PRE-RAPHAELITE • E-FREE TRANSLATION.COM • Definition of Pre-Raphaelite

... forgotten—a technique which can be applied to any subject. Whether the subject be a virgin, or a labourer, it can be painted with divided tones, and certain living artists, like the symbolist Henri Martin, who has almost the ideas of a Pre-Raphaelite, have proved it by employing this technique for the rendering of religious or philosophic subjects. But one can only understand the effort and the faults of the painters grouped around Manet, by constantly recalling to one's mind their predeliction for character. Before Manet ...

— The French Impressionists (1860-1900) • Camille Mauclair