Pre-Raphaelite Exhibition.

Last week I made a visit to the Pre-Raphaelite exhibition at the Tate Britain which is handas it’s across the road! 

I was really excited about this exhibition as I have heard good reviews about it and I find some particular artists from the Pre-Raphaelites inspiring.

The first room I came to in the exhibition I found boring. The work in there was very dated and not to my taste, but talented all the same. 
The next room had more of a fresher feel about it, this is where I discovered one of my favorite pieces from the whole exhibition.
This piece was called “Puck” by Thomas Woolner. It was a small scale sculpture which depicted and represented the imp like creature, Puck from Shakespere’s play A Midsummer’s Nights Dream. As I am a massive fan of the play I thought that Woolner connected to the character spot on, he looked cheeky and mischievous. It was a simply stunning sculpture.

“Puck”-Thomas Woolner-1845

The exhibition went on, it came to William Morris’s work which as a Textile student I was drawn to. I studied one drawing of his extremely closely. What I found most inspiring and beautiful about one of his pieces was that it wasn’t finished. Thats why I liked it, it was a complex design that you could see the he was working on. 

“Tulip and Willow”- William Morris-1873

   

I was surprised by my lack of enthusiasm for the more obvious Pre-Raphaelite paintings such as Burne Jones, I appreciated the grand-ness of them but I felt a bit unsure about them for some reason. I think I found them a little bit overwhelming.