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Description: | This painting is rare survivor of the artworks by Fredrick James Shields. It is part of a series of paintings of the mighty figures of the prophets from the Old Testament. This particular painting is of Malachi. The paintings were designs for stained glass windows for the Chapel of the Ascension, Bayswater Road, London. The Chapel, completed in 1910, was destroyed by an enemy's bomb during the Second World War. Shields belonged to the circle of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. The Pre-Raphaelites were seeking to reform art. They declared that an artist has to have genuine ideas; to study nature attentively, so as to know how to express them; and to produce thoroughly good pictures and statues. They were much impressed by the spiritual power of early Italian and Flemish art. Thus religious feelings and paintings on religious subjects took a significant place in the art of Pre-Raphaelites.
Oil painting showing an image of the prophet David. The standing figure fills the canvas. There is text at the top and bottom of the painting. |
License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ |
Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service |
Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service |
Subjects: | David Bible Fine arts Men Religion Oil painting Oil Paintings Glass Religious belief Prophets Religious leaders People and roles Christianity Paintings Religious art Religious faith People Art collections |
Temporal: | 1900 - 1910
Edwardian (1901-1910) |
Source: | Black Country History |
Creator: | SHIELDS; Fredrick James W (1833 - 1911) |
Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... |
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