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Tate Britain Exhibition

Pre-Raphaelite Vision: Truth to Nature

12 February – 8 May 2004

William Holman Hunt, Our English Coasts, 1852 (‘Strayed Sheep’) 1852. Tate.

William Holman Hunt
Our English Coasts, 1852 (‘Strayed Sheep’) (1852)
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This exhibition is devoted to the revolutionary approach to landscape painting introduced to Britain in the 1850s by a group of young artists known as the Pre-Raphaelites. It shows how the landscapes of John Everett Millais, William Holman Hunt, Ford Madox Brown and others were not only fired by a passion for the natural world, but also deeply rooted in the scientific and religious ideas of the day, and the theories of John Ruskin.

Pre-Raphaelite Vision: Truth to Nature is an exhibition devoted to the purest form of Pre-Raphaelitism. It will open your eyes to the radical nature of artists whom you may think you know well.

Tate Britain

Millbank
London SW1P 4RG
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Dates

12 February – 8 May 2004

Sponsored by

The Ahmanson Foundation

The Ahmanson Foundation

The Starr Foundation

The Starr Foundation

Mrs Coral Samuel CBE

Mrs Coral Samuel CBE

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    Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avant-Garde

    Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avant-Garde: Tate Britain exhibition until 13 January 2013 bringing together over 150 works in different media, including painting, sculpture, photography and the applied arts

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    William Holman Hunt

    1827–1910
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    Sir John Everett Millais, Bt

    1829–1896
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    Sir John Everett Millais, Bt

    1829–1896
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    Ford Madox Brown

    1821–1893
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