![]() ![]() “It is a collection with remarkable coherence,” says Simon Taylor, formerly of Sotheby’s. There are examples of Victorian landscapes, scenes from contemporary life and fairy paintings, most notable among this last group is Richard Dadd’s “Contradiction: Oberon and Titania”, one of the artist’s finest works. The show continues with major paintings by other pre-Raphaelites such as William Holman Hunt and Sir John Everett Millais and goes on to survey the work of later artists influenced by the movement, such as John William Waterhouse and Atkinson Grimshaw. Some 50 works by Burne-Jones will be on display including 13 paintings and a complete set of the Holy Grail tapestries executed by the workshop of William Morris & Co., one of only three ever made. An entire gallery is devoted to Dante Gabriel Rossetti and one to his follower Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, said to be the composer’s favourite artist. On view are some 200 works, including paintings, drawings, watercolours, works of decorative art, furniture and tapestries, representing around 75% of the composer’s collection, as selected by Mr Rosenthal and Lord Lloyd-Webber himself. “It is every bit as good as the collections in Tate, and in the Birmingham and Manchester museums.” “People will be astounded by this exhibition,” says Christopher Wood, one of London’s leading dealers in Victorian art. ![]() While it is widely known that Lord Lloyd-Webber has been buying art and, in particular, the work of the pre-Raphaelites for several years, his collection has never been on public view and its scale has never been fully appreciated. I’m convinced he writes music just so he can subsidise his collecting.” “There are very few collectors as addicted as Andrew,” says Mr Rosenthal, “He really does love his art. It is both intensely pleasurable and highly addictive,” says Norman Rosenthal, exhibitions secretary at the Royal Academy, the London gallery which this month plays host to the paintings, drawings, and works of art purchased over the last 40 years by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Britain’s most successful contemporary composer. ![]()
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