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SUMMARY:Walker Art Gallery: Walker Art Gallery: Simeon Solomon
DESCRIPTION:Simeon Solomon\n\nDate: 6 Sep 2019 - TBC\nBooking: Free exhibit
 ion\, no booking required\n\nSimeon Solomon (1840-1905) was one of the mos
 t promising artists of his generation. But there's a reason why you might 
 not have heard of him. His career ended in February 1873 when he was arres
 ted in a public toilet for attempting to engage in sexual activity with an
 other man. Sex between men was illegal at this time and remained so until 
 1967. This led to his work being omitted from many important art collectio
 ns and exhibitions in the years that followed.\n\nYou can now see two of S
 olomon's paintings\, 'Girl at a Fountain' and 'The Mystery of Faith' in Ro
 om 8 at the Walker.\n\nAbout the Artist\n\nSolomon was born into a wealthy
  Jewish family in London. His talent\, good looks and personal charm made 
 him popular in fashionable artistic and literary circles of his day. The a
 rtist Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898) called him ‘the greatest artist of 
 us all’.\n\nSolomon’s work frequently drew on religious subjects\, and
  explored beauty ideals in all genders. His paintings are often highly sen
 sual and even erotic\, featuring androgynous figures that are neither male
  nor female. Solomon’s sexuality was known to some of his friends\, but 
 the scandal of his arrest caused many to disown him. He died in a workhous
 e in 1905.\n\nSolomon refused to apologise for who he was. He became a cul
 t figure after his arrest with other people who were open to same-sex rela
 tionships. They shared cheap reproductions of his work made by printers ex
 perimenting with early photography. He continues to be an inspiration for 
 other young artists and people seeking to be true to themselves.
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