![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Within a couple of years, Lizzie was earning enough to leave the hat shop. Through her modelling work and the success of the paintings she appeared in, Lizzie helped change the public opinion of beauty. She modelled for Rossetti for the first time in 1850, for one of his lesser-known paintings, Rossovestita.Īlthough today Lizzie Siddal’s willowy build, gaunt features and lustrous copper-coloured hair are considered signs of beauty, in the 1850s being very thin was not considered sexually attractive, and red hair was described by one female journalist as “social suicide”. After Deverell painted her as Viola in Twelfth Night, Holman Hunt painted her for A Converted British Family Sheltering a Christian Priest from the Persecution of the Druids (1850), and as Sylvia in Valentine Rescuing Sylvia from Proteus (1850-1851). Initially, Siddal started working part-time as a model, and remained part-time at the hat shop. Mrs Siddal was awed by the arrival of a carriage at her modest home on the Old Kent Road. Instead he sent his own very respectable mother, in her grand carriage, to talk about the finances. Deverell did not dare approach Lizzie’s mother himself. Perhaps this was why Siddal’s mother made the surprising decision to permit her daughter to work as an artist’s model – something viewed as disreputable, and even as synonymous with prostitution. She worked long hours in unpleasant conditions, and her family was worrying about her already delicate health. ‘Lizzie’ Siddal began as a model, then learnt to paint, and also wrote poetry.Īt the time of Deverell’s pronouncement, Siddal was working at a milliner’s shop, near Leicester Square, in central London. As is being highlighted in the National Portrait Gallery’s exhibition, Pre-Raphaelite Sisters, the Pre-Raphaelite movement also encompassed female models, artists and writers. This secret society of seven young men had been founded in 1848 by Rossetti, Holman Hunt and John Everett Millais, students at London’s Royal Academy. Today, few people remember the artist Deverell – who died of Bright’s (kidney) disease at the age of 27 – but he was a vibrant member of the group of artists and writers that revolved around the newly formed Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. This story was originally published in January 2020 The visitor announced excitedly, “You fellows can’t tell what a stupendously beautiful creature I have found… She’s like a queen, magnificently tall.” With these words, the unlikely beauty of Elizabeth Siddal began to make history. We will discuss options around logistics as part of the selection process.In the winter of 1849-1850, the artists Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Holman Hunt were painting together, when their friend Walter Howell Deverell burst into the studio. Models out of Auckland are welcome to apply. This will be discussed and arranged with the final successful candidates. This will be a full day of moving between locations and changing to multiple wardrobe items, so models need to be able to free up a full day for the shoot. Also the use of glitter for some looks as well. There will be the use of some props like replica swords for example, and potentially some smoke effects. Successful models will be required to make some time available to attend a costume try-on session at a Auckland hire location (Like First Scene) to select the right wardrobe items to match the artistic outcomes we are after. There may be a requirement for models to provide some items of wardrobe which will be discussed during the collaboration process. arms around another model in a hug (both female). If two models are selected, they must be comfortable working in the company of another model and working in close proximity i.e. It will be a full collaborative process to get to the final selection of models to use and images to aim for. ![]() An example of the type of look being sought is in the image for this casting.Ī full mood board showing the art images we will be seeking to replicate will be shared to the models in the shortlist as we go through the final selection process. There will be a number of costume styles for the shoot, and models will have to be comfortable working in some revealing items, Think Princess Leia slave outfit, or tops with low cut neck lines, and some revealing of underwear similar to a boudoir style shoot. This will be shot in discrete outdoor locations to create the backgrounds, with some being shot in old ruins just out of Auckland. The fantasy elements in question are along the lines of the Dungeons and Dragons style of high fantasy with Elven princesses, sultry sorceresses and warriors. Looking for one or two female models to assist in creating real life replications of fantasy artwork pieces. ![]()
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