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Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828 - 1882) was active/lived in England.  Dante Rossetti is known for Religious and allegorical painting, idealized women.

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A painter and poet, Dante Gabriel Rossetti was a key member of the Pre-Raphaelites in England, a group of painters and poets led by Rossetti, John Ruskin, William Holman Hunt and John Millais. 

Their aesthetic goal was to return to a medieval period, 'pre Raphael', meaning before the influence of the painter Raphael (1483-1520) and to re-vitalize the medieval focus on religion and realism that held closely to nature.
Rossetti was born to the exiled Italian scholar, Gabriel Rossetti, and was the brother of Christina Rossetti, a prominent poet.  Dante Rosetti became a student from 1845 to 1847 at the Royal Academy Antique School, and there began the association with Hunt and Millais. 

Rossetti's early Pre-Raphaelite paintings had religious and mystical symbolism, but criticism of his painting, led him to show his paintings in private circumstances and to do watercolors instead of oils. His primary theme became romantic love, and in many of   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 9559 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Dante Gabriel Rossetti

   Dante Gabriel Rossetti  Born:  1828 - London, England
Died:   1882 - Birchington-on-Sea, Kent, England
Known for:  Religious and allegorical painting, idealized women

A painter and poet, Dante Gabriel Rossetti was a key member of the Pre-Raphaelites in England, a group of painters and poets led by Rossetti, John Ruskin, William Holman Hunt and John Millais. 

Their aesthetic goal was to return to a medieval period, 'pre Raphael', meaning before the influence of the painter Raphael (1483-1520) and to re-vitalize the medieval focus on religion and realism that held closely to nature.
Rossetti was born to the exiled Italian scholar, Gabriel Rossetti, and was the brother of Christina Rossetti, a prominent poet.  Dante Rosetti became a student from 1845 to 1847 at the Royal Academy Antique School, and there began the association with Hunt and Millais. 

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