Artist Collectives: Pre-Raphaelites Talk 1

This event takes place in-person at the Museum, and online via Zoom
Tickets are £8 each. Booking is essential

The first of two talks by Martin Beek which focus on Pre-Raphaelite masterpieces in the Ashmolean's collection and the city of Oxford in the Brotherhood’s development and patronage.

In his first talk in our Pre-Raphaelites series, Martin Beek explores the noble aims of the young Pre-Raphaelite radicals and discusses why their first paintings were considered highly controversial.

The Pre-Raphaelites were fiercely criticised as breaking with conventional depictions and subject matter, as well as a rejection of the academic principals of composition and picture making.

Martin will discuss the innovative techniques of Millais and Hunt, and the medievalism of Rossetti and cite examples in the Ashmolean's world-famous collection of Pre-Raphaelite art.