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World Oil Painting Classics: Lady Godiva on Horseback

2024-08-19

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John Collier

John Collier

(January 27, 1850 - April 11, 1934)

British artist and writer


Lady Godiva

This work must be familiar to you:

It is a famous painting in the Coventry Museum in the UK

It is the city's business card

Around 1040

The British ruler, Earl Leofric, raised funds for the army

Decided to impose heavy taxes

The good Countess Godiva asks her husband for a tax break

The Count said that if she walked around the city naked

Agree to tax cuts

The next day, the lady was really naked and riding on a horse.

Residents respect Mrs.

All doors closed on that day

The streets are deserted


Marion Collier (nee Huxley)

John Collier was born into a successful family

His two wives

Both are daughters of the famous scientist Huxley

His work is called

Light and color

Paintings that have been put to new use


Cassandra

16 paintings by John Collier

Now in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Two of them are in the Tate Gallery

His works are also included

1978 Arts Council

Great Exhibitions of Victorian Art


vanity

John Collier's painting style

Pre-Raphaelite

Good at portrait painting

I am also keen on drawing some medieval legends.

For example, the famous

Lady Godiva on Horseback


spring


Mrs Osborne


Doris Allen (1883-1962), Lady Vernon


Delphic priestess


The Minx


Portrait of a woman


meditation


Amber necklace


Souvenir of Chu Chin Chow


Pamela with her feet on stones


Queen Genevieve Maying


Touchstone and Audrey


Sacred and secular love


Mrs. Harold Rich


William Reed's three daughters


Fire


Marriage of convenience


Lovely lady

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