Louise Jopling: A Biographical and Cultural Study is the first
in-depth study of this nineteenth-century painter who was among the
first women admitted to the Royal Society of British Artists (in
1902). In part an engaging biography of a compelling celebrity
figure and social campaigner in Victorian England, Patricia de
Montfort's book interweaves a vivid and rounded portrait of this
Manchester-born artist, teacher, and author with insightful
analysis of Jopling's artwork and the aristocratic-bohemian social
milieu that she inhabited. Painted by Whistler and Millais, Jopling
herself portrayed Victorian-era celebrities like the actress Lillie
Langtry and her patrons included members of the de Rothschild
banking family. Her work also included figure compositions,
interiors, landscape and genre scenes. Drawing upon Jopling's
unpublished diaries, notebooks and correspondence as well as her
1925 memoir Twenty Years of My Life, de Montfort's study opens the
way for a twenty-first century rediscovery of this now little-known
artist, who combined professional artistic practice with social
activism, against the backdrop of an often troubled private life.
The full scope of Jopling's artistic endeavours are discussed in
relation to the cultural framework for fin de siecle working women,
as are her progressive views on education and women's suffrage.
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