12 outstanding women behind the pictures and their creative roles in Pre-Raphaelite’s successive phases between 1850 and 1900, this Pre-Raphaelite Sisters special exhibition reveals their amazing contributions to the public for the first time.
1848年組成的前拉斐爾兄弟會(Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood),自喻是「英格蘭的年輕畫家」,反對學院藝術派的教學方式,推動拉斐爾時代之前的古典和優美的繪畫,主張回歸15世紀義大利文藝復興初期重視細節,並運用強烈色彩的畫風。
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前拉斐爾兄弟會的重要成員包括John Everett Millais, William Holman Hunt, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edward Burne-Jones, William Morris等人,自1849年公開第一幅畫作,影響力至今不歇。
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倫敦國家肖像美術館(National Portrait Gallery)舉行的「前拉斐爾姐妹(Pre-Rephaelite Sisters)」特展,集結數百件來自全球博物館與私人收藏,是第一個以前拉斐爾兄弟會1850到1900年全盛時期,以12名有卓越貢獻的女性為重點的展覽。
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這幾位有高顏值與過人才華的女性,不僅是前拉斐爾兄弟會畫家筆下的模特兒,本身也是藝術家,或是「前拉斐爾兄弟會」成員的伴侶,特展現場許多畫作、素描和照片都是首次展出,顯示她們對「前拉斐爾兄弟會」藝術運動的重要貢獻。
策展人Dr Jan Marsh指出,當人們想到「前拉斐爾」時,就會連想到外表出眾迷人的美女,留著一頭亮麗秀髮,身著寬鬆的連身洋裝,眼神露著深情,或是畫作裡有明亮色彩所繪的特別景緻,這個特展要讓參觀者認識,那些成功的畫家背後的偉大女性。
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特展中的亮點作品包括:
1889年Marie Spartali Stillman 所畫的The First Meeting of Petrarch and Laura,是第一次公開展出;Joanna Wells所畫的Thou Bird of God,則是25年多年來首次公開展示
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前拉斐爾時期最受歡迎,由當時的超級模特兒Elizabeth Siddall 擔任模特兒,John Everett Millais 所畫的Ophelia,也展示其中,這是倫敦泰特美術館(Tate Britain ) 的重要收藏。
John Everett Millais 於1851到1852年創作這幅作品,先在倫敦近郊取景,再回工作室完成,畫中 Ophelia 悲劇性的溺水身故,是來自文豪莎士比亞的作品「哈姆雷特」最著名的插畫之一。
美若天仙的Elizabeth Siddall本人也是位詩人,1849年她在一家帽子專賣店工作時被藝術家Walter Deverell發現,介紹她到前拉斐爾兄弟會,為多位會員藝術家擔任模特兒,並與Dante Gabriel Rossetti結婚。
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特展也首次介紹牙買加出生的模特兒Fanny Eaton的生平;前拉斐爾早期擔任模特兒,之後專注經營詩人事業的Christina Rossetti;還有為先生的藝術生涯全力奉獻,放棄個人事業的Effie Millais和Georgiana Burne-Jones。
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這項特別的展覽將一直進行到2020年1月26日。
展出地點:The National Portrait Gallery, St. Martin’s Pl, Charing Cross, London WC2H 0HE
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