John Ruskin

John Ruskin was born on the 8th of Febururary 1819 in London, England; and then died on the 20th January  1900 at the age 80 in Coniston, England. Ruskin took an interest in art when he  was in university, and had a reputation as a skilled water-colourist. In 1845 he had spent time in Italy studing art works of the fourteenth and fifteenth century artists in Pisa, Florence and Venice. Ruskin had published the first Volume of  'The Stones of Venice' in 1851.


Some of his works:


Effie Gray painted by Thomas Richmond. She thought the portrait made her look like "a graceful Doll".


John Ruskin's Study of Gneiss Rock, Glenfinlas, 1853. Pen and ink and wash with Chinese ink on paper, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, England.




Bibliography:

•  . 2013. . [ONLINE] Available at: http://spatacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jruskin.htm. [Accessed 28 March 2013].