Henry Wallis
Henry Wallis (1830 - 1916) was an English Pre-Raphaelite painter,
writer and collector.
Wallis is best remembered for his first great success, the painting
titled Death of Chatterton, which he exhibited at the Royal Academy
in 1856. The painting depicted the impoverished late 18th-century
poet Thomas Chatterton, who poisoned himself in despair at the age
of seventeen, and was considered a romantic hero for many young
and struggling artists in Wallis's day. His method and style in
Chatterton reveal the importance of his connection to the Pre-Raphaelite
movement, seen in the vibrant colours and careful build-up of symbolic
detail.
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