Sir joseph noel paton biography of abraham graham

Noel Paton's link with the Pre-Raphaelite movement came though a lifelong friendship with Millais.

In memoriam painting 1859

Paton, born in Dunfermline, Scotland, met the fourteen year old Millais when they were both students at the Royal Academy Schools. In the s, Paton's works were hard-edged and crowded like those of Maclise, but in the s, under Pre-Raphaelite influence, he developed a new sharpness of observation. Ruskin commended such pictures as the " Bludie Tryst " , Royal Academy , which is now in Glasgow Art Gallery, for "perfect draughtsmanship".

Paton is remembered today for his fairy paintings, such as the " Quarrel of Oberon and Titania " , National Gallery of Scotland. These subjects originated from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream , a source to which Paton was naturally attracted due to its setting in a world inhabited by fairies. Paton also produced a small number of modern life paintings produced under Pre-Raphaelite influence.

The most famous is " In Memoriam " , Alexander Whitelaw collection , Sotheby's London November ; known through the engraving , commemorating British women killed in the Indian Mutiny. However, after Paton concentrated on religious pictures painted in a Nazarene style. The artist enjoyed a successful official career. He was a prize winner in the Westminster Hall Competitions for and