About the Artist
William Holman Hunt was born in 1827 at Cheapside, City of London to a warehouse manager William Hunt and Sarah. He died in 1910. He was an English painter and artist. He was one of the founding fathers of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. He is widely known for Orientalist and Pre-Raphaelite movements. His paintings had great details, elaborative symbolism, and vivid colors. His paintings and its features were highly influenced by the writings of writers such as John Ruskin and Thomas Carlyle who believed that the world should be red as a system, which is full of visual signs.
William was very much keen to the popular appeal and public visibility of his works.
His famous paintings
Partial list of works
- A converted British family, sheltering addition, missionary from the persecution of the druids (1850)
- Valentine Rescuing Sylvia from Proteus (1851)
- The awakening conscience 1853
- The Light of the World (1854)
- The Scapegoat (1856)
- The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple (1860)
- The Shadow of Death (1871)
- The Importunate Neighbour (1895)
- The Miracle of the Holy Fire (1899)
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