Rebecca Solomon ( born Rebecca Solomon ; September 26, 1832 , Bishopsgate , London , November 20, 1886 ) is an English artist.
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Biography
Born in an Orthodox Jewish family. Her father was Meyer Solomon, a major hat merchant, and her mother Katherine Levy. Rebecca was one of eight children. Her two brothers Abraham Solomon and Simeon Solomon were also artists. The family had five more children: Aaron, Betsy, Isaac, Ellen and Sylvester.
Rebecca learned to paint with her older brother Abraham, a genre painter, and later entered the Spitalfield School of Drawing. At one time she was a student in the workshop of Milles . Rebecca was also well acquainted with Edward Burne-Jones , even posed for him for a number of paintings.
In 1852, the artist made her debut at the Royal Academy exhibition, where she subsequently exhibited her works until 1869. Also exhibited at the Dudley Gallery and the French Gambard Gallery.
The artist painted mainly portraits , as well as genre and historical canvases, often on Christian subjects. Her paintings “Friends in Need”, “Vain Labor of Love”, “Governess”, and “Love Message” represent typical genre situations containing pre-Raphaelites that contain morality.
The end of Rebecca Solomon's life was tragic. Deeply worried about the death of her older brother and the collapse of her younger reputation, she began to drink and ended her days in the home for the insane.
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Literature
- Pre-Raphaelism: An Illustrated Encyclopedia / Comp. I.G. Mosin. - St. Petersburg, 2006.