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Alexa Wilding (born Alice Wilding, c. 1847 – 25 April 1884) was one of the favourite models of the Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti, featuring in some of his finest paintings of the later 1860s and 1870s.
Sep 29, 2023 · Explore the life of Alexa Wilding, the Pre-Raphaelite art model whose elegance, timeless beauty, and prim demeanor served as inspiration for one of the most celebrated Victorian artists.
Alexa Wilding (she/her) is a writer, musician, and twin mama. After a decade-long career as a singer-songwriter (“the neo-Stevie Nicks” – The New York Times ), she received her MFA from The Writer's Foundry in Brooklyn, NY. Her work has recently appeared in Departures, Suleika Jaouad’s The Isolation Journals, Parents, and Cup of Jo.
Stories, meditations, and hard-won wisdom from my heart to yours. Click to read Resilience with Alexa Wilding, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
JESSICA ALMON: I wanted to ask you about your name: how you chose it, what’s the story behind it. ALEXA WILDING: My real last name is Georgevich, a Serbian last name. And I loved my last name, I didn’t have any issues with it, except—it was my parents’ name. I liked the idea of having my own, sort of a stage name. I come from a family of artists, and my mom had a stage name (she’s an ...
