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Elizabeth Eleanor Siddall (25 July 1829 – 11 February 1862), better known as Elizabeth Siddal (a spelling she adopted in 1853), was an English artist, art model, and poet. Siddal was perhaps the most significant of the female models who posed for the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood .
Jul 31, 2020 · The extraordinary story of the legendary beauty Lizzie Siddal is both surprising and tragic, and led to a strange myth that persists today. Lucinda Hawksley explores her legacy.
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Elizabeth Eleanor Siddall (25 July 1829 – 11 February 1862), better known as Elizabeth Siddal (a spelling she adopted in 1853), was an English artist, art model, and poet. Siddal was perhaps the most significant of the female models who posed for the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
- Elizabeth Siddal: Self–Portrait. From the moment he first met her, the Pre-Raphaelite powerhouse Dante Gabriel Rossetti was obsessed with Elizabeth Siddal, whom he nicknamed Lizzie.
- The Haunted Wood by Elizabeth Siddal. It wasn’t long after picking up a pencil that Elizabeth Siddal found tangible success as an artist. Like other followers of the Pre-Raphaelite movement, Siddal gravitated towards medieval aesthetics and themes, including Arthurian legends and the poetry of Alfred Lord Tennyson.
- Lovers Listening to Music. When Elizabeth Siddal was introduced to the art critic John Ruskin, he took a look at her growing portfolio of drawings and declared that she was a better artist than Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
- Clerk Saunders. Elizabeth Siddal’s artistic career only lasted just short of a decade. During this time, she managed to create hundreds of original artworks and grow her reputation as a serious artist among the Victorian-era avant-garde.
Nov 16, 2022 · Immortal or not, Elizabeth Siddal is a formidable figure who influenced a male-dominated art movement—and challenged a male-centric beauty standard—through her art and modeling work alongside the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
Dec 7, 2023 · Cue iconic painting. Eyes closed, lips parted, in Beata Beatrix, Siddal looks as though she’s already left the world. She doesn’t notice the haloed dove about to drop a poppy flower in her open palms.
May 8, 2023 · Siddal was the only woman to exhibit work with the short-lived but highly mythologized Pre-Raphaelite movement, which formed in 1848 and prized the period of 15th-century Italian artmaking...
