Pre-Raphaelites exhibition : The one of a generation

Victorian Avant-Garde - From september 12 2012 until january 13 2013

The Tate Britain (National Gallery of British Art), sets an exhibition about the pre-Raphaelite art movement . This movement was led by a group of 7 painters, known as the Pre-raphaelite Brotherhood. 

John William Waterhouse, Ophelia, 1889

Pre-raphaelite style essentially relies on organic forms and shapes, added with a bit of extravagance, some soppy romance, and last but not least : the usual feminine figure (always mixed up with natural patterns). Daguerreotype photograph also had a large effect on the pre-Raphaelite artistic approach. In those paintings, Nature as the main part is enhanced by shimmering colours. 

As Alistair Smarts from the Telegraph says, the greatest advantage of this exhibition is based in its historical aspect. Indeed, if the movement seems to have been dealt with too many times, the Victorian development of this particular event reveals some hidden interests. 

Besides, if some might say that this exhibition gives an impression of deja-vu, it is to recall that each British generation needs its big Pre-Raphaelites exhibition. Case of National Heritage.

>> Tate Britain website

>> Read the Telegraph Art review

>> Read the Dailymail Art review

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