John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope
British, 1829 - 1908
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BIOGRAPHY
Spencer-Stanhope was one of the most important followers of
Burne-Jones. He was a member of the group of
artists which worked on the Oxford Union murals. His style owes a lot to Burne-Jones,
yet Stanhope's colour is stronger and less subtle, his drawing is harder and in general the
softness and stillness of his master is lacking. His choice of subject-matter and interest
in technique is individual. Eve Tempted (1877) is a striking and slightly
unnerving interpretation of the serpent in the Garden of Eden whispering into Eve's ear as she
stands under the Tree of Knowledge, on a faux-naïf early Renaissance carpet of
flowers.
Stanhope was in love with the Tuscan landscape and with Florentine art, and spent the latter
part of his life in Florence. His niece was the painter
Evelyn De Morgan - who often travelled to stay with
him in Florence.
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