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A Singular Man : A Documented Life of the Artist Frederick Sandys: 1829-1904, Hardback Book

A Singular Man : A Documented Life of the Artist Frederick Sandys: 1829-1904 Hardback

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Delving into Frederick Sandys's unconventional life, Betty Elzea's research reveals much about his complicated andoften scandalous relationships. Born and educated in Norwich with an artisan background, Sandys was bohemian by nature, though from necessity, to the world at large, he appeared genteel and respectable.

Unfortunately disorganised, un-businesslike and preferring to live alone as a bachelor in lodgings, he struggled to support two growing families of illegitimate children. From youth, developing skills as a draughtsman and painter, he moved to London, meeting Dante Gabriel Rossetti and the Pre-Raphaelites and their associates, while keeping a foothold in Norwich where he maintained friendships and enjoyed the support of the Norfolk gentry and several notable Norwich industrialists. Norfolk landscape painting and nature studies led to commissioned portraiture which became his main sourceof income.

He is known for depictions of beautiful women in legendary disguises as well as meticulously-detailed portraits of elderly women.

He also pioneered a new type of large-scale portrait drawing in chalks.

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