{"id":98,"date":"2020-11-09T10:26:52","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T10:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/kathleenmanuel\/?p=98"},"modified":"2020-11-09T10:26:52","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T10:26:52","slug":"simeon-solomon-the-homosexual-icon-of-the-pre-raphaelite-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/kathleenmanuel\/2020\/11\/09\/simeon-solomon-the-homosexual-icon-of-the-pre-raphaelite-period\/","title":{"rendered":"Simeon Solomon: The Homosexual Icon of the Pre-Raphaelite Period"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/200626154604-01-simeon-solomon-restricted-full-169.jpg\" alt=\"This Victorian painting depicting two women in love was nearly lost forever  - CNN Style\" width=\"886\" height=\"498\" \/><figcaption>Sappho and Erinna in a Garden at Mytilene (1864).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uploads1.wikiart.org\/00129\/images\/simeon-solomon\/simeon-solomon-the-bride-bridegroom-and-sad-love-1865.jpg!Large.jpg\" alt=\"The Bride, Bridegroom and Sad Love, 1865 - Simeon Solomon - WikiArt.org\" width=\"250\" height=\"315\" \/><figcaption>The Bride, the Bridegroom, and Sad Love (1865)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Simeon Solomon caught my attention when I started researching for artists from the Pre-Raphaelites period with his paintings, I quickly became invested in his life story and I would like to briefly share that with you. Being the final child of 7 other siblings in a relatively skilled household of artists, Simeon Solomon was born on October 9, 1840 in London. He was inspired by Shakespeare, the Bible and other popular Pre-Raphaelite artists, which, fun fact, he met, for example; Dante Gabriel Rossetti and John Everett Millais. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/ZtyaQuE2QvSdcGCZOunGAGEHJJRauxTS50YFp3EtkhysNF2TS4SeZZPcnwJtqS2Nw4QgiW2Fcf9-DdgVDHdv7StX9BEVlOXZE35PGTAk1SFOOwr9fA\" alt=\"Two Acolytes Censing, Pentecost by Simeon Solomon (1840-1905)\" width=\"314\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption>Two Acolytes Censing (1863)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/a7\/1a\/7a\/a71a7a1182d0ce0e2f951094f0805801.jpg\" alt=\"Bacchus, 1867 Simeon Solomon (1840 \u2013 1905) | Greek and roman mythology,  Greek gods and goddesses, Pre raphaelite art\" width=\"249\" height=\"329\" \/><figcaption>Bacchus (1867)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>He later discovered a love for the classism style and went on to create some pieces that were previously deemed as controversial as he was figuring out his sexuality during the ripe times of blatant homophobia in Victorian England. I was shocked to later find out that he was arrested in a public urinal with an older man for sodomy, however when he was released, he still went on to become an influential figure with the help of others who were inspired by his works.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/art\/images\/work\/T\/T01\/T01719_10.jpg\" alt=\"The Moon and Sleep', Simeon Solomon, 1894 | Tate\" \/><figcaption>The Moon and Sleep (1894)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simeon Solomon caught my attention when I started researching for artists from the Pre-Raphaelites period with his paintings, I quickly became invested in his life story and I would like to briefly share that with you. 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