The Pre-Raphaelites were the mid-19th century’s passionate and
fiery rebels with a cause. This Brotherhood of radical young
artists banded together in London in 1848 and sparked a
revolution in British art. The creative genius of these friends
is celebrated in the major exhibition The Poetry of Drawing:
Pre-Raphaelite Designs, Studies & Watercolours at Birmingham
Museum & Art Gallery and the accompanying book Pre-Raphaelite
Drawing, published this January. The display is the largest and
most comprehensive exhibition of Pre-Raphaelite watercolours and
drawings ever staged – reuniting famous paintings and their
preparatory works to provide a unique and fascinating insight
into the Brotherhood’s creative processes. The exhibition also
includes the first public display of Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s
brooding Mnemosyne, which has been in a private collection since
the artist’s death in 1882 (and also graces the jacket of our
accompanying book ‘Pre-Raphaelite Drawing’) This stunning
exhibition is open until the 15th M