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James Collinson (9 May 1825 – 24 January 1881) was a Victorian painter who was a member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood from 1848 to 1850.
File:James Collinson - The Sisters.jpg, '' The Sisters'' (c. 1860)
File:James Collinson (1825-1881) - The Empty Purse (replica of 'For Sale') - N03201 - National Gallery.jpg, ''The Empty Purse'' (1857)
File:James Collinson - Mother and Child by a Stile, with Culver Cliff, Isle of Wight, in the Distance - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Mother and Child by a Stile, with Culver Cliff, Isle of Wight, in the Distance'' (1849)
File:James Collinson.jpg, ''The Renunciation of St. Elizabeth of Hungary'' (1850)
File:Too Hot Met DP888828.jpg, '' Too Hot'', print after Collinson, from ''Illustrated London News'' (February 28, 1863).
James Collinson (9 May 1825 – 24 January 1881) was a Victorian painter who was a member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood from 1848 to 1850.
Life
He was born at Mansfield,Nottinghamshire
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and was the son of a bookseller. He entered the Royal Academy Schools
The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its purpo ...
, and was a fellow-student of Holman Hunt, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti (12 May 1828 – 9 April 1882), generally known as Dante Gabriel Rossetti (), was an English poet, illustrator, painter, translator and member of the Rossetti family. He founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhoo ...
.
Collinson was a devout Christian who was attracted to the devotional and high church
The term ''high church'' refers to beliefs and practices of Christian ecclesiology, liturgy, and theology that emphasize formality and resistance to modernisation. Although used in connection with various Christian traditions, the term originate ...
aspects of Pre-Raphaelitism.
A convert to Catholicism
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, Collinson reverted to high Anglicanism in order to marry Christina Rossetti
Christina Georgina Rossetti (5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894) was an English writer of romantic, devotional and children's poems, including " Goblin Market" and "Remember". She also wrote the words of two Christmas carols well known in Bri ...
, but his conscience forced his return to Catholicism and the ending of the engagement.
When Millais' painting '' Christ in the House of his Parents'' was accused of blasphemy, Collinson resigned from the Brotherhood in the belief that it was bringing the Christian religion into disrepute.
During his period as a Pre-Raphaelite, Collinson contributed a long devotional poem to '' The Germ'' and produced a number of religious works, most importantly '' The Renunciation of St. Elizabeth of Hungary'' (1850).
After his resignation Collinson trained for the priesthood at a Jesuit college, but did not complete his studies.
In 1858, he married Eliza Wheeler, one of the sisters-in-law of the painter John Rogers Herbert
John Rogers Herbert (23 January 1810 – 17 March 1890) was an English painter who is most notable as a precursor of Pre-Raphaelitism.
Early career
John Rogers Herbert was born in Maldon, Essex. In 1826, he moved to London to study at the ...
, an early influence on the Pre-Raphaelites. Returning to his artistic career he painted a number of secular genre paintings, the best-known of which are ''To Let'' and ''For Sale'', both of which lightheartedly depict pretty women in situations that suggest moral temptation.
He was secretary of the Society of British Artists
The Royal Society of British Artists (RBA) is a British art body established in 1823 as the Society of British Artists, as an alternative to the Royal Academy.
History
The RBA commenced with twenty-seven members, and took until 1876 to reach fif ...
from 1861 to 1870.
In the latter part of his life he lived in Brittany
Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period ...
, where he painted '' The Holy Family'' (1878).
He died in April 1881.
Gallery
See also
* List of Pre-Raphaelite paintings - including the work of James Collinson.References
;Attribution *External links
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