Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Dante Gabriel Rossetti was an English artist, poet, and translator.

Fast Facts

Born: May 12, 1828
Birthplace: London, England
Died: April 9, 1882
Age: 53
Literary Genre: Poetry
Brother of Christina Rossetti, William Rossetti and Francesca Rossetti
Married Pre-Raphaelite model Elizabeth Siddal
Called Gabriel by his friends and family

Career

After studying at King's College School, Henry Sass's Drawing Academy and the Royal Academy, Rossetti co-founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood alongside John Edward Millais and William Holman Hunt. The Brotherhood aimed to present realism in all its detail and color through art, as depicted in many of Rossetti's paintings, like Ecce Ancilla Domini and Beata Beatrix.

As a poet, he wrote much of his work in a journal, which he buried with his late wife, Elizabeth, in 1862. The journal was later exhumed and published as Poems by D.G. Rossetti in 1870. The erotic nature of the work was heavily criticized, sending Rossetti into a depression marred by an addiction to chloral. He died in 1882.

Categories

Authors and Writers | Poets | Artists | Art

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti News and Articles

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JSTOR: Love, Unity, and Desire in the Poetry of Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1971)
The Victorian Web: Rossetti's Real Fair Ladies: Lizzie, Fanny, and Jane (2004)
JRSM: Some Medical Aspects of the Life of Dante Gabriel Rossetti (861K) (1963)

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti Images

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Eaglesweb.com: Eight Lyrical Poems by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Dante Gabriel Rossetti Books and Merchandise

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti Blogs and Commentaries

LizzieSiddal.com: An Obituary for Rossetti by Gosse
A Selection of Poetry-The Blog: The Blessèd Damozel
The Rossetti Archive: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, His Family Letters, with a Memoir
The Victorian Web: Proserpine Commentary by Peter Nahum and Sally Burgess

Dante Gabriel Rossetti Timeline

1828: Born May 12, London, England
1848: Formation of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (PRB)
1850: PRB publishes The Germ and Rossetti contributes The Blessed Damozel
1859: Paints Bocca Bociata
1860: Marries Elizabeth Siddal
1861: Publishes The Early Italian Poets
1862: Siddall commits suicide, Rossetti buries his manuscripts with her
1869: Has his wife's coffin exhumed to recover his manuscripts
1870: Publishes Poems in April
1872: Suffers psychological breakdown
1881: Republishes Poems and Ballads and Sonnets and Dante's Dream is bought by the Liverpool Corporation for the Walker Art Gallery
1882: Dies on April 9, Easter Sunday, from liver failure

Related Pages on Mahalo

Christina Rossetti | Elizabeth Siddal | Fanny Cornforth | Jane Morris | Francesca Rossetti | William Holman Hunt | John Edward Millais | Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood | William Rossetti

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