Editor’s Note: Untold Art History investigates lesser-known stories in art, spotlighting unsung and pioneering artists you should know, as well as revealing new insights into influential artworks.

THE PRE-RAPHAELITE TRAGEDY — William Gaunt—Harcourt, Brace ($3). When Britain trembled over one of its periodic French invasion scares in 1859, the home guards were somewhat puzzled by the enlistment ...

Today’s Poem of the Day continues the Sun’s week-long celebration of the Victorian poets. Christina Rossetti (1830–1894) was the youngest in a family of literary siblings, the most notable of whom, ...

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, "Sibylla Palmifera" (1865–1870), oil on canvas, 38 3/4 x 33 1/2 inches (all images courtesy the National Museums Liverpool) What's your go-to excuse when you miss an important ...

LONDON — In 2019, museums ostensibly wrote women back into art history. In London we saw Dora Maar (Tate Britain), Lee Krasner (Barbican), and Dorothea Tanning (Tate Modern) all step out from behind ...

It's a handle Algernon Charles Swinburne would probably relish. He loved to push opposites to the point where they would meet--where pain becomes pleasure, where love becomes hate. But it's been ...

Dante Gabriel Rosetti was a pre-Raphaelite painter known for his portraiture and figure paintings. One model frequently seen in his works was Elizabeth Siddal. She was one of the most notable models ...

Elizabeth Siddal was a much-favorited model for the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, posing for such iconic pieces as John Everett Millais’ 1852 painting Ophelia. But she was also a talented artist and ...

The pre-Raphaelite movement in America: an introduction -- The British brotherhood -- Buchanan Read and the Rossettis -- William J. Stillman: "The American pre-Raphaelite" -- The Crayon: the first ...

The Rossettis were a “weird” bunch, said Melanie McDonagh in the Evening Standard. Born in London to Italian political exiles and raised to be “precocious artists and poets”, they were a major fixture ...