What is John Ruskin's full name?
John Ruskin
John Ruskin date of birth:
February 8, 1819
How old was John Ruskin when died?
80
Where was John Ruskin born?
London, England
When did John Ruskin die?
January 20, 1900
Where did John Ruskin die?
Brantwood, Coniston, England, UK
John Ruskin body shape:
Slim
What religion is John Ruskin?
Christian
What is John Ruskin's ethnicity?
White
What is John Ruskin nationality?
English
What is John Ruskin's occupation?
Writer, art critic, draughtsman, watercolourist, social thinker, philanthropist
John Ruskin claim to fame:
Victorian art critic
John Ruskin friends:
George Price Boyce
Short Biography
John Ruskin (8 February 1819 – 20 January 1900) was the leading English art critic of the Victorian era, also an art patron, draughtsman, watercolourist, a prominent social thinker and philanthropist. He wrote on subjects as varied as geology, architecture, myth, ornithology, literature, education, botany and political economy. His writing styles and literary forms were equally varied. Ruskin penned essays and treatises, poetry and lectures, travel guides and manuals, letters and even a fairy tale. The elaborate style that characterised his earliest writing on art was later superseded by a preference for plainer language designed to communicate his ideas more effectively. In all of his writing, he emphasised the connections between nature, art and society. He also made detailed sketches and paintings of rocks, plants, birds, landscapes, and architectural structures and ornamentation.