The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-08
PRE.UAPHAELITES
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I.,up, sept g William Holman
u..r. q. , l.. the I,atntsr and IN.
%. fruud-r- IT the Pre- Ia pha -lit.
... .r.ut 100 English art. - dead. he
... ,-.r 90 fur spn" day.
A. ..a biI.uw"i Tarlnrs - th,usl ud-
q ...... no tu, country and ln Engnn d
rsr. jurisdictions ~ william Holman
H.r. . lannon's painting The Light of
.7- u rr.4 he familiar photograVure
-sg-...utr the SavioIr lighting His plth
.--..sa 'n. night to the door - hut
go her" knocking Tor adm,ttance. IL
..a th" most popular pictures prp-
,..r..i 10 the last century
M. guIuung. 10y which Holman Hunt
49,. .,..' NuoVn. typihs~ the vindicatlon
n'r- tr' which Was Tented to him during
mary Years II struggle Bitter dis
,,- n arose when Il was first exhibited.
uu, .-.'.r,~'n had pursued the artist
thr .rr 800 u his early years ~ effort
.rt Wa mo-, new to him even when he
lad 70. g."ve-i something destined Co gain
vrd. acceptance HIS life was made
" oi struggles. disappoIntments and
crashing defeats.
VILLAIN Holman Hunt was born IN
L.ri.u - .s27 His father was q poor
man ri tho middle class who was not
.tIa o. ~" hi~ -nn even an Ordinary
rturstIrr When he Was still a lad.
early .r Doc, 'c,u- Hunt was apprenticed
e. an auctIuneer as clerk and n few
wrstch-i years ~ uncongenal work
followed H. was not "a good clerk but
~ employer a kind hearted man. dis
covered IN" hoy fancy fer drawing and
encouraged It Young Hunts father
~ tuo tim'rou, "a man To give his Slnc-
uru o. 'h" lad r~qus-t that he he al
owed e. pur~u. his bent the father
needed money and he believed that no
ARTIST .H4.d support himself with de- ,
rtr.v
l''"r NO ~ three wears "a clerical work
,re H,y once drew a sketch ~ en old rp-
pc woman who raj euto-~d the office
. which he va, T"r'lei on "a high stool
over his leig"rs HIS employer won
tered al the fairhfIln.ss Of tho 81 e'Ch
art ,till more encourages ais apprentice
- .untinu- FAITHFULLY his TenchAnr Tor
craving Later when IN. Young man =
nt-r'rr"S had expired no strucS ont
NoIc.y 90 r"ronie an artist even though he
pur'ra', thr~c DAYS wesI and the ~es'
g - '.'r" ho Syclr IA tho British Museum
,r.inE Pc even accepted littlN iobs
I'M. purN shoPk""T"rs ~ altering
PORTRAITS which had been painted for The n
and which did not SUIT FOR money hs
u.llr"l - greatCoa' to a v~ve-cNl Jacket /
% t"-a'ed fractions cur
j." -".i-;apRht student tr.at ih-sa .
uf-r- 90 enter the Academy b~fore h. SIC
l.
va inca only IS, two years Hunts junior.
hut Who had already won tho principal
tneca 10 the antique Then the frlsno-
ship t''iween the two which was des,snei P.
@ ,oUtLue for - many years hogan
Hun worked diligently az something fno-
thaI tuning up unsatisfactory portraits
4 Ia groCers and IN IsH he completed
- 'rst Academy picture II was the por-
rat IT a child and lts title was Hard
he inspiration for what aFte-wa-d
sr- 70 - d"slgnated the Pro kapha~nte
movement seized HolBHa Hunt end
N.-A- r.multane Jus. u. whoa one day they
1ApGe "A 20 he turning n" ."lvo- ~
ole ton ~ engraving ~ the fresroa,
rom he Campo Santo a. Pisa Then both
Z ne young pctntc.s tho 49, thDy saw
- freedom from corruption. y..6s and
'ls-ase- IN tho Old school The two
, Ight more aDC NOR. upon rho suhi-rt
Q the d"cadence 81 ert sine" kspaa0'
l.uated the modem school ard finally
o lSts tkey formally constituted -r"n-
. ves the founders II tho Pre-GaphaaI' 20
70 which otho. artists after
Iari allied themselves tf that famous
y pany Holman Hunt was destined -
!. he last survivor
'alv short time before he de tn he
..fTH"d the fictIcn that Dante Gabriel
se-fI had been one II the orIgiul ad-
.a-'rts ~ tho movement 81 insurgency
D. % '"''er 20 the London TiHss Hunt said
IrA hr7therhood adopted the initials
~ with Shich Ne signed ont ri, lures
n '"- n"nd TO keep their manning secret /
Sf.rL this tune after much urgency from
'.'-'rr took MIN into my studio a. a
"a. o. oil painting
II .l' Roeson 60 assert IN ne latter rha'
..'."-'. and he mover occupied ioint ,
g. n" elder man was the master ,
~ L --.-tt. and pupil. Rossettl causes !
81 'loif" brotherhood so Holman
80 sve-red. by rrvelling the r1yst,c q
Poem Va - The initials which tho troiiar-
81 u.-'n attaching - ItS paintings
or ID" anne IN" 10 ider II The extreme :
20. i..l a"lItes number .ng William Nor
To- q BUu"-JonAs IN their ranks.
FHr. ,r.tlcisrn followed the original I
p" rsgh."I't" Brotherhood wherever n /
- E"i - work Tho public would v
s -" pictures % the new school
! 'an liurt- -Rienzi- was bought for
e.. As said 10y friend Who never
.- - ne picture after having re- =,
% .-f ng' Nho contented himself with '
80 ~" a work 81 charity.
90 ~trly 5ns the art ~ took trip ,
'-- N.'v Land. and Il was there he '
'. ... aspiration for many - his A"
D. .'.- k Many years saw him '
IsI"-'lne az work On canvases a
= . - .rh themes. Some 81 the best v
~ '' rr"se are The Finding II the
, Dr. fh" Temple. painted in Is9D; )
r..i.w e the Cross. completed If
.''.- y"trs work in 1873 The Tri- i
'.a lunDcents.- done IN 1855. and Z
.-' Al. NJ the Doctors IN IseD
.- .... Shalott- and Nazareth )
y. ''. 'u-r ,anvases ranked high IN the \
- .' a. Tr-