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James Sant 1820-1916James Engeland

Martin Beek: By Frank van Eykelen from the "Me Ophelia" exhibition at Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam. Ophelia is probably Millais best known work...it would be good to see a few modern interpretations of the theme and work on this theme by Millais' contemporaries. Where is Ophelia by Mig Bardsley.... The power of Millais' art is that it sticks in our collective memory, his intense vision has somehow the power to influence many artists and photographers today. In this thread we take a look at but…

James Sant

Distant Memories

James Sant CVO, RA (1820–1916) was a British painter specializing in portraits, and a member of the Royal Academy. Sant was born in Croydon and taught by John Varley and Augustus Wall Callcott. He lived to the age of 96 and produced an astonishing number of canvases for exhibition at the Academy, some 250 of them, from 1840 through 1904. He was elected to the RA in 1870, and in 1872 Sant was appointed Principal Painter in Ordinary (official portraitist) to Queen Victoria and the royal…

James Sant 1820-1916 Engeland

Nora

The Bride of Abydos. James Sant (British, 1820–1916). Oil on canvas. Government Art Collection, British Embassy, Budapest. The Bride of Abydos is a poem written by Lord Byron in 1813. The story opens...