Emma Sandys (born Mary Ann Emma Sands) (25 September 1841 – 21 November 1877) was a British Pre-Raphaelite

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Biography

Emma Sandys was born in

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, where her father, Anthony Sands (1806–1883), gave her some early art lessons. In 1853 the family added a 'y' to their surname. She was influenced by her brother

Frederick Sandys Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys (born Antonio Frederic Augustus Sands; 1 May 1829 – 25 June 1904), usually known as Frederick Sandys, was a British painter, illustrator, and draughtsman, associated with the Pre-Raphaelites. He was also asso ...

(1829–1904), one of the

Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (PRB), later known as the Pre-Raphaelites, was a group of English painters, poets, and art critics, founded in 1848 by William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Michael Rossett ...

, and his friend

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. Her earliest dated painting is marked 1863, and she exhibited her works in both London and Norwich between 1867 and 1874.Yeldham, Charlotte (2004). Pre-Raphaelite women artists (act. 1848-1870s), female contemporaries of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (PRB). ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. (available online from 2011). Her works were mainly

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in both oil and chalk of children and of young women, often in period clothing, against backgrounds of brightly coloured flowers. Sandys created most of her work around Norwich, but may have spent time in the studio of her brother, Frederick Sandys, in London. She died in Norwich in November 1877. Her works include: *''Elaine'' (National Trust Collection, Wightwick Manor, Wolverhampton.) *''Fiammetta'' *''Lady in Yellow Dress'' (Norwich Castle Museum.) *''Viola'' (

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, Liverpool.) *''La belle jaune giroflée (The Beautiful Wallflower) (KINCM:2005.6134, Ferens Art Gallery)''

Gallery

File:Viola-Emma-Sandys.jpg, ''Viola'', circa 1865 File:Emma Sandys-Preparing for the Ball 1867.jpg, ''Preparing for the Ball'', 1867 File:Elaine Sandys.jpg, ''Elaine,''

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File:Sandys A-Medieval-beauty.jpg, ''A Medieval Beauty'', circa 1875 File:Esandys1.jpg, ''Portrait of a Girl'', circa 1865

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