19th Century Painting of Medieval women, titled "at the Stream"

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Philip Hermogenes Calderon R.A.
19th Century Painting of Medieval women, titled "at the Stream"
1864

About the Item

The British painter Philip Calderon is best known for his domestic and historical scenes as well as his portrait painting. As a young man, he was educated by his father, a professor of Spanish Literature at King’s College, London. Previously an engineering student, Calderon’s sights turned to the arts and in 1850 the emerging painter entered J.M. Leigh’s art school, and the following year studied under Picot in Paris. The young artist began to exhibit at the Royal Academy in London in 1853, and made a name for himself in 1856 with his most famous work, Broken Vows. The work shows a young woman before a wall, pained to overhear her paramour flirt with another, just visible over the wall. Painted a year later, Devotion is somewhat of a companion work that shows a similar young, elegantly dressed woman, who has turned to the church. Both works, which show a marked Pre-Raphaelite influence, were painted while Calderon was not yet 25 years old. Following his early Pre-Raphaelite phase, Calderon became the leader of the St. John’s Wood Clique. This group of artists developed a great interest in historical subjects and genres inspired by their predecessors, the Pre-Raphaelites. Typical trademarks of Calderon’s artistic output include historical, biblical, and literary subjects executed with an attention to the depiction rich, silky clothing. In 1867, Calderon was awarded a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle in Paris, the only gold medal to be received by an English artist that year. After 1870 he focused on portrait painting and was elected Keeper of the Royal Academy in London in 1887. From this point onwards, his paintings took on a more classical style, due to his close relationship with Frederic Leighton, a contemporary of Calderon’s time. SELECTED MUSEUMS National Portrait Gallery, London (Self-portrait) (n.d.) Tate Gallery, London (Renunciation (1891); By the waters of Babylon (1852); Broken Vows (1856); Half Hours with the Best Authors (1866); St. Elizabeth of Hungary’s Great Act of Renunciation (1891)) Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Broken Vows) Aberdeen Art Gallery (Briton Riviere (1881)) Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport (Spanish lady (n.d.)) Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, England (Captain of the eleven) Beverly Art Gallery (Mrs. Champney) City Art Galleries, Leeds, England (Her most high, noble, and puissant grace (1865)) Manchester Art Gallery (Margaret (1876)) Smith Art Gallery, Brighouse, England (Man goeth forth to his labours (1859); The Orphans (1870)) Royal Academy of Arts, London (‘Whither?’ (1867)) Salford Art Gallery and Museum, England (The queen of the tournament (1874); Burial of John Hampden (1864)) Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead, England (His Reverence (1876)) Sudley Art Gallery, Liverpool (‘Her eyes are with her heart and that is far away’ (1875)) Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (Ruth and Naomi (1886))

Creator:
Philip Hermogenes Calderon R.A. (1833 - 1898, English)
Creation Year:
1864
Dimensions:
Height: 45 in (114.3 cm)Width: 37 in (93.98 cm)Depth: 4 in (10.16 cm)
Medium:
Oil
Movement & Style:
Academic
Period:
19th Century
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Washington, DC
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU123825071541