Pre-Raphaelites: Women in the Picture Gallery Highlights

Women were the heartbeat of the Pre-Raphaelite movements. If we imagine a Pre-Raphaelite work of art what often comes to mind is an extraordinary, androgynous-looking woman in a scene painted with jewel-like colours. The Pre-Raphaelite artists lived, loved, and worked at the cusp of change for women and, in many ways, this is reflected in their work. Yet these stories are rarely told.

Through Tullie’s superb collections we explore how women were the objects of the artists’ gaze often becoming a symbol for morality. We consider the striking women who featured in the work, and the determined women who created their own. The women who collected and patronised these artists are celebrated along with their important acquisitions.

Featuring favourite works by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Elizabeth Siddal, Edward Burne-Jones, Phoebe Anna Traquair and Arthur Hughes, alongside works never before displayed in our galleries, we look at the pioneering nature of the Pre Raphaelites, asking the question: when before had gender been so central to art?

Timings & Tours

Saturday 14 September:

11am & 2pm

Location & directions

13 Abbey Street, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA3 8TX

Directions:

Come along to Old Tullie House entrance through Abbey Street Gardens.

Contact on day:

Kate Apperley

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:

Pre-booking required

Booking conditions:

please book via Tullie.org.uk

Booking contact name:

Gillian Hewgill

Booking telephone number:

+441228618703

Booking email:

[email protected]

Booking website:

https://Tullie.org.uk

Booking opens:

12 Aug 2024 12:00 AM

Booking closes:

14 Sep 2024 12:00 AM

Additional information

Max no of people per tour:

10

Est. tour duration:

0 hour(s) 45 minute(s)

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