PRE-RAPHAELITES: DRAWINGS & WATERCOLOURS

From a sketch on the back of an envelope to grand, elaborate chalk drawings, this exhibition offered an opportunity to view our internationally-renowned collection of Pre-Raphaelite works on paper.

We explored the enormous range of techniques and media used by the artists that made up this movement – as well as the intimate and often complex friendships and love affairs between them.

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EXHIBITION FILM

Enjoy a 39 minute curator-led tour

Find out more about the group of radical artists who called themselves the Pre-Raphaelites – their lives, their loves, their art – as you enjoy a virtual behind-the-scenes tour of the breathtakingly beautiful works on display in the  exhibition.

 

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SOME OF THE WORKS ON DISPLAY

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The Day Dream, by Dante Gabriel Rossetti WA1939.6
A landscape painting of a rocky valley, in oranges and grey tones, with a blue cloudy sky
A portrait of Thomas Combe with a long, flowing white and grey beard
Edward Coley Burne-Jones, The Knight's Farewell
A painting of a woman with red hair, in a purple dress, holding white flowers and resting on an open book
A watercolour painting of a purple crab on similar colour backgroun
Portrait drawing of John Everett Millais in profile, looking left
A painting of grass and trees, with small figures seated
WA1978.121, Edward Burne-Jones, Design for stained glass in Lyndhurst Church
Painting of a rural scene with red and brown barn and yellow straw on the ground in the foreground
A line drawings of figures punting on a river
Watercolour showing St George slaying a dragon with a large sword, with a trapped female figure on the left tied by ropes
A painting of a seated woman who rests her head on her left hand, her elbow resting on her knee
Bright watercolour of ivy climbing a tree, in a plant-filled background
Black and white chalk drawing of a woman with eyes closed, surrounded by flowers and loose cloth
Watercolour of figures in medieval dress
Drawing of a spray of olive leaves
Pen drawing of a robed figure holding cymbals, with foliage drawn behind
Line drawing of a woman passing two other women sat on steps
Head of a woman with long red hair, gazing upwards
Watercolour showing a knight carried by other figures through a woodland
Drawing of two robed figures, one with large wings

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SUPPORTERS

The exhibition is supported by: 

The Patrons of the Ashmolean Museum

The Roger and Ingrid Pilkington Charitable Trust 

The Anson Charitable Trust 

And all those who prefer to remain anonymous