This autumn the Royal Academy presents an exhibition of over 300 outstanding works by Pre-Raphaelite and other masters from Andrew Lloyd Webber's collection, one of the largest and most distinguished in private hands. This exhibition reveals for the first time the depth and richness of Andrew Lloyd Webber's collection of predominantly British 19th-century paintings and decorative arts, built up over the past four decades.
The exhibition highlights the major holdings in the collection, including paintings by Millais, Rossetti, Burne-Jones, Waterhouse, Stanley Spencer, Tissot and Alma-Tadema, the majority of which have not been exhibited in public since they entered Andrew Lloyd Webber's collection. These paintings are complemented by outstanding examples of furniture by Pugin and Burges, ceramics by William de Morgan and tapestries by Burne-Jones, executed by the workshop of William Morris & Co.
To accompany the exhibition, Royal Academy Publications have produced a fully illustrated catalogue which brings together contributions from leading scholars in the field of late 18th- to early 20th-century British art. With an introduction charting the fall and rise in interest in Victorian art throughout the 20th century by art historian and critic, Richard Dorment - plus essays by renowned scholars including Debra N Mancoff, Julian Treuherz and Stephen Wildman - this superb catalogue provides a fascinating insight into Victorian art.
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