23 Simeon Solomon, A Saint of the Eastern Church (now known as A Greek...

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Description: A Saint of the Eastern Church (formerly called A Greek Acolyte)

TitleA Saint of the Eastern Church (formerly called A Greek Acolyte)

Creator nameSolomon, Simeon

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1867–1868

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor, bodycolor, and gum on paper

LocationBirmingham City Museum and Art Gallery, United Kingdom

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Accession number1900P1

SubjectsPainting, British--19th centuryPre-RaphaelitesSaints in artJewish artistsGay artists

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Chapter 3: Simeon Solomon

Elizabeth Prettejohn

Art for Art’s Sake: Aestheticism in Victorian Painting

In 1876 Walter Pater made one of his exceedingly rare references to a work of contemporary art when he alluded briefly, in an essay on the myth of Dionysus, to ‘a Bacchus by a young Hebrew painter’ (fig. 33 or 34).Walter H. Pater, ‘A Study of Dionysus’, Fortnightly Review n.s. 20...

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Elizabeth Prettejohn

PublisherPaul Mellon Centre

Related print edition pages: pp.71-99

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-31930&redirecttoanchor=108468

Chapter subject tags:Aesthetic movement (Art)Solomon, Simeon, 1840-1905Pre-RaphaelitesArt for art's sake (Movement)Pater, Walter, 1839-1894Painting, British--19th centuryPainting, Victorian--Great BritainQueer culture--Great Britain--19th centuryRossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909Art criticism--England--19th centuryLeighton of Stretton, Frederic Leighton, Baron, 1830-1896

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