Hunt

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  Monna Vanna by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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  Sibylla Palmifera by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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  Silence by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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  The Bower Meadow by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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  Damsel of the Sanct Grael by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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  La Bella Mano by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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  Astarte Syriaca by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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  Last Voyage of Henry Hudson by John Collier

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  Clytemnestra after the Murder by John Collier

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  Priestess of Delphi by John Collier

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  Queen Guinevre's Maying by John Collier

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  Harmony by Frank Bernard Dicksee

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  Chivalry by Frank Bernard Dicksee

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  Beatrice by Frank Bernard Dicksee

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  Passion by Frank Bernard Dicksee

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  Funeral of a Viking by Frank Bernard Dicksee

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  The Mirror by Frank Bernard Dicksee

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  An Offering by Frank Bernard Dicksee

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  La Belle Dame Sans Merci by Frank Bernard Dicksee

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  Dorothy by Frank Bernard Dicksee

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  The End of the Quest by Frank Bernard Dicksee

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  Portrait of Elsa by Frank Bernard Dicksee

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  Cleopatra by Frank Bernard Dicksee

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  Priestess offering Poppies by Simeon Solomon

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  Bacchus by Simeon Solomon

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  Pastoral Lovers by Simeon Solomon

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  The Toilet of a Roman Lady by Simeon Solomon

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  King Solomon by Simeon Solomon

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  Night by Simeon Solomon