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Victorian Era Art
Ready to
go?
Come
and
follow
me!
Hello! My name is
Violet! Pleasure to
meet all of you!
Right now it is the year
2014 and I am playing
in the park. I found a
way to go back into the
Victorian Era! You
cannot share this
secret with anybody,
though!
Time Travel
While time
What was the Victorian Era?
traveling…
It was a time for great classic novels, many inventions, and many marvelous musicians. It was
a time for love, the reign of Queen Victoria, and more. This was the Victorian Era. It
lasted from June 20, 1837 and ended on January 22, 1901. Also the Victorian Era was a
time for fashion. Men wore waistcoats, aside with hats and walking sticks. For the women,
they wore long dresses, corsets, and stockings reaching right before the knee. Huckleberry
Finn was written, and Thomas Edison’s inventions were born, but one of the greatest
things happening in this era was art. Artists were known for their paintings usually based
on landscapes or women. The Victorian Era was known for love and passion, and three
amazing artists, Claude Monet, William Holman Hunt, and Sir John Everett Millais truly
expressed their passion for art though their works.
Here we are! These
are what houses
looked like back then!
Let’s go in!
Look at all of these
artworks! I especially
like the ones over there
in the corner!
More Paintings
Claude Monet
Born on November 14, 1840 in Paris, France, Claude
Monet was one of the best known artists in the
Victorian Era. His work consisted of landscapes,
portraits, and women such as his two wives. Monet
joined the Paris studio of the academic history painter
Charles Gleyre when he was 22. In the 1860s, he
appreciated the success in these early years of his art being accepted for
exhibition at the annual Salons, a professional art society in Europe.
Although, because of the many rejections of his other works such as
Women in the Garden, it inspired him to work with Edgar Degas, Edouard
Manet, and others authorizing an independent exhibition in 1874.
Impression: Sunrise was one of Monet’s contributions to the exhibition.
Sadly, it drew derision for its unfinished appearance. Yet, the artists thought
of this as a badge of honor and decided to call themselves “Impressionists.”
Monet died on December 5, 1926. His art will be remembered and is now
an inspiration to lots of people.
Woman with a Parasol
Another great painting by
Claude Monet is the famous,
Woman with a Parasol. The
woman in the painting is
Monet’s wife, Camille. He
intended the work to convey
the feeling of a casual woman.
Water Lilies
This is one of Claude Monet’s
very famous paintings. Monet
was inspired to paint this
exquisite piece of art because in
1883, he bought a house in
Giverny and made a garden so
he could practice garden
painting for the rest of his life.
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William Holman Hunt
Another great artist, William Holman Hunt painted during the
Victorian Era. He was born on April 2, 1827 and died on September
7, 1910. Hunt was a very serious person and lacked humor. He was
also the founder of the Pre- Raphaelite Brotherhood. In 1844, Hunt
went to Royal Academy Schools to receive education and met two
other artists, Millais and Rossetti whom he brought together.
Throughout his life, he was a devout Christian and intended to paint
religious pictures. One of Hunt’s famous pictures, “The Light of the
World,” was the greatest Christian images in the 19th century.
Furthermore, Hunt was also a great portrait painter. Hunt was
awarded the Order of Merit by King Edward VII in 1905.
The Awakening Conscience
This painting is one of Hunt’s most
famous oil painting. Hunt was inspired
to paint this when he read this proverb,
“As he that taketh away a garment in
cold weather, so is he that singeth songs
to an heavy heart.” The woman in the
painting is rising from her lover’s lap
and gazes onto the sunlit garden with a
mirror reflected behind her. The mirror
indicates the woman’s lost innocence.
The Light of the World
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When Hunt heard this,
“Behold, I stand at the door and
knock; if you hear my voice and
open, I will come, and we will sit
side by side, and share a meal
together. ” it inspired him to
paint this. Jesus is the center of
this painting. It shows that he
will not get mad and beat the
door down, nor pass through the
locked door as he did after his
resurrection.
Sir John Everett Millais
Lastly, Sir John Everett Millais was a artist in the Victorian Era. He was born on June 8, 1829
and died on August 13, 1896. In 1840, he was admitted into the Royal Academy Schools and met
William Holman Hunt, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. They all formed the Pre- Raphaelite Brotherhood.
Millais was the youngest student ever to attend the Royal Academy Schools and won a gold medal for
his painting, The Tribe of Benjamin Seizing the Daughters of Shiloh. Then he painted Christ in the
House of his Parents which was his entry for the exhibit in the Royal Academy Schools. Millais had a
natural talent and was a wonderful Victorian Era Artist.
Ophelia
Ophelia is a character in the Hamlet
written by Shakespeare. She gets mad
when her father is murdered by her
lover, Hamlet. She died filled with grief
when drowning into a river while
picking flowers. Buttercups, a type of
flower is shown in the picture. It
symbolizes ingratitude or childishness.
Christ in the House of His
Parents
In this picture, it shows the
childhood of Christ. On the wall is a
carpenter’s triangle above Christ’s head
which symbolizes The Holy Trinity. The
wood and nails symbolize the
crucifixion as does the blood on his
hand that drips onto his foot. Clearly,
this indentifies him as the Baptist.
That was sure
one journey! All
of the artists
and their works
were amazing!
I hope you
enjoyed and
learned a lot from
this adventure.
Now it’s time to
go home!
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