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Dorothy Dene (1859/1860 – 27 December 1899), born Ada Alice Pullen, was an English stage actress and artist's model for the painter Frederick Leighton and some of his associates. Dene was considered to have a classical face and figure and a flawless complexion.
5. Okt. 2022 · The woman who is widely believed to have inspired Flaming June was Dorothy Dene, a friend and frequent model for Leighton. Born Ada Pullen, Dene was 19 years old when she met the 50-year-old artist.
4. Juni 2015 · While the features of the woman in the painting are of a non-specific beauty, the face in the drawing belongs to Dorothy Dene, Leighton’s favorite model and muse. Born Ada Alice Pullan, she ...
Dorothy Dene in the 1880s. While the body of the woman remains a mystery, there is speculation that the face is that of either of Leighton's two favourite models in the 1890s, Dorothy Dene or Mary Lloyd. Mary Lloyd was the daughter of an impoverished country squire.
2. Okt. 2019 · Learn about Dorothy Dene, the most photographed person in England in the late nineteenth century, who posed for Frederic Leighton's Flaming June and inspired George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion. Discover her life story, her family, and her relationship with Leighton.
10. Feb. 2024 · “Dorothy Dene”, whom Leighton once described as his “prickly Tragic Muse”, was not his favourite model’s given name: she was born Ada Alice Pullan, in a cottage in New Cross in southeast...
23. Aug. 2023 · Leighton maintained that the woman’s circular pose originated with a tired model in his studio, but it is not a position that any person could hold for long, not even his favorite professional models, Dorothy Dene and Mary Lloyd.
