1828–1882 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, a founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, blended poetry and painting to create evocative, symbolic works like "Beata Beatrix."
Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti, generally known as Dante Gabriel Rossetti, was an English poet, illustrator, painter, translator, and member of the Rossetti family. He founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848 with William Holman Hunt and John Everett Millais. Rossetti inspired many contemporary artists and writers, such as Algernon Charles Swinburne, William Morris, and Edward Burne-Jones in particular. His work also influenced the European Symbolists and was a major p…
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