Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Poetry of drawing exhibition #2



[Gentian, 1862
John Brett (1831-1902)
Watercolour on paper
© The Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, Birkenhead, Wirral]

These pictures are from the Birmingham Culture photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/birminghamculture/sets/72157625806463980/
and are entirely their copyright



[Bottle, 1888-98
William de Morgan (1839-1917)
© Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery]



[Design for a printed textile: 'Wey', 1882-3
William Morris (1834-1896)
Pencil and watercolour
© Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery]



[Luccombe Chine, Isle of Wight, 1860
Henry Bowler (1824-1903)
Watercolour on paper
© V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum, London]



[February in the Isle of Wight, 1866
John Brett (1831-1902)
Watercolour
© Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery]



[Study for ‘The Last of England’, 1852
Ford Madox Brown (1821-1893)
Pencil on paper
© Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery]



[Study for 'Mariana', 1850
John Everett MIllais (1829-1896)
Paper and brown ink on paper
© V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum, London

V&A Museum No: E.354-1931]



[Phyllis and Demophoon, 1870 (detail)
Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898)
Watercolour
© Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery]



[Study of Jane Morris for 'Mnemosyne' 1876
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828 - 1882)
Pastel on Paper,
© Private collection/Christie's]

2 comments:

Hels said...

My eyes went straight to the William De Morgan bottle c1890. Of course he was associated with the Arts and Crafts movement, and the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, but his work shone out individually, didn't it?

What is there not to love about the shape, colours, patterns and the finish.

Hermes said...

I did a post somewhere about the tiles he did for Leighton's rather strange house. Evelyn gets most of the publicity but he was very good. There is a bigweb site on their life and work. I was so pleased to find these pictures. So near so far for me but at least I can be a voyeur.