Artnet

‘They Seized the Opportunities’: A New London Exhibition Tells the Remarkable Stories of the Women of the Pre-Raphaelite Movement

Why have there been no great women Pre-Raphaelites? Well, it turns out there were quite a few. The first exhibition to focus on the women behind the movement that took Victorian Britain by storm ...
Artnet

Who Is Fanny Eaton? The Jamaican Model Who Inspired the Pre-Raphaelites Is the Latest Art-World Figure to Get a Google Doodle

The Google Doodle for November 18 honors Fanny Eaton, a muse to the Pre-Raphaelites who helped redefine Victorian standards of beauty. Born in Jamaica on June 23, 1835, Eaton moved to London in the ...
The Conversation

Shedding light on the ‘Pre‑Raphaelite stunners’

Whether you like 19th century painting or not, it’s hard to ignore the Pre-Raphaelites, and it’s even harder to ignore the powerful beauty of their female models and muses – or “Pre-Raphaelite ...
Hyperallergic

Pre-Raphaelite Women Don't Quite Get Their Due

LONDON — In 2019, museums ostensibly wrote women back into art history. In London we saw Dora Maar (Tate Britain), Lee Krasner (Barbican), and Dorothea Tanning (Tate Modern) all step out from behind ...
Stylist

Who was Fanny Eaton? The muse being celebrated by Google was Britain’s most visible Victorian woman of colour

Forgotten Women is a series dedicated to giving women of history the exposure they deserve. Here, we’re celebrating Fanny Eaton – the face of today’s (18 November) ‘Google doodle’ and model for many ...
Women's Wear Daily

National Gallery’s Pre-Raphaelite Exhibit Stirs Power Debate

The paintings of the Pre-Raphaelites were shockers in their day, unnerving prudish Victorians with images of powerful, full-lipped muscular women swathed in diaphanous, alluring fabrics. These days, ...