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Friday, July 18, 2008

John Melhuish Strudwick (British, 1849-1937)

An important late Pre-Raphaelite painter, Strudwick was born in Clapham, South London.

He worked as studio assistant to Edward Burne-Jones, which firmly established him in the Pre-Raphaelite mould.

He lived in Hammersmith, close to Burne-Jones and T. M. Rooke, another studio assistant of Burne-Jones

Many of Strudwick's paintings have music as a central theme, for example When Apples were Golden (1906).

His output was very small because his technique was so meticulous.

His style derives from the Italian Quattrocento.

1 comment:

  1. Hello, I just found your blog via a link from google images to your entry on Le Corbusier's Notre Dame du Haut Chapel at Ronchamp. I love the photographs.

    I've recently been reminded of Corbusier by an article in the Guardian the other day.

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