Ford Madox Brown Painting Reproductions 1 of 2
1821-1893
English Pre-Raphaelite Painter
Ford Madox Brown (April 16, 1821 - October 6, 1893) was an English painter of moral and historical subjects, notable for his distinctively graphic and often Hogarthian version of the Pre-Raphaelite style. While he was closely associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, he was never actually a member. Nevertheless, he remained close to Dante Gabriel Rossetti, with whom he also joined William Morris's design company, Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co., in 1861.
One of his most famous images is The Last of England, a portrait of a pair of stricken emigrants as they sail away on the ship that will take them from England forever. It was inspired by the departure of the Pre-Raphaelite sculptor Thomas Woolner, who had left for Australia. The painting is structured with Brown's characteristic linear energy, and emphasis on apparently grotesque and banal details, such as the cabbages hanging from the ship's side.
Brown's most important painting was Work (1852 - 1865), which he showed at a special exhibition. It attempted to depict the totality of the mid-Victorian social experience in a single image, depicting 'navvies' digging up a road, and disrupting the old social hierarchies as they did so. The image erupts into proliferating details from the dynamic centre of the action, as the workers tear a hole in the road and, symbolically, in the social fabric. Each character represents a particular social class and role in the modern urban environment. Brown wrote a catalogue to accompany the special exhibition of Work. This publication included an extensive explanation of Work that nevertheless leaves many questions unanswered.
Brown's major achievement after Work was the "Manchester Murals", a cycle of twelve paintings in the Great Hall of Manchester Town Hall depicting the history of the city. These present a partly ironic and satirical view of Mancunian history.
His son Oliver Madox Brown (1855-1874) showed promise both as an artist and poet, but died of blood-poisoning.
He was the grandfather of novelist Ford Madox Ford and great-grandfather of Labour Home Secretary Frank Soskice.
One of his most famous images is The Last of England, a portrait of a pair of stricken emigrants as they sail away on the ship that will take them from England forever. It was inspired by the departure of the Pre-Raphaelite sculptor Thomas Woolner, who had left for Australia. The painting is structured with Brown's characteristic linear energy, and emphasis on apparently grotesque and banal details, such as the cabbages hanging from the ship's side.
Brown's most important painting was Work (1852 - 1865), which he showed at a special exhibition. It attempted to depict the totality of the mid-Victorian social experience in a single image, depicting 'navvies' digging up a road, and disrupting the old social hierarchies as they did so. The image erupts into proliferating details from the dynamic centre of the action, as the workers tear a hole in the road and, symbolically, in the social fabric. Each character represents a particular social class and role in the modern urban environment. Brown wrote a catalogue to accompany the special exhibition of Work. This publication included an extensive explanation of Work that nevertheless leaves many questions unanswered.
Brown's major achievement after Work was the "Manchester Murals", a cycle of twelve paintings in the Great Hall of Manchester Town Hall depicting the history of the city. These present a partly ironic and satirical view of Mancunian history.
His son Oliver Madox Brown (1855-1874) showed promise both as an artist and poet, but died of blood-poisoning.
He was the grandfather of novelist Ford Madox Ford and great-grandfather of Labour Home Secretary Frank Soskice.
35 Ford Madox Brown Paintings
John Wycliffe Reading his Translation of the ... c.1847/48
Oil Painting
$2044
$2044
Canvas Print
$72.55
$72.55
SKU: FMB-456
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 119.5 x 153 cm
Art Galleries and Museums, Bradford, United Kingdom
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 119.5 x 153 cm
Art Galleries and Museums, Bradford, United Kingdom
Elijah Restoring the Widow's Son 1868
Oil Painting
$1762
$1762
Canvas Print
$70.70
$70.70
SKU: FMB-457
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: unknown
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: unknown
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom
The Last of England c.1852/55
Oil Painting
$1827
$1827
Canvas Print
$67.63
$67.63
SKU: FMB-458
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 82.5 x 75 cm
Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 82.5 x 75 cm
Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, United Kingdom
The Pretty Baa-Lambs c.1851/59
Oil Painting
$1668
$1668
Canvas Print
$60.29
$60.29
SKU: FMB-459
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 61 x 76.2 cm
Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 61 x 76.2 cm
Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Jesus washing Peter's Feet c.1852/56
Oil Painting
$2176
$2176
Canvas Print
$66.52
$66.52
SKU: FMB-460
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 118.8 x 133.3 cm
Tate Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 118.8 x 133.3 cm
Tate Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Self Portrait 1877
Oil Painting
$1796
$1796
Canvas Print
$122.82
$122.82
SKU: FMB-6386
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 76.2 x 64.1 cm
Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 76.2 x 64.1 cm
Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA
La Rose de l'Infante (Effie Stillman) 1876
Oil Painting
$1475
$1475
Canvas Print
$50.19
$50.19
SKU: FMB-6387
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 46 x 35.9 cm
Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 46 x 35.9 cm
Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA
Waiting: an English Fireside of 1854-55 c.1851/55
Oil Painting
$1295
$1295
Canvas Print
$50.19
$50.19
SKU: FMB-6388
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 30.5 x 20 cm
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 30.5 x 20 cm
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Work 1863
Canvas Print
$52.00
$52.00
SKU: FMB-6389
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 137 x 197.3 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 137 x 197.3 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
Chaucer at the Court of Edward III c.1847/51
Oil Painting
$9481
$9481
Canvas Print
$75.62
$75.62
SKU: FMB-6390
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 372 x 296 cm
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 372 x 296 cm
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
The Last of England 1860
Oil Painting
$1796
$1796
Canvas Print
$52.53
$52.53
SKU: FMB-6391
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 47.7 x 43.8 cm
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 47.7 x 43.8 cm
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Cromwell, Protector of the Vaudois 1877
Oil Painting
$2471
$2471
Canvas Print
$99.45
$99.45
SKU: FMB-6392
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 86 x 107 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 86 x 107 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
The Prisoner of Chillon 1843
Oil Painting
$1254
$1254
Canvas Print
$86.82
$86.82
SKU: FMB-6393
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 53.2 x 64.9 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 53.2 x 64.9 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
Manfred on the Jungfrau c.1840/61
Oil Painting
$1609
$1609
Canvas Print
$62.64
$62.64
SKU: FMB-6394
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 140.2 x 115 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 140.2 x 115 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
Byron's Dream 1874
Oil Painting
$1673
$1673
Canvas Print
$81.22
$81.22
SKU: FMB-6395
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 71.5 x 54.8 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 71.5 x 54.8 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
The Proclamation Regarding Weights and Measures 1889
Canvas Print
$50.19
$50.19
SKU: FMB-6396
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 26.2 x 56.9 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 26.2 x 56.9 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
Crabtree Watching the Transit of Venus in 1639 c.1881/88
Canvas Print
$50.19
$50.19
SKU: FMB-6397
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 26.4 x 55.9 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 26.4 x 55.9 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
Out of Town 1858
Oil Painting
$1214
$1214
Canvas Print
$50.19
$50.19
SKU: FMB-6398
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 23.2 x 14.4 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 23.2 x 14.4 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
Jesus Washing Peter's Feet 1876
Oil Painting
$2226
$2226
Canvas Print
$66.96
$66.96
SKU: FMB-6399
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 48.6 x 54.8 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 48.6 x 54.8 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
The Spirit of Justice n.d.
Paper Art Print
$50.83
$50.83
SKU: FMB-6400
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 75.7 x 51.7 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 75.7 x 51.7 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
Jacob and Joseph's Coat 1871
Oil Painting
$3014
$3014
Canvas Print
$73.23
$73.23
SKU: FMB-6401
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 55.9 x 52.1 cm
Private Collection
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 55.9 x 52.1 cm
Private Collection
Convalescent (Emma) 1872
Paper Art Print
$56.92
$56.92
SKU: FMB-6402
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: unknown
Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: unknown
Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Work 1863
Canvas Print
$51.73
$51.73
SKU: FMB-6403
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 68.4 x 99 cm
Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 68.4 x 99 cm
Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, United Kingdom
The Irish Girl 1860
Oil Painting
$1214
$1214
Canvas Print
$50.19
$50.19
SKU: FMB-6404
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 28.5 x 27.3 cm
Yale Center for British Art, Connecticut, USA
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 28.5 x 27.3 cm
Yale Center for British Art, Connecticut, USA