About John Ruskin
British · 1819–1900
- Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
- freethought
The most influential Victorian art critic, who defended Turner, changed Morris's life with a chapter about Gothic, and drew watercolours of rocks with extraordinary precision.
Museums9
Countries3
Most worksBirmingham Museums Trust, Birmingham · 16 works
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Where to see John Ruskin
Ranked by works you can see in person.
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16 works
Birmingham Museums Trust
Birmingham, United Kingdom
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13 works
Yale Center for British Art
New Haven, United States
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0 works
National Gallery of Art
Washington D.C., United States
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2 works
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Indianapolis, United States
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1 works
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Boston, United States
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1 works
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
Sarasota, United States
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1 works
Brantwood
Coniston, United Kingdom
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0 works
Rare Books and Special Collections
Montreal, Canada
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0 works
Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery
Glasgow, United Kingdom
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John Ruskin prints
Hand-finished archival prints from John Ruskin's body of work.
Old Houses on the Rhône Island, Geneva - John Ruskin
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Studies in St. Mark's - John Ruskin
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Dawn at Neuchâtel - John Ruskin
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The Pass of Faido - John Ruskin
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Twig of Peach Bloom - John Ruskin
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View of Amalfi - John Ruskin
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Rocks in Unrest - John Ruskin
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Interior of Lucca Cathedral - John Ruskin
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Where did John Ruskin live?
John Ruskin was born in London. He also had a house with a garden in one of London's greenest areas.Why is John Ruskin famous?
John Ruskin is known for his accessibility, eloquence, and international popularity as a Victorian architectural critic and apologist. He is also recognised for his contribution to medieval Revival.Major works of John Ruskin?
One of John Ruskin's major works was *The Stones of Venice* (1851-53).Did John Ruskin marry again?
John Ruskin's marriage to Effie Gray was annulled, but it is not mentioned if he remarried.Did John Ruskin remarry?
John Ruskin's marriage to Effie Gray was annulled, but it is not mentioned if he remarried.Why did John Ruskin marry effie gray?
The passages suggest that John Ruskin's parents engineered a courtship between him and a distant cousin, Miss Euphemia Gray.Did John Ruskin live in the lake district?
John Ruskin spent his last decade in silence at Brantwood, his house in the Lake District.Was John Ruskin a christian?
The passages mention that John Ruskin saw Rubens as an example of the limitations of the Reformation. He believed that the Reformers introduced errors and created a gap between an older faith and rationalism.