American Pre-Raphaelites

Not to be confused with Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

American Pre-Raphaelites
William Trost Richards, Sunset on the Meadow, 1861, oil on canvas
Years activec. 1857–1867[1]: 44 
LocationUnited States
Major figuresThomas Charles Farrer, William James Stillman
InfluencesJohn Ruskin, William Henry Hunt, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Thomas Cole

The American Pre-Raphaelites was a movement of landscape painters in the United States during the mid-19th century. It was named for its connection to the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and for the influence of John Ruskin on its members. Painter Thomas Charles Farrer led the movement, and many members were active abolitionists. Their work together was short-lived, and the movement had mostly dissolved by 1870.

The American Pre-Raphaelites used a vivid, realistic style and, unlike their English counterparts, avoided figurative paintings in favor of landscapes and still lifes. American Pre-Raphaelites promoted still lifes and natural settings for paintings in the 1860s.[2]: 96 

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