Pre Raphaelite art prints
In 1848 a group of young London painters formed the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. They wanted art to return to the bright colour and close detail of painting before Raphael. Their heirs, John William Waterhouse among them, kept painting the women of poetry and legend into the 1900s.
Every painting in this room has a story you can tell a guest: The Lady of Shalott drifting to Camelot, Merlin caught in a hawthorn tree, Lamia and her knight. Deep greens, jewel reds and candlelight make them natural centrepieces for a reading room or bedroom.
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OpheliaJohn Everett Millais, 1851-52 -
La Belle Dame sans MerciFrank Dicksee, 1902 -
Joan of ArcDante Gabriel Rossetti, 1882 -
Joan of ArcJohn Everett Millais, 1865 -
Morgan le FayFrederick Sandys, 1864 -
LamiaJohn William Waterhouse, 1905 -
The Magic CircleJohn William Waterhouse, 1886 -
The Beguiling of MerlinEdward Burne-Jones, 1872-1877 -
The Love PotionEvelyn De Morgan, 1903 -
The Crystal BallJohn William Waterhouse, 1902 -
The Lady of ShalottJohn William Waterhouse, 1888 -
ImogenHerbert Gustave Schmalz, 1888 -
God SpeedEdmund Blair Leighton, 1900
Questions about pre raphaelite art
What is Pre Raphaelite art?
Pre Raphaelite art comes from the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, founded in London in 1848 by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais and William Holman Hunt. They painted with bright colour and fine detail, and drew their subjects from poetry, legend and the Bible.
Is John William Waterhouse a Pre Raphaelite?
Waterhouse was born in 1849, a year after the Brotherhood formed, so he was never a member. He took up their subjects and their love of literature, and he is often called the last of the Pre Raphaelites.