Pre-Raphaelite sisters

Painting of a woman with red hair against a patterned floral blue background
The Blue Bower Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882). The Henry Barber Trust, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham

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Past exhibition archive
17 October 2019 - 26 January 2020

170 years after the first pictures were exhibited by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1849, Pre-Raphaelite Sisters, explores the overlooked contribution of twelve women to this iconic artistic movement. Featuring new discoveries and unseen works from public and private collections across the world, this show reveals the women behind the pictures and their creative roles in Pre-Raphaelite’s successive phases between 1850 and 1900.

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Featured

Joanna Wells, Fanny Cornforth, Marie Spartali Stillman, Evelyn de Morgan, Christina Rossetti, Georgiana Burne-Jones, Effie Millais, Elizabeth Siddal, Maria Zambaco, Jane Morris, Annie Miller, Fanny Eaton.

Supported by:The Michael Marks Charitable Trust

The Peter Cadbury Trust