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Ford Madox Brown, a British painter born in 1821 and deceased in 1893, trained in Belgium before entering London’s artistic circles. Closely associated with the Pre-Raphaelites through Dante Gabriel Rossetti, he combined precise detail and strong colour with questions about contemporary society. His images construct narratives in which gestures and objects help characterise each individual and connect the figures within a shared setting.
Begun in Hampstead in 1852, Work places excavators at the centre of a street scene bringing together different social groups. The construction site becomes a meeting point for manual labour, poverty and observers of urban life. Brown subsequently produced a series of murals for Manchester Town Hall, begun in 1879 and completed in 1893. These historical episodes emphasise Christianity, commerce and the textile industry in the city’s history.
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Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer
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Oil on canvas on wood
Lucy Madox Brown, 1861
Öl auf Leinwand auf Holz
Catalogue period : 2014-06-21
Published result : 4864 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 4000–6000
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