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Patrick Branwell Brontë ( / ˈbrɒnti /, commonly /- teɪ /; [1] 26 June 1817 – 24 September 1848) was an English painter and writer. He was the only son of the Brontë family, and brother of the writers Charlotte, Emily, and Anne. Brontë was rigorously tutored at home by his father, and earned praise for his poetry and translations from the classics.
Jul 26, 2018 · Published: July 26, 2018 6:37am EDT. The Brontë family, by Branwell, who painted over himself after realising the ‘composition was too cramped’. National Portrait Gallery/Wikimedia. To this ...
Jun 27, 2021 · Branwell Brontë, By Those Who Knew Him. This weekend marks the 204 th anniversary of Patrick Branwell Brontë, born in Thornton, Bradford on 26 th June 1817. Okay, it’s a day after the day itself, but we’re sure that Branwell would still be celebrating. Branwell Bronte self portrait.
Jun 26, 2017 · Books. This article is more than 6 years old. It's time to bring Branwell, the dark Brontë, into the light. Though his life was dense with literary and other failures, he was a decisive...
News Long Reads. Branwell Bronte: The mad, bad and dangerous brother of Charlotte, Emily and Anne. He failed to become as successful as his sisters and suffered bouts of addiction to alcohol...
Branwell Brontë, self-portrait, 1840. The Brontës ( / ˈbrɒntiz /) were a nineteenth-century literary family, born in the village of Thornton and later associated with the village of Haworth in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. The sisters, Charlotte (1816–1855), Emily (1818–1848) and Anne (1820–1849), are well-known poets and novelists.
Dec 22, 2016 · Branwell Brontë painted this portrait of himself with his sisters – but later attempted to erase himself from the picture. “We wove a web in childhood, a web of sunny air,” utters the voice of...
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