Cowper

The famous English pre-Raphaelite artist Sir Frank Cadogan Cowper [1877-1958] is a very versatile painter--his large collection of works appeals to many moods and tastes [see more of his work here on pinterest].

His most famous and best works are perhaps "The patient Griselda", "La belle dame sans merci", "The legend of Sir Perceval", "Lancelot slays the Caitiff Knight Sir Tarquin", "The four queens find Lancelot sleeping", the Madonna painting "Our Lady of the fruits of the earth", "Molly, Duchess of Nona", "The blue bird", and "Vanity".

His piece "Mariana in the South" below [interesting Christies info; the painting is based on the two Mariana poems by Tennyson] is one of my favorites. She is lamenting being abandoned by her lover. The red Renaissance style wood couch, the red cloth of it, her dark green/turquoise robe, her groundhound type dog, her odd clog shoes on the tiles floor, how she looks into the distance, the green spring of something like olive leaves by the reflecting mirror, the little abandoned note by the back of the dog: