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William Holman Hunt
1827–1910
A founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, this Victorian painter became known for richly detailed pictures filled with bright color and layered symbolism. His art often drew on literature, religion, and close observation of the natural world, giving familiar subjects a striking intensity.
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The triumph of the Innocents
by William Holman Hunt
About the author
Born in London in 1827, William Holman Hunt trained at the Royal Academy Schools and went on to help found the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848. He became one of the group’s most committed members, pushing for art that was vivid, precise, and emotionally serious.
Hunt built his reputation with paintings such as The Hireling Shepherd, The Awakening Conscience, and The Light of the World. His work is especially remembered for its careful detail and symbolic meaning, and for the way it joined spiritual themes with scenes drawn from everyday life.
He also traveled to Egypt and the Holy Land, experiences that shaped several major religious paintings. Hunt died in London in 1910, but his work remains central to the story of Victorian art and the Pre-Raphaelite movement.