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Lot Essay
George Woolliscroft Rhead was born in North Staffordshire in 1855. His father was a talented pottery designer and George moved to London in 1871 to work for the Minton studio under the directorship of W. S. Coleman. He then gained a scholarship to study at the South Kensington School of Art. He studied painting under the Pre-Raphaelite artist Ford Madox Brown, and etching under the French master Alphonse Legros. A painter, etcher, and designer of stained glass and ceramics, George Woolliscroft Rhead was a central figure of the English Arts and Crafts Movement. He was married twice, to Louise in 1894, and to the Scottish artist Annie French in 1914.
O Salutaris Hostia (O saving victim) is a hymn, written in the 13th Century by St Thomas Aquinas for the feast of Corpus Christi. It is often sung during the Eucharist and has had many musical settings over the centuries by composers such as Palestrina, Beethoven and Liszt. The present painting is perhaps inspired by Donatello's and Luca della Robbia's Cantorie in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo.
O Salutaris Hostia (O saving victim) is a hymn, written in the 13th Century by St Thomas Aquinas for the feast of Corpus Christi. It is often sung during the Eucharist and has had many musical settings over the centuries by composers such as Palestrina, Beethoven and Liszt. The present painting is perhaps inspired by Donatello's and Luca della Robbia's Cantorie in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo.