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19th century gallery - part two

These works illustrate two different approaches to painting during the 19th century. Paintings like Poynter's 'Faithful unto death' and the iconic 'And when did you last see your father?' by Yeames capture the Victorian taste for sentimental or moral narratives. Meanwhile, mainly on the continent, artists such as Cézanne were beginning to approach painting in a way that would have far longer reaching consequences.

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'The Murder' c1867, Paul Cézanne (1839 - 1906)
'The Murder'
Paul Cézanne

'Elaine' (1870), Sophie Anderson (1823 - 1903)
'Elaine'
Sophie Anderson

'Dante's Dream' (1871), Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828 - 82)
'Dante's Dream'
Dante Gabriel Rossetti

'Bust of Henry Wordsworth Longfellow' 1872, Edmonia Lewis (c1845 - c1911)
'Bust of Henry Wordsworth Longfellow'
Edmonia Lewis

'Leonora di Mantua' 1873, Valentine Cameron Prinsep (1838 – 1904)
'Leonora di Mantua'
Valentine Cameron Prinsep

'Portrait of Mrs Catherine Smith Gill and two of her children' 1877, James Jacques Joseph Tissot (1836 - 1902)
'Portrait of Mrs Catherine Smith Gill'
James Jacques Joseph Tissot

'Elijah in the Wilderness' 1877 - 78, Frederick Leighton (1830 - 1896)
'Elijah in the Wilderness'
Frederic Leighton

'Athlete struggling with a python' 1877 (this cast 1910), Frederick Leighton (1830 - 1896)
'Athlete struggling with a python'
Frederic Leighton

'And when did you last see your father?' 1878, William Frederick Yeames (1835 - 1918)
'And when did you last see your father?'
William Frederick Yeames

'One of the Family' 1880, Frederick Cotman (1850 - 1920)
'One of the Family'
Frederick Cotman

'A Street in Brittany' 1881, Stanhope Alexander Forbes (1857 - 1947)
'A Street in Brittany'
Stanhope Forbes

'Friday' 1883, Walter Dendy Sadler (1854 – 1923)
'Friday'
Walter Dendy Sadler

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