Midsummer (painting)
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| Artist | Albert Joseph Moore |
| Year | 1887 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, genre painting |
| Dimensions | 155 cm × 148.5 cm (61 in × 58.5 in) |
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'Midsummer is an 1887 oil painting by the British artist Albert Joseph Moore. It depicts three nearly life-sized woman in classical Greek dress in the intense heat of midsummer. Moore was a key member of the Aesthetic movement of the later Victorian era, and this is one of the best-known images of Aestheticism which championed "art for art's sake" over more traditional narrative arts.[1] It has been described as "a signature example of Aestheticism".[2]
The painting was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1887 at Burlington House in London. The picture is today in the collection of the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery in Bournemouth, having been acquired in 1936.[3]
References
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[edit]- Bills, Mark. Art in the Age of Queen Victoria: A Wealth of Depictions. Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, 2001.
- Kresser, Katie. Church Beautiful: Sacred Art and Spiritual Healing. Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2026.
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