Holman Hunt

"Holman Hunt" by Mary E. Coleridge is a biography that tells the story of William Holman Hunt, a famous painter from the Pre-Raphaelite group. The book looks at his life as an artist, his friendships with other artists like Dante Gabriel Rossetti and John Everett Millais, and the big effect his paintings had. His paintings were often based on stories from the Bible and literature. Divided into sections, the biography covers Hunt's early years and how he became an artist, what he went through in the East which gave him ideas for his important paintings, his paintings that showed strong feelings and spiritual ideas, and a look at his portraits and other artworks. Coleridge shows how Hunt's deep love for art and stories shaped his style of painting and what he chose to paint. Famous paintings like "The Light of the World" and "The Scapegoat" are talked about.