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Dante Rossetti - 1829 to 1896
Chronology
- 1828
- Born 38 Charlotte Street, London. Eldest son of Gabriel Rossetti, Professor of Italian at King's College, London. (from 1831), and Frances Polidori.
- 1829
- Birth of William Michael Rossetti.
- 1830
- Birth of Christina Georgina Rossetti.
- 1836
- Pupil at King's College School.
- 1841
- Studied at Henry Sass's Drawing Academy. Much time spent illustrating Shakespeare, Byron, Scott, Goethe and his own brother's and sister's writings.
- 1844
- Probationer at Royal Academy.
- 1845
- Full-time Student at Royal Academy Schools, but had little enthusiasm for format training.
- 1848
- March, studied under Ford Madox Brown. Belonged to 'The Cyclographic'
sketching club circulating drawings for criticism. Members included
later founder-members of Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. May, introduced
himself to Holman Hunt after admiring his picture at 1848 Royal Academy
Summer Exhibition. August, shared studio with Holman
Hunt. September, Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood formed. 'The Girlhood
of Mary' (Tate Gallery). Composing poetry, literary interests and painting
of equal importance. October, finished translation of Dante's'Vita Nuova'.
- 1849
- Exhibited 'The Girlhood of Mary' at the Free Exhibition, Hyde Park Corner. September-October, travelled to Paris and Belgium with Holman Hunt. Visited major galleries and confirmed enthusiasm for medieval and early Renaissance painting.
- 1850
- Met Elizabeth Siddal. 'The Germ' magazine published, largely organised by Rossetti. 'Ecce Ancilla Domini' (Tate Gallery) exhibited at National Institution. October, a rare experience painting out of doors, with Holman Hunt.
- 1852-53
- Exhibited watercolours at The Old Watercolour Society, Pall Mall.
- 1854
- Commenced 'Found' (Wilmington Society of Fine Arts, Delaware) - a picture with a modern moral subject.
- 1855
- Publication of William Allingham's 'The Music Master', with one illustration by Rossetti. Worked extensively on small watercolours with medieval and Dante subject matter.
- 1856
- Friendship with Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris, both young students at Oxford. 'The Seed of David' triptych (Llandaff Cathedral).
- 1857
- Moxon's Tennyson published. Five illustrations by Rossetti. Oxford Union Murals painted under his leadership.
- 1858
- Met Fanny Cornforth.
- 1860
- Married Elizabeth Siddal. Subjects changed to more languid, solitary female figures.
- 1861
- Foundation of Morris, Marshall, Faulkner and Company.
- 1862
- Elizabeth Siddal died. Rossetti's manuscript poems buried in her coffin. October, moved to 16 Cheyne Walk with A. C. Swinburne.
- 1863
- Visited Belgium with W. M. Rossetti.
- 1864
- Paris. Friendly with Fantin-Latour and Whistler. 'Beata Beatrix' (Tate Gallery).
- 1865
- 'The Blue Bower' (Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham). Met Alexa Wilding. 1865-66 'The Beloved' (Tate Gallery).
- 1866
- Commenced 'Sibylla Palmifera' (Lady Lever Art Gallery).
- 1869
- Manuscript poem disinterred from Elizabeth Siddal's coffin. Close friendship with Jane Morris.
- 1870
- Started taking chloral for insomnia, leading to addiction. Poems published.
- 1871-74
- Shared Kelmscott Manor with William and Jane Morris. 1871 commenced 'Dante's Dream' (Walker Art Gallery). 1872 Buchanan's derogatory article 'The Fleshly School of Poetry' in 'The Contemporary Review'. 1872 seriously ill. 1872 'The Bower Meadow' (Manchester). 1873 'La Ghirlandata' (Guildhall). Style changed again with female figures becoming burly and exaggeratedly elongated.
- 1875
- 'The Blessed Damozel' (Lady Lever Art Gallery).
- 1877
- 'Proserpine' (private collection). 'Astarte Syriaca' (Manchester).
- 1878
- ' Pandora' (Lady Lever Art Gallery).
- 1881
- New edition poems published
- 1882
- 9th April, died at Birchington-on-Sea.
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