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English painter
The Holy Family
by James Collinson, 1878
James Collinson
(9 May 1825 – 24 January 1881) was a
Victorian
painter who was a member of the
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
from 1848 to 1850.
Life
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He was born at
Mansfield
,
Nottinghamshire
and was the son of a bookseller. He entered the
Royal Academy Schools
, and was a fellow-student of
Holman Hunt
, and
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
.
Collinson was a devout
Christian
who was attracted to the devotional and
high church
aspects of Pre-Raphaelitism.
A convert to
Catholicism
, Collinson reverted to high
Anglicanism
in order to marry
Christina Rossetti
, but his conscience forced his return to Catholicism and the ending of the engagement. This had a profound aspect on Rossetti's work, Collinson's departure influencing a great many of her poems.
When
Millais
' painting
Christ in the House of his Parents
was accused of
blasphemy
, Collinson resigned from the Brotherhood in the belief that it was bringing the Christian religion into disrepute.
During his period as a Pre-Raphaelite, Collinson contributed a long devotional poem to
The Germ
and produced a number of religious works, most importantly
The Renunciation of St. Elizabeth of Hungary
(1850).
After his resignation Collinson trained for the priesthood at a
Jesuit
college, but did not complete his studies.
In 1858, he married Eliza Wheeler, one of the sisters-in-law of the painter
John Rogers Herbert
, an early influence on the Pre-Raphaelites. Returning to his artistic career he painted a number of secular
genre paintings
, the best-known of which are
To Let
and
For Sale
, both of which lightheartedly depict pretty women in situations that suggest moral temptation.
He was secretary of the
Society of British Artists
from 1861 to 1870.
In the latter part of his life he lived in
Brittany
, where he painted
The Holy Family
(1878).
He died in April 1881.
Gallery
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The Empty Purse
(1857)
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Mother and Child by a Stile, with Culver Cliff, Isle of Wight, in the Distance
(1849)
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The Renunciation of
St. Elizabeth of Hungary
(1850)
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Too Hot
, print after Collinson, from
Illustrated London News
(February 28, 1863)
See also
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References
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- Attribution
External links
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Media related to
James Collinson
at Wikimedia Commons
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