John Roddam Spencer Stanhope Artist

John Roddam Spencer Stanhope (20 January 1829 — 2 August 1908) is an English artist associated with Edward Burne-Jones and George Frederic Watts and often regarded as a second-wave pre-Raphaelite. His work is also studied within the context of Aestheticism and British Symbolism. As a painter, Stanhope worked in oil, watercolor, fresco, and mixed media. His subject matter was mythological, allegorical, biblical, and contemporary. Stanhope was born in Yorkshire, England, and died in Florence, Italy. He was the uncle and teacher of the painter Evelyn De Morgan.

Personal facts

John Roddam Spencer Stanhope
Birth dateJanuary 20, 1829
Birth place
England , Yorkshire
Nationality
England
Date of deathAugust 02, 1908
Place of death
Florence , Italy

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Artist

Influenced
Evelyn De Morgan
Gertrude Spencer-Stanhope
Influenced by
Movement
Aestheticism
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Symbolism (arts)
training at
Florence
Oxford

Topical connections

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A. S. ByattWriter
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John Roddam Spencer Stanhope on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://members.tripod.com/~midgley/chap04.html
  2. http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/john-roddam-spencer-stanhopes-thoughts-of-the-past.html
  3. http://www.florin.ms/gimeld.html#peetersoberhausen
  4. http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait.asp?mkey=mw05983
  5. http://www.victorianartinbritain.co.uk/biog/stanhope.htm