Ford Madox Brown (1821-1893)

English artist closely associated with the Pre-Raphaelite circle. Following his training in Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp, Ford Madox Brown lived in Montmartre before returning to England and settling in London in 1844. In 1845 he travelled with his wife to Rome, where he sought out the German Nazarene artists Johann Friedrich Overbeck and Peter Cornelius. During the 1840s he worked on a series of history paintings, and in the latter part of that decade befriended the members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, after which his paintings took on a sharp realism and depicted contemporary subjects. He was a founding partner of Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. in 1861, designing furniture and stained glass.

Further reading

Tim Barringer, 'Brown, Ford Madox (1821–1893)' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004).

William Waters, Saints and Symbols: Pre-Raphaelite Stained Glass (Abbots Morton: Seraphim, 2021), pp. 15–81.

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	Christ with Elizabeth, John the Baptist and Zechariah firm/studio: Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. designer: William Morris designer: Ford Madox Brown 1866 Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiff east wall of the south choir aisle
	Crucifixion with the Four Evangelists firm/studio: Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. designer: William Morris designer: Edward Coley Burne-Jones designer: Ford Madox Brown 1868 Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiff south choir aisle
	Apostles and Characters from the Book of Genesis firm/studio: Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. designer: William Morris designer: Edward Coley Burne-Jones designer: Ford Madox Brown 1869 Church of St John the Baptist, Cardiff north wall of the north aisle
	St Stephen and St Peter firm/studio: Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. designer: William Morris designer: Edward Coley Burne-Jones designer: Ford Madox Brown about 1870 Church of St Llwchaiarn, Llanllwchaiarn, Powys south wall of the nave
	St Simon detail from St Simon, St Peter, St Jude and Scenes from the New Testament firm/studio: Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. designer: William Morris designer: Edward Coley Burne-Jones designer: Ford Madox Brown 1874 Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiff north wall of the north aisle

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