The Poetry of Drawing: Pre-Raphaelite Designs Studies & Watercolours.
Really enjoyed this exhibition at BMAG which is on from 29 Jan - 15 May before it tours to Sydney. "The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood were a group of radical young artists who banded together in 1848 and revolutionalised British art. They challenged the art of their own day and helped shape later movements such as Aestheticism, Symbolism and Art Nouveau". BMAG leaflet.
It was really interesting to see a whole range of media together - drawing & design; textiles, stained glass; ceramics and paintings, and investigate how they were put together. Fortunately I went to The Tate two days later and was able to see (for instance) John Everett Millais' final painting of Ophelia after seeing the beautiful studies he had made of Elizabeth Siddal.
We really have an amazing resource in BMAG.
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