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Informationen zum Autor Christiana Payne is a Reader in the History of Art at Oxford Brookes University. She coedited Prospects for the Nation: Recent Essays in British Landscape, 1750-1880. Klappentext Drawing on a wealth of unpublished sketchbooks, journals, and writings, this essential guide to John Brett (1831-1902) investigates the painter who was seen as the leader of the Pre-Raphaelite landscape school. In addition to exploring the familiar early works, including The Val d'Aosta and Stonebreaker , it provides rich information on his later, less-known coastal and marine paintings. Brett's turbulent friendship with John Ruskin is discussed, as are his relations with his beloved sister, Rosa, and his partner Mary, with whom he had seven children. His fervent interest in astronomy, his love of the sea, and his lifelong pursuit of wealth and recognition are all examined in this reassessment, which concludes with a catalogue raisonné of his works, prepared by his descendent Charles Brett. Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art Zusammenfassung A guide to John Brett (1831-1902) that investigates the painter who was seen as the leader of the Pre-Raphaelite landscape school. It offers information on his early works! including "The Val d'Aosta" and "The Stonebreaker"! and on his later! coastal and marine paintings. It discusses Brett's friendship with John Ruskin.
