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John Brett

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The Val d'Aosta, 1858
John Brett (1831-1902) was a Pre-Raphaelite painter, mainly notable for his highly detailed landscapes. Brett was born near Reigate on 8 December 1831, the son of an army vet. In 1851 he began lessons in art with James Duffield Harding, a landscape painter. He also studied with Richard Redgrave. In 1853 he entered the Royal Academy schools, but was more interested in the ideas of John Ruskin and William Holman Hunt, who he met through his friend the poet Coventry Patmore. Inspired by Hunt's ideal of scientific landscape painting Brett visited Switzerland, where he worked on topographical landscapes and came under the further influence of John William Inchbold.

In 1858 Brett exhibited The Stonebreaker, the painting that made his reputation. This depicted a youth smashing stones to create a road-surface, sitting in a brightly lit and brilliantly detailed landscape. The precision of the geological and botanical detail greatly impressed Ruskin, who praised the painting highly, predicting that Brett would be able to paint a masterpiece if he were to visit the Val d'Aosta in Italy. Partly funded by Ruskin, Brett made the trip to paint the location, exhibiting it in 1859, again to high praise from Ruskin, who bought the painting. Other critics were less effusive, one describing it as a "gravestone for post-Ruskinism".[1]

Brett continued to paint carefully detailed landscape views, staying in Italy on many occasions in the 1860s. He was always keen to stress the scientific precision of his rendering of nature, but often infused it with moral and religious significance, as recommended by Ruskin. In his later years he painted more coastal subjects and seascapes, subjects he came to know well due to his ownership of a schooner on which he travelled the Mediterranean.

Brett was also a keen astronomer, having studied the subject from childhood. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1871.

References

1. ^ The Critic, XVIII, 1859, p.544, quoted in Tate Gallery, The Pre-Raphaelites, 1984, p. 175

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Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (also known as the Pre-Raphaelites) was a group of English painters, poets and critics, founded in 1848 by John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Holman Hunt.
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James Duffield Harding (1798 - December 4, 1863), English landscape painter, was the son of an artist, and took to the same vocation at an early age, although he had originally been destined for the law.
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Richard Redgrave RA (30 April 1804 - 14 December 1888) was an English artist.

Early life

Redgrave was born in Pimlico in 1804.

Career

He worked at first as a designer.
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John Ruskin (February 8, 1819 – January 20, 1900) is best known for his work as an art critic and social critic, but is remembered as an author, poet and artist as well.
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William Holman Hunt (2 April 1827 – 7 September 1910) was a British painter. He was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

Life and work

Hunt's intended middle name was "Hobman", which he disliked intensely.
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Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore (July 23, 1823 - November 26, 1896) was an English poet and critic.

The eldest son of author Peter George Patmore, Coventry was born at Woodford in Essex. He was privately educated.
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John William Inchbold (August 29 1830–January 23 1888) was an English painter born in Leeds, Yorkshire and influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite style. He was the son of a Yorkshire newspaper owner, Thomas Inchbold.
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Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta
Région Autonome Vallée-d'Aoste
Autonomous Region of Aosta Valley


Map highlighting the location of Valle d'Aosta
Vallée d'Aoste in Italy

Capital Aosta
President Luciano Caveri
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Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) is a learned society that began as the Astronomical Society of London in 1820 to support astronomical research (mainly carried on at the time by 'gentleman astronomers' rather than professionals).
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This is a list of paintings produced by members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and other artists associated with the Pre-Raphaelite style. The term "Pre-Raphaelite" is used here in a loose and inclusive fashion.
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The Stonebreaker is an 1857 oil-on-canvas painting by Henry Wallis. It depicts a manual labourer who appears to be asleep, worn out by his work, but has actually been worked to death.
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Henry Wallis (1830 - 1916) was an English Pre-Raphaelite painter, writer and collector.

Born in London on 21 February 1830, his father's name and occupation are unknown.
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