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William Holman Hunt Biography

English Pre-Raphaelite artist
born 1827 - died 1910

Friend of: John Everett Millais (1829-1896), Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882)

Hunt, a founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was born in London, the son of a warehouse manager. Throughout his life the artist was a devout Christian. William Holman Hunt was also serious minded, lacking in a sense of humour. He joined the Royal Academy Schools in 1844, where he met Millais and Rossetti, and, in fact brought them together.

In 1854 the painter decided to visit the Holy Land, to see for himself the genuine background for the religious works William Holman Hunt intended to paint. The first tangible results of this journey were two William Holman Hunt paintings, “The Scapegoat,’ and ( ‘ The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple,’ which was exhibited nationally to great acclaim in 1860, and sold for the sum of 5,500 guineas, William Holman Hunt was advised on the price by Charles Dickens.) This sale, which included the copyright established the painter both financially, and artistically.

Famous William Holman Hunt paintings ‘The Light of the World,’ was one of the greatest Christian images of the 19th and early 20th centuries. He worked at night on this William Holman Hunt painting, in an unheated shelter in a wood near Ewell in Surrey.

He did not have the natural talent of Millais, or the intellect and vision of Rossetti. William Holman Hunt made up for this by sheer hard work and commitment. He could have been a very successful portrait painter had William Holman Hunt painter chosen to be so. In later years, as his sight started to fail, perhaps, his colours became increasingly harsh. He was still capable of great things, however, as shown by wonderful late William Holman Hunt painting ‘The Lady of Shallott, surely one of the most powerful Pre-Raphaelite images.

In his last years he became the patriarch of Victorian painting. William Holman Hunt artist was awarded the Order of Merit by King Edward VII in 1905. Hunt married firstly Fanny Waugh, and after her death in childbirth her younger sister Edith. William Holman Hunt was also a far more attractive personality than is generally supposed, with a wide range of interests, which included horse racing and boxing. William Holman Hunt died in 1910.