William Bell Scott (18111890)


Pre Raphaelite Art William Bell Scott The Sea King's Wooing, 1858

William Bell Scott. 36 x 28 inches (91.5 x 71.2 cm). Collection of the National Gallery of Scotland, accession no. NG2367. Creative Commons CC by NC. This painting was inspired by Edmund Spenser's sixteenth-century poem The Faerie Queen. Una is the good and beautiful young daughter of a king and queen who have shut themselves up in tower for.


William Bell Scott (Scottish, 18111890), "Minstrel in the Glen at Penkill Castle" Royal

William Bell Scott, primarily a painter of the pre-Raphaelite era, also dabbled in poetry and occasional printmaking. He was the brother of the revolutionary painter and print maker, David Scott. He was seventh of all children born to Robert Scott an engraver, himself.


Art around you William Bell Scott National Galleries of Scotland

William Bell Scott Una and the Lion . This painting is called Una and the Lion. It's based on an old poem called The Faerie Queen. In the poem, Una's parents have been captured by a ferocious dragon. She goes on a journey to save them, but she comes face-to-face with a fierce lion. The lion is so impressed by Una's bravery that he decides.


Victorian British Painting William Bell Scott

William Bell Scott (1811-1890) was a Scottish artist in oils and watercolour and occasionally printmaking. He was also a poet and art teacher, and his posthumously published reminiscences give a chatty and often vivid picture of life in the circle of the Pre-Raphaelites; he was especially close to Dante Gabriel Rossetti.


Paintings William Bell Scott

William Bell Scott was the son of a Scottish engraver. He came to London in the 1830s where he practised as an engraver and also exhibited pictures. He had close contact with the Pre-Raphaelites and their circle, chiefly through his friendship with Dante Gabriel Rossetti. In this picture he contrasts the debauched eastern prince and his court.


Victorian British Painting William Bell Scott

Artwork Details. Overview. Provenance. Title: Illustration for the Kings Quair. Artist: William Bell Scott (British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1811-1890 Ayreshire) Dimensions: 12 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. Classification: Prints. Credit Line: David Hunter McAlpin Fund, 1948. Accession Number: 48.105.75.


William Bell Scott Biography & Facts

Dennis T. Lanigan. Scott was born on September 12, 1811 at St. Leonard's, Edinburgh, the seventh child of the engraver Robert Scott and his wife Ross Bell. William was the younger brother of the painter David Scott. William was educated at Edinburgh high school. He initially received training as an illustrator and engraver from his father.


William Bell Scott

In the 19th century, newly rich industrialists and manufacturers from the North of England were keen to purchase works of art. In 1856 Sir Walter Trevelyan, whose ancestors had founded the family fortune in the lead and mining industry, commissioned William Bell Scott (1811-1890) to decorate the hall of his house, Wallington, in Northumberland.


Pre Raphaelite Art William Bell Scott The Eve of the Deluge 1865

Biography Born 1811 Died 1890 Nationality Scottish Birth place Edinburgh Death place Penkill Scott's detailed and highly coloured paintings of historical, religious and contemporary themes reflect the ideas and concerns he shared with his Pre-Raphaelite friends, in particular, Dante Gabriel Rossetti.


Victorian British Painting William Bell Scott

Biography William Bell Scott (1811-1890) was a Scottish artist in oils and watercolour and occasionally printmaking. He was also a poet and art teacher, and his posthumously published reminiscences give a chatty and often vivid picture of life in the circle of the Pre-Raphaelites; he was especially close to Dante Gabriel Rossetti.


Unknown [William Bell Scott] The Metropolitan Museum of Art

SCOTT, WILLIAM BELL (1811-1890), poet, painter, and miscellaneous writer, born on 12 Sept. 1811 at St. Leonard's, Edinburgh, was the seventh child of Robert Scott (1777-1841) [q. v.], the engraver, by his wife Ross Bell, a niece of the sculptor Gowan. David Scott [q. v.], the painter, was an elder brother. The death in infancy of the four.


William Bell Scott, 1811 1890. Poet and artist (Selfportrait) National Galleries of

William Bell Scott (1811-90) was a Scottish poet, painter, art critic, and engraver, known for his association with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, founded in London by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Holman Hunt, and John Everett Millais. Included in the collection are drafts and corrected page proofs for Scott's poetry and prose works.


Victorian British Painting William Bell Scott

In the nineteenth century the Northumbrians show the world what can be done with iron and coal by William Bell Scott. 1861. Wallington, Northumbria. Courtesy Wallington, the National Trust. According to John Batchelor, Scott painted Iron and Coal, the last and most important of the series at Wallington, between January and June 1861.


William Bell Scott (18111890)

Scott, William Bell, 1811-1890; Minto, William, 1845-1893 Publication date 1892 Topics Scott, William Bell, 1811-1890, Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882, Poets, English -- 19th century, Painters -- Great Britain Publisher London : Osgood, McIlvaine Collection cdl; americana Contributor University of California Libraries Language English Volume 1


William Bell Scott (18111890) , Thou has left me ever, Jamie Christie's

William Bell Scott 1811-1890 artist Iron and Coal c. 1855-c. 1860. 188 x 188 cms | 74 x 74 ins Oil on canvas Next . The Gloaming ­ a manse garden in Berwickshire. ARC Leading the Revival of Realism Latest News British Vision, 1700-1900: Selections from the Department of Drawings and Prints.


Carl Larsson, Sweden Museum Iron and Coal William Bell Scott

William Bell Scott (1811-1890) was a Scottish artist in oils and watercolour and occasionally printmaking. He was also a poet and art teacher, and his posthumously published reminiscences give a chatty and often vivid picture of life in the circle of the Pre-Raphaelites; he was especially close to Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

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