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The Pre-Raphaelites

Andrew Hutton

Franny Moyle

The Pre-Raphaelites: Episode 3

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How the Pre-Raphaelites outgrew the avant-garde and began to embrace fame and fortune.

Series examining the 19th century Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood art movement, looking at how the artists began to embrace fame and fortune with art designed to please the masses.

Three-part series examining the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, who brought notoriety to British art in the 19th century, bursting into the spotlight in 1848 and shocking their peers with a new kind of radical art. 

The final part looks at how the Pre-Raphaelites had outgrown the avant-garde in their later years and began to embrace fame and fortune with art designed to please the masses. In so doing, they attained riches and celebrity and became the forefathers of the commercial modern artist.

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Series examining the 19th century Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood art movement

Series examining the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, who brought notoriety to British art in the 19th century

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