This volume showcases a range of works aligned to the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood from familiar, iconic pictures to lesser-known paintings by the major artists. It also includes rarely-exhibited Pre-Raphaelite drawings from the Tate Collection.
Through his prestigious portrait commissions, membership of the Royal Academy and his knighthood, Orpen became part of the British establishment, but always asserted his sense of Irish identity. His experiences as an official war artist haunted him and made him cynical of politicians.
The Camden Town Group of British painters chronicled the changes in both British society and the developing city of London in the years before and during the First World War. Accompanying the first major exhibition of the Camden Town Group, this book explores how these modern artists reflected the immense change that was taking place around them.