After 1870, he drifted from the Pre-Raphaelite, painting more seascapes, but still some wonderful coastal scenes.
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From his first painting of the Glacier of Rosenlaui in 1856, Brett made pure landscapes in Pre-Raphaelite style – stunning in their detail.
A brief survey of landscapes by Ford Madox Brown, Thomas Seddon, William Dyce, and others in the late 1850s.
The pursuit of truth was not easy, and posed its own problems, which altered the look of paintings.
What was Pre-Raphaelite landscape painting? A throwback to Masaccio, beyond Turner, or Ruskinism?
Specialising in Dutch domestic scenes in the 17th century, she explored reflections, and was assiduous in authenticity of details.
Where to see many of his paintings: an exhibition running now.
What does a painter do when the person who commissioned their portrait won’t pay, and demands the painting be withdrawn from show?
A precocious painter of detail, her style appears to have undergone radical change by about 1900.
Known now from a single painting, she had a long, prolific, and successful career.
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