British Pictures 2015

Back to Category Overview
1201 1201 1203 1203 1204 1204 1205 1205 1206 1206 1207 1207 1208 1208 1209 1209 1210 1210 1211 1211 1212 1212 1213 1213 1214 1214 1216 1216 1217 1217 1218 1218 1219 1219 1220 1220 1221 1221 1222 1222 1223 1223 1224 1224 1225 1225 1226 1226 1227 1227 1228 1228 1230 1230 1231 1231 1232 1232 1233 1233 1234 1234 1235 1235 1236 1236 1237 1237 1238 1238 1239 1239 1240 1240 1241 1241 1244 1244 1245 1245 1246 1246 1247 1247 1248 1248 1249 1249 1251 1251 1252 1252 1253 1253
Previous  
View full size
Next  
1255 1255 1256 1256 1257 1257 1258 1258 1259 1259 1260 1260 1261 1261 1262 1262 1263 1263 1264 1264 1265 1265 1266 1266 1267 1267 1268 1268 1269 1269 1270 1270 1272 1272 1273 1273

53. Philip Hermogenes Calderon, 1833-1898

Image information

Description

A Proud Girl

Oil on canvas

22 1⁄4 x 18 1⁄4 in

Additional Description
The model is very like that for Calderon’s Ruth of 1897, dating our picture to the end of his career. Calderon, half French and half Spanish (descended from the famous poet of the same name), became a leading member of the St John’s Wood Clique, a group of artists interested in modern genre and historical subjects who were inspired, both artistically and socially by the Pre-Raphaelites. Calderon’s haughtily beautiful women were painted in lush flesh tones against diaphanous clothing.