An Art Reel: Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti (1828-1882), generally known as Dante Gabriel Rossetti, was an English poet, illustrator, painter, translator and member of the Rossetti family. He founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848 with William Holman Hunt and John Everett Millais. Rossetti's work influenced the European Symbolists and was a major precursor of the Aesthetic movement. And he inspired many contemporary artists and writers, including Algernon Charles