Ford Madox Brown

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Ford Madox Brown was a 19th-century British painter closely associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement, known for his richly detailed, socially conscious historical and genre scenes.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf British painter
Pre-Raphaelite-associated artist
genre painter
history painter
human
painter
associatedWith Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
birthDate 1821-04-16
birthPlace Calais
France
child Catherine Madox Brown
Lucy Madox Brown
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
deathDate 1893-10-06
educatedAt Académie des Beaux-Arts
Antwerp Academy of Fine Arts
familyName Brown
fieldOfWork genre painting
historical painting
mural painting
painting
genre historical painting
religious painting
social realism
givenName Ford
influenced Ford Madox Ford
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
influencedBy Early Netherlandish painting
Flemish painting
German Romanticism
Nazarenes
knownFor mural cycles in Manchester Town Hall
richly detailed historical scenes
socially conscious genre scenes
movement Pre-Raphaelite movement
Romanticism
name Ford Madox Brown
nationality British
notableProject Manchester Town Hall murals
notableWork Chaucer at the Court of Edward III
Cordelia’s Portion
Jesus Washing Peter’s Feet
Take your Son, Sir!
The Last of England
The Last of England (1852–1855)
The Last of England (1855 version)
The Manchester Murals
The Pretty Baa-Lambs
The Seeds and Fruits of English Poetry
Work
placeOfDeath England
London
relative Ford Madox Ford
residence London
Manchester
spouse Elizabeth Bromley
Emma Hill


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