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Pre-Raphaelite Drawings and Watercolours (Paperback)
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Pre-Raphaelite Drawings and Watercolours (Paperback)
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Oxford has a special place in the history of Pre-Raphaelitism.
Thomas Combe (superintendent of the Clarendon Press) encouraged
John Everett Millais and William Holman Hunt at a crucial early
stage of their careers, and his collection became the nucleus of
the Ashmolean collection of works by the Brotherhood and their
associates. Two young undergraduates, William Morris and Edward
Burne-Jones, saw the Combe collection and became enthusiastic
converts to the movement. With Dante Gabriel Rossetti, in 1857 they
undertook the decoration of the debating chamber (now the Old
Library) of the Oxford Union. The group's champion John Ruskin also
studied in Oxford, where he oversaw the design of the University
Museum of Natural History and established the Ruskin School of
Drawing. Jane Burden, future wife of Morris and muse (probably also
lover) of Rossetti, was a local girl, first spotted at the theatre
in Oxford. Oxford's key role in the movement has made it a magnet
for important bequests and acquisitions, most recently of
Burne-Jones's illustrated letters and paintbrushes. The collection
of watercolours and drawings includes a wide variety of appealing
works, from Hunt's first drawing on the back of a tiny envelope for
The Light of the World (Keble College), to large, elaborate chalk
drawings of Jane Morris by Rossetti. It is especially rich in
portraits, which throw an intimate light on the friendships and
love affairs of the artists, and in landscapes which reflect
Ruskin's advice to 'go to nature'. More than just an exhibition
catalogue, this book is a showcase of the Ashmolean's incredible
collection, and demonstrates the enormous range of Pre-Raphaelite
drawing techniques and media, including pencil, pen and ink, chalk,
watercolour, bodycolour and metallic paints. It will include
designs for stained glass and furniture, as well as preparatory
drawings for some of the well-known paintings in the collection.
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