Known for his association with the Pre-Raphaelites and the Aesthetic Movement, British artist Simeon Solomon created homoerotic works and suffered as a victim of late nineteenth-century English homophobia. www.glbtq.com/arts/solomon_s.html
In March 2002, the Simeon Solomon Research Archive received the first ARLIS/NA Worldwide Books Electronic Publication Award for outstanding electronic publication. www.simeonsolomon.org/
Solomon, meanwhile, got off with a 100 fine, and had the bad manners to live on, unrepentant, into the 20th century. books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1586365,00.html
Simeon Solomon (b.1840-d.1905). Art-works featured on this page include: Night,Bacchus,'Babylon hath been a golden cup',Autumn,Reverie,Medusa Erotica,A Rabbi Holding The Torah,Shadrach, Meschach and Abednego preserved from the Burning Fiery Furnace www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/art.asp?aid=1991
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