Ford Madox Brown

1821–1893

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Biography

Ford Madox Brown (16 April 1821 – 6 October 1893) was a British painter of moral and historical subjects, notable for his distinctively graphic and often Hogarthian version of the Pre-Raphaelite style. Arguably, his most notable painting was Work (1852–1865). Brown spent the latter years of his life painting the twelve works known as The Manchester Murals, depicting Mancunian history, for Manchester Town Hall.

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Artworks

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Ford Madox Brown Stages of Cruelty

c.1856
Ford Madox Brown Head of a Girl

date not known
Ford Madox Brown Jesus Washing Peter’s Feet

1857–8
Ford Madox Brown Study for ‘Southend’

date not known

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Ford Madox Brown Sheepshearing

c.1887

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Ford Madox Brown The Last of England

1864–6
Ford Madox Brown Mauvais Sujet

1863
Ford Madox Brown Study for ‘John Kay’

1889

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Artist as subject

Ford Madox Brown The Last of England

1864–6
Sir Max Beerbohm Ford Madox Brown being Patronized by Holman Hunt

1916
Ford Madox Brown The Hayfield

1855–6

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Hampstead Artists Council (London, UK) Hampstead Artists’ Council souvenir exhibition catalogue titled ‘Hampstead Artists Past and Present’

1946
Sir Max Beerbohm Mr William Bell Scott Wondering What It is Those Fellows Seem to See in Gabriel

1916

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Film and audio

Playlist

MixTate: FaltyDL on Ford Madox Brown

New York-based producer FaltyDL takes inspiration from Ford Madox Brown’s Take Your Son, Sir

Features

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Details, Details: Ford Madox Brown’s Mauvais Sujet 1863

Devorah Baum

English professor Devorah Baum reflects on Ford Madox Brown’s watercolour
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Nazarenes

The Nazarenes were a group of German artists founded in 1809. Their aim was to regenerate German painting by returning …
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Arts and Crafts

Arts and Crafts was a design movement initiated by William Morris in 1861 which aimed to improve the quality of …
Tate Papers

Sugar, Salt and Curdled Milk: Millais and the Synthetic Subject

Carol Jacobi

This article examines the sexual imagery of particular paintings by the Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais. It argues that criticism …
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MicroTate 19

Kenneth Stephens , Steve James , Rachel Hedley , John Purkis , Petina Gappah , Mary Bennett and Nathan Dunne

Individual reflections on a work in the Tate collection
Tate Papers

Paintings on Canvas: Lining and Alternatives

Stephen Hackney

This paper catalogues major changes in attitude during the last thirty years to conservation practice for the treatment of degraded …
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The Materials Used by British Oil Painters in the Nineteenth Century

Joyce H. Townsend

This paper reviews existing literature on nineteenth-century British artists’ materials. Sources of information, such as colourmen’s archives, artists’ diaries and …