domingo, 22 de julho de 2012

Visões Vitorianas: Pré-Rafaelitas e o Século XIX da Coleção John Schaeffer


de 26 de Abril a 23 Setembro
Leighton House Museum Londres



Nos últimos 25 anos John Schaeffer foi um dos colecionadores mais proeminentes do mundo da arte britânica do século XIX.




‘Marianne’ (1887) by Frederic, Lord Leighton
© Courtesy of Leighton House Museum


Over the past 25 years John Schaeffer has been one of the world’s most prominent collectors of British nineteenth-century art.



Chivalry, Frank Dicksee (1885)
© Courtesy the John Schaeffer Collection


Pela primeira vez no Reino Unido, uma seleção das obras-chave de sua coleção está sendo mostrada na Leighton House. Incluem-se as obras excepcionais do próprio Leighton (o esboço colorido de seu célebre Junho Flamejante) e de seus contemporâneos como John William Waterhouse, William Holman Hunt, G.F. Watts and Solomon J Solomon.



For the first time in the UK, a selection of the key works from his collection will be shown at Leighton House. Included are exceptional works by Leighton himself (the colour sketch for his celebrated Flaming June) and by his contemporaries including John William Waterhouse, William Holman Hunt, G.F. Watts and Solomon J Solomon.



Daniel Maclise Scene – lawn before the Duke’s palace; Orlando about to engage with Charles, the Duke’s wrestler 1854, background repainted c1855–56. JW Waterhouse Mariamne 1887. John Schaeffer Collection

A coleção exibida ao longo dos interiores históricos de sua casa, uma experiência imperdível para qualquer pessoa interessada em arte vitoriana e pré-rafaelita.



Study for Flaming June, Frederic, Lord Leighton. c. 1895
© Courtesy the John Schaeffer Collection


The collection will be displayed throughout the historic interiors of the house; an unmissable experience for anyone interested in Victorian and Pre-Raphaelite art.











James Archer (1816–79)
The parting of Burns and Highland Mary 1858
oil on canvas, 91.5 x 71cm
The Schaeffer Collection





Edmund Blair Leighton (1816–79)
Till death us do part 1878–79
oil on canvas, 152.4 x 111.1cm
The Schaeffer Collection





Edward Robert Hughes (1851–1914)
Wings of the morning 1905
watercolour heightened with body colour and gold paint, 70 x 104cm
The Schaeffer Collection





William Holman Hunt (1827–1910)
Il dolce far niente 1859[?], 1860[?], 1865–66, retouched by the artist 1874–75
oil on canvas, 99 x 82.5cm
The Schaeffer Collection





Edward Matthew Ward (1816–79)
The last parting of Marie Antoinette and her son 1856
oil on canvas, 122.4 x 182.1cm
The Schaeffer Collection





Richard Redgrave (1804–88)
The sempstress 1846
oil on canvas, 63.9 x 76.9cm
The Schaeffer Collection






James Collinson (1825–81)
To let c1857
oil on canvas, 59 x 46cm
The Schaeffer Collection





Frederic Leighton (1830–96)
Athlete struggling with a python original 1874–77, marble replica 1888–91
marble, height 178cm
The Schaeffer Collection















Leighton House Museum
12 Holland Park Road
London W14 8LZ



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