#poc in art
three studies of fanny eaton, a Black jamaican-born pre-raphaelite muse, by walter fryer stalks (first image) and frederick sandys (images two and three). she sat for numerous artists of the movement, including dg rossetti and simeon solomon, and is perhaps best known for being the sitter for sandys’ morgan le fay.
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Haven’t painted in a while. So here’s some spooky Night Marchers since we just finished watching “Haunting of Hill House”.
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Got a lot of practice out of these series of paintings. Tried some new things with composition and paint techniques. Putting them all together chronologically from the Siege of Mt. Hiei to the death of Akechi Mitsuhide. Check the links below for the stories surrounding each image.
1582, The Death of Akechi Mitsuhide
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1571, Siege of Mt. Hiei.
During the Sengoku Jidai, the “Warring States Era” of Japan, many of the warlords faced resistance from the Ikko-Ikki, a rebellious sect of Buddhist monks opposed to the Shogunate and local Daimyos. As provinces were pacified, the monks would sow discord, throwing peaceful areas back into chaos. They were a constant source of unrest, especially for the warlord Oda Nobunaga. As Nobunaga’s sudden and surprising rise to power increased, so did Ikko-Ikki lead rebellions.
Tired of being undermined, Nobunaga launched a fierce campaign directly targeting the monks. The Ikko-Ikki were pushed back to the temple stronghold on Mt. Hiei, one of two historic founding schools of Buddhism in Japan. Nobunaga surrounded the mountain and sieged the temple for months, only to prolong the suffering of those inside. Any who surrendered to the Oda army were summarily executed.
To end the siege, Nobunaga set the mountain on fire and burned the temple to the ground. All those inside perished in the fire, effectively ending the Ikko-Ikki rebellion.
After this and other instances of brutal punishment, Nobunaga became widely known as “Demon Nobunaga”.
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Quick mood and character concept for one of the Hawaiian Night Marchers. I like the idea that these guys are always slightly obscured by shadow.
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The Lord Is My Shepherd, Eastman Johnson, ca. 1863
