Pre-Raphaelites : drawings & watercolours / Christiana Payne ; with essays by Fiona Mann and Robert Wilkes.

Oxford, [UK] : Ashmolean Museum, 2021.

240 pages : illustrations (mostly color) ; 28 cm

Catalog of an exhibition, "Pre-Raphaelites: Drawings & Watercolours" held at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, February 4th to May 31st, 2021.

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. Exhibition: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (Spring 2021).

English

August 02, 2021

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Exhibition catalogs.