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Marie Euphrosyne Spartali, later Stillman (March 10 1844 – March 6 1927), was a British Pre-Raphaelite
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was a group of England Paintings, poets, and critics, founded in 1848 by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Michael Rossetti, James Collinson, John Everett Millais, Frederic George Stephens, Thomas Woolner and William Holman Hunt....
 painter of Greek
Greeks

The Greeks , also known as Hellenes, are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighbouring regions, who can also be found in Greek diaspora communities around the world....
 descent, arguably the greatest female artist
Women artists

Women have been involved in making art in most times and places, despite difficulties in training and trading their work, and gaining recognition. "For about three thousand years, the women - and only the women - of Mithila have been making devotional paintings of the gods and goddesses of the Hindu pantheon....
 of that movement
Western art history

Also see articles: History of painting, Western paintingWestern Art' redirects here. For art of the American West, see Artists of the American West...
. During a sixty-year career she produced over one hundred works, contributing regularly to galleries in Great Britain and the United States.

a Spartali was the youngest daughter of Michael Spartali, a wealthy merchant and Greek consul-general based in London, and his wife Euphrosyne.

She and her cousins Maria Zambaco and Aglaia Coronio were known collectively among friends as "the Three Graces", after the Charites
Charites

In Greek mythology, a Charis is one of several Charites , goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility. They ordinarily numbered three, from youngest to oldest: Aglaea , Euphrosyne , and Thalia ....
 of Greek mythology (Aglaia
Aglaea

Aglaea or Agla?a is the name of five figures in Greek mythology....
, Euphrosyne
Euphrosyne (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Euphrosyne was one of the Charites, known in English language also as the "Three Graces". Her best remembered representation in English is in John Milton poem of the active, joyful life, "L'Allegro"....
 and Thalia
Thalia

Thalia can refer to four distinct entities in Greek mythology, two of whom were daughters of Zeus, and a third of whom bore him sons. The name Thalia, or Thaleia is spelled T??e?a in Greek and derives from the same stem as ????e?? "to bloom"....
), as all three were noted beauties of Greek heritage.






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Marie Spartali Stillman (1868)
Marie Euphrosyne Spartali, later Stillman (March 10 1844 – March 6 1927), was a British Pre-Raphaelite
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was a group of England Paintings, poets, and critics, founded in 1848 by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Michael Rossetti, James Collinson, John Everett Millais, Frederic George Stephens, Thomas Woolner and William Holman Hunt....
 painter of Greek
Greeks

The Greeks , also known as Hellenes, are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighbouring regions, who can also be found in Greek diaspora communities around the world....
 descent, arguably the greatest female artist
Women artists

Women have been involved in making art in most times and places, despite difficulties in training and trading their work, and gaining recognition. "For about three thousand years, the women - and only the women - of Mithila have been making devotional paintings of the gods and goddesses of the Hindu pantheon....
 of that movement
Western art history

Also see articles: History of painting, Western paintingWestern Art' redirects here. For art of the American West, see Artists of the American West...
. During a sixty-year career she produced over one hundred works, contributing regularly to galleries in Great Britain and the United States.

Life

Maria Spartali was the youngest daughter of Michael Spartali, a wealthy merchant and Greek consul-general based in London, and his wife Euphrosyne.

She and her cousins Maria Zambaco and Aglaia Coronio were known collectively among friends as "the Three Graces", after the Charites
Charites

In Greek mythology, a Charis is one of several Charites , goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility. They ordinarily numbered three, from youngest to oldest: Aglaea , Euphrosyne , and Thalia ....
 of Greek mythology (Aglaia
Aglaea

Aglaea or Agla?a is the name of five figures in Greek mythology....
, Euphrosyne
Euphrosyne (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Euphrosyne was one of the Charites, known in English language also as the "Three Graces". Her best remembered representation in English is in John Milton poem of the active, joyful life, "L'Allegro"....
 and Thalia
Thalia

Thalia can refer to four distinct entities in Greek mythology, two of whom were daughters of Zeus, and a third of whom bore him sons. The name Thalia, or Thaleia is spelled T??e?a in Greek and derives from the same stem as ????e?? "to bloom"....
), as all three were noted beauties of Greek heritage. Swinburne said of Spartali: "She is so beautiful that I want to sit down and cry".

Spartali studied under Ford Madox Brown
Ford Madox Brown

Ford Madox Brown was an England painter of moral and historical subjects, notable for his distinctively graphic and often William Hogarth version of the Pre-Raphaelite style....
 for several years from 1864, with his children Lucy, Catherine and Oliver. She modelled for: Brown; Burne-Jones
Edward Burne-Jones

Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, 1st Baronet was an England artist and designer closely associated with the later phase of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, who worked closely with William Morris on a wide range of decorative arts as a founding partner in Morris & Co.....
 (The Mill); Julia Margaret Cameron
Julia Margaret Cameron

Julia Margaret Cameron was a United Kingdom photographer. She became known for her portraits of celebrities of the time, and for King Arthur and similar legendary themed pictures....
; Rossetti
Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Dante Gabriel Rossetti was an English poet, illustrator, Painting and translator....
 (A Vision of Fiammetta, Dante's Dream, The Bower Meadow); Spencer Stanhope
John Roddam Spencer Stanhope

John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope is an English artist associated with Edward Burne-Jones and George Frederic Watts and often regarded as a second-wave Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood....
; and Whistler
James McNeill Whistler

'James Abbott McNeill Whistler' was an United States-born, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland-based artist. Averse to sentimentality and moral in painting, he was a leading proponent of the credo "art for art's sake"....
 (La Princesse du Pays de la Porcelaine).

the Rose From Armida's Garden By Marie Spartali Stillman (1894)
In 1871, against her parents' wishes, she married American journalist and painter William J. Stillman
William James Stillman

William James Stillman , United States was an American painter, journalist, and photographer....
. She was his second wife, his first having committed suicide two years before. His job as a foreign correspondent resulted in the couple dividing their time between London and Florence
Florence

Florence is the Capital city of the Italy Regions of Italy of Tuscany and of the provinces of Italy Province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany and has a population of 364,779 ....
 from 1878 to 1883, and then Rome
Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
 from 1889 to 1896. She also travelled to America, and was the only Britain-based Pre-Raphaelite artist to work in the United States.

Spartali's daughter Euphrosyne "Effie" and her stepdaughter Lisa both became artists. Her son Michael became an architect.

Marie Spartali died in London in 1927. She was cremated at Brookwood Cemetery
Brookwood Cemetery

Brookwood Cemetery is a burial ground in Brookwood, Surrey, England. It is the largest cemetery in the United Kingdom and one of the largest in western Europe....
, near Woking
Woking

Woking is a large town and civil parish that shares its name with the surrounding Non-metropolitan district, located in the west of Surrey, England....
, Surrey
Surrey

Surrey is a counties of England in the South East England of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire, and Berkshire....
 and interred in her father's tomb at West Norwood Cemetery
West Norwood Cemetery

West Norwood Cemetery is a cemetery in West Norwood in the London Borough of Lambeth in London, England.By 2000 there had been 164,000 burials in 42,000 plots, plus 34,000 cremations and several thousand interments in its catacombs ....


Art

The subjects of her paintings were typical of the Pre-Raphaelites: female figures; scenes from Shakespeare
William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was an English people poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's preeminent dramatist....
, Petrarch
Petrarch

Francesco Petrarca , known in English language as Petrarch, was an Italy scholar, poet and one of the earliest Renaissance humanism. Petrarch is often popularly called the "Father of Humanism"....
, Dante
Dante Alighieri

Durante degli Alighieri , commonly known as Dante Alighieri, was a Florence poet of the Middle Ages. His Magnum opus, the Divine Comedy , is often considered the greatest literary work composed in the Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature....
 and Boccaccio
Giovanni Boccaccio

Giovanni Boccaccio was an Italy author and poet, a friend and correspondent of Petrarch, an important Renaissance humanism and the author of a number of notable works including the Decameron, On Famous Women, and his poetry in the Italian vernacular....
; also Italian landscapes. She exhibited at the Dudley Gallery, then at the Grosvenor Gallery
Grosvenor Gallery

The Grosvenor Gallery was an art gallery founded in Bond Street, London in 1877 by Sir Coutts Lindsay and his wife Blanche. They engaged J. Comyns Carr and Edward Charles Hall? as co-directors....
 and its successor, the New Gallery; at the Royal Academy
Royal Academy

The Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London, England. As an academy, it functions to encourage British art, and has a membership of practising artists....
; and at various galleries in the eastern USA, including the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876. A retrospective show of her work took place in the United States in 1982.

Works

David Elliott lists more than 170 works in his book. The following are the better-known works, as determined by their mention in other books which discuss the artist.

  • The Lady Prays — Desire (1867) Lord Lloyd-Webber
    Andrew Lloyd Webber

    Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an England composer of musical theatre, the elder son of William Lloyd Webber and also the brother of the renowned cellist Julian Lloyd Webber....
     Collection
  • Mariana (c 1867-9) private collection
  • Portrait of a young woman (1868)
  • Forgetfulness (1869) private collection
  • La Pensierosa (1870) Chazen Museum of Art
    Chazen Museum of Art

    The Chazen Museum of Art is an art gallery located at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, Wisconsin, Wisconsin. It was known as the Elvehjem Museum of Art until 2005....
    , University of Wisconsin–Madison
Madonna Pietra Degli Scrovigni By Marie Spartali Stillman (1884)
* Self-Portrait (1871) Delaware Art Museum
Delaware Art Museum

The Delaware Art Museum is a private, not-for-profit arts organization. It is supported by earned and contributed income and is not owned or controlled by the State of Delaware....
  • Gathering Orange Blossoms (1879) St. Lawrence University
    St. Lawrence University

    St. Lawrence University is a private, four-year Liberal arts colleges in the United States located in the Canton , New York in Saint Lawrence County, New York....
  • The Meeting of Dante and Beatrice on All Saints' Day (1881)
  • Madonna Pietra degli Scrovigni (1884) Walker Art Gallery
    Walker Art Gallery

    The Walker Art Gallery is an art gallery in Liverpool, which houses one of the largest art collections in England, outside of London. It is promoted as "the National Gallery, London of the North"....
    , Liverpool
  • Love's Messenger (1885) Delaware Art Museum
  • A Florentine Lily (c 1885-90) private collection
  • The May Feast at the House of Folco Portinari (1887)
  • Dante at Verona (1888) private collection
  • Upon a Day Came Sorrow unto Me (1888)
  • A Florentine Lily (c 1885-90)
  • Messer Ansaldo showing Madonna Dionara his Enchanted Garden (1889)
  • Convent Lily (1891)
  • Cloister Lilies (1891)
  • Saint George (1892) Delaware Art Museum
  • How the Virgin Mary came to Brother Conrad of Offida and laid her Son in his Arms (1892) Wightwick Manor
    Wightwick Manor

    Wightwick Manor is a Victorian era manor house located on Wightwick Bank, Wolverhampton, West Midlands , England, and one of only a few surviving examples of a house built and furnished under the influence of the Arts and Crafts movement....
    , The Mander Collection
  • A Rose from Armida's Garden (1894)
  • Love Sonnets (1894) Delaware Art Museum
  • Beatrice (1895) Delaware Art Museum
  • Portrait of Mrs W. St Clair Baddeley (1896)
  • Beatrice (1898) private collection
  • The Pilgrim Folk (1914) Delaware Art Museum


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