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Simeon Solomon
<p>The Advocate has an article online today about Simeon Solomon, a gay artist from the 19th century.</p>
<p>I became aware of his work about 10 years ago and have always found it strange that Solomon seldom appears in books, or other media, about gay artists despite his enormous volume of excellent work and tragic story.</p>
<p>If you have a few minutes then clicking on the link and reading about him will be well worth it.</p>
<p>Solomon's was the usual story in the Victorian England period - lauded widely, gets caught shagging, everyone shuns him, comes to a tragic end. Poor bugger! <a href="http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/art/2014/02/24/dignity-restored-defamed-artist">http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/art/2014/02/24/dignity-restored-defamed-artist</a></p>
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<p>I became aware of his work about 10 years ago and have always found it strange that Solomon seldom appears in books, or other media, about gay artists despite his enormous volume of excellent work and tragic story.</p>
<p>If you have a few minutes then clicking on the link and reading about him will be well worth it.</p>
<p>Solomon's was the usual story in the Victorian England period - lauded widely, gets caught shagging, everyone shuns him, comes to a tragic end. Poor bugger! <a href="http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/art/2014/02/24/dignity-restored-defamed-artist">http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/art/2014/02/24/dignity-restored-defamed-artist</a></p>
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