Ford Madox BrownReino Unido, 1821–1893Self-Portrait
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About the painting
Although never a member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Brown was closely associated with the group. He represents himself in painting garb, with palette in hand. The artist’s “severe” countenance was said to have softened as he grew older; he is fifty-six here. A friend wrote that “it would have been very difficult to find a face of happier character, and one more genially benign, than he habitually carried in later life; and at the same time, its grand lines and heroic character only seemed to increase with age.” The painted and embossed leather screen, with “oriental” motifs, is European, inspired by Chinese lacquer originals.
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Brown was a founding member of the firm Morris, Marshall, Faulkner and Company, which specialized in high-style decorative arts. When William Morris reorganized the company in 1875, Brown was dismissed. This portrait was made for Brown’s friend Theodore Watts-Dunton, the lawyer who represented him in the legal proceedings that ensued.
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- 1943.185
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