Talk:Simeon Solomon

Untitled
Is there a reason his sexual orientation is so promintly emphesized in the opening paragraph? Is he known as being a homosexual first, painter second? Stbalbach 00:02, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

'Homosexual' painter?
I agree - the man is famous (and in Wikipedia) for his painting, not his sex life.
 * For many people who may be interested in the history and culture of homosexuality, that may be the only reason they know about him. --Kstern999 16:47, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Gay reference
The reference to his sex live needs to be put in context. Was he known to be gay at the time? Was it a scandal? Was it revolutionary? There has to be somthing to say about it. Otherwise being gay is not why hes encyclopedic, its trivial. Stbalbach 02:50, 30 August 2005 (UTC)


 * As the creator of the article I have no dispute over the removal of the respective content mentioned above, I thought I had better explain why it was there in the first place however. I started this article because it turned up as a red link when I added his misdemeanour to Gay cruising in the United Kingdom, I therefore arrived at the subject with little prior knowledge except what had been gleaned by google seraches and a heavy gay bias.  It can be said though that his court appearance was quite scandalous at the time, hence his escape to France. -- Francs2000 | Talk Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 10:40, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

See Bibliography
As far as I can see, Solomon's sexual orientation and ethnicity are both relevant to his work, certainly according to Colin Cruise's Love Revealed (2005). He used the Pre-Raphaelite style to commemorate Jewish community lives, and also gave some attention to homoeroticism in his work, as with "Socrates and His Agathodemon" and "Sappho and Erinna." Both of these depict obvious use of the stylistic school in question to tackle lesbian and gay themes. Note also his work on David and Jonathon, long a perennial source of fascination to lesbian and gay artists. Added to which, Gayle Seymour, one of his foremost rehabilitators, has published in lesbian and gay contexts. If you'd like an expanded bibliography, you might want to consult the reference section of the aforementioned book.

User Calibanu 15:00, 26 April 2006

Later Work
Moreover, it can be argued that Solomon's outing as a gay man certainly did affect the reception, reputation and distribution of his work, and is relevant for that reason.

User Calibanu 15:03, 26 April 2006
 * Being arrested certainly affected his life and career, and the causes of the arrest are relevant. --Kstern999 16:45, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Restored materials
SatyrTN removed several items from this entry that should probably remain (or at least their removal should be explained more fully than a simple "rm trivia". Why are these "trivia"? By what criteria did you make this "judgment call"?). For an artist as obscure as Simeon Solomon, any links and references that will allow him to be more adequately considered are important, I feel, to retain -- especially a scholarly volume that reproduces a number of his artworks, several of which are unavailable online anywhere (Kaylor, pgs. 80, 217, 218, 223, 378, and 392), as well as mentions/considers Simeon Solomon on 41 occasions (I just did a word search of the online PDF of the book). Welland R 07:40, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

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Exhibitions
The list seems excessive and out-of-pro. There are Wiki pages on painters much better-known than him, that don't feature the exhibitions at anything like this length. Valetude (talk) 13:26, 30 July 2022 (UTC)