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John Brett Biography

English Pre-Raphaelite painter
born 1831 - died 1902

Master of: Art Workers' Guild (from 1890).
Member of: Art Workers' Guild.

As a boy, John Brett was interested in both paintings and astronomy, but in 1851 he decided to take lessons from the leading drawing master of his time, James Duffield Harding (1797-1863). Whilst a student at the Royal Academy Schools John Brett was deeply moved by the painting of the Pre-Raphaelites and the writing of John Ruskin.

In 1853 John Brett was introduced to Holman Hunt and in 1856 visited Switzerland, where he met another painter on the fringe of the Pre-Raphaelite circle, J W Inchbold (1830-1888). Always inclined towards landscape painting, John Brett gained the attention and encouragement of Ruskin after exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1858. Fascinated by the sea, he turned more towards marine subjects in the 1860s, especially favouring rocky coasts.