![]() The first large exhibition to attempt an overview of Pre-Raphaelite art production was held by Tate Britain in 1984. This approach makes Pre-Raphaelite Sisters exceptional as it addresses female agency within their historical circumstances, not according to Procrustean male archetypes. Although there have been previous exhibitions on the female artists associated with the movement, such as in Pre-Raphaelite Women Artists (Manchester City Art Galleries, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Southampton City Art Gallery, 1997–98), the broader scope of this exhibition counts models and relatives among the significant players within art production and distribution. It sheds light on the role of twelve female models, muses, wives, poets, and artists active within the Pre-Raphaelite circle, which is revealed as much less of an exclusive “boys’ club.” The aim of the exhibition was to “redress the balance in showing just how engaged and central women were to the endeavor, as the subjects of the images themselves, but also in their production,” as stated on the back cover of the catalogue accompanying the exhibition. ![]() ![]() ![]() The first exhibition devoted exclusively to the contribution of women to the Pre-Raphaelite movement opened in the National Portrait Gallery in London in October. London: National Portrait Gallery Publications, 2019.Ģ07 pp. ![]()
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