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Notes on the Pre-Raphaelite artist William Lindsay Windus. From Bob Speel.
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William Lindsay Windus (1822-1907) His interest in art started when aged 16, when a local portrait painter, William Daniels, came to paint his stepfather. The young Windus attempted a portrait also, and his talent impressed Daniels, who took him on for drawing lessons. He...Brief notes on William Windus, with the text by Shakespeare that inspired his picture 'The Flight of Henry VI from Towton', which is shown.
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William Windus London and joined the cause of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. His first important work was Burd Helen, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1856. The harsh criticism of John Ruskin so discouraged Windus that he stopped painting in 1859 and no...