Simeon Solomon

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British artist Pre-Raphaelite painter artist human painter

Simeon Solomon was a 19th-century British painter associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement, known for his symbolist, often homoerotic depictions of biblical and classical subjects.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British artist → Pre-Raphaelite painter → artist → human → painter →
activeYearsEnd	1900s →
activeYearsStart	1850s →
burialPlace	Willesden Jewish Cemetery →
causeOfDeath	heart failure →
countryOfCitizenship	England → United Kingdom →
dateOfBirth	1840-10-09 →
dateOfDeath	1905-08-14 →
ethnicGroup	Jewish →
familyName	Solomon →
genre	biblical painting → classical painting → portrait painting → religious art →
givenName	Simeon →
influenced	later symbolist artists → queer art of the 20th century →
influencedBy	Dante Gabriel Rossetti → Edward Burne-Jones → Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
movement	Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood → Symbolism →
name	Simeon Solomon →
notableEvent	arrested in 1873 for homosexual offences →
notableFor	depictions of biblical subjects → depictions of classical subjects → homoerotic imagery → symbolist compositions →
notableWork	Habet! in the Colosseum → Love in Autumn → Sappho and Erinna in a Garden at Mytilene → The Sleepers and the One that Watcheth →
occupation	draughtsman → painter →
placeOfBirth	England → London →
placeOfDeath	London → Middlesex Hospital →
religion	Judaism →
sexualOrientation	homosexual →
sibling	Abraham Solomon → Rebecca Solomon →
workLocation	London →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Pre-Raphaelite art →	hasNotableArtist
Simeon Solomon →	name