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Composer
Andrew Lloyd Weber is considered to be the top British collector, in terms of
money spent on art. Andrew Lloyd Webber, the world-famous composer of musicals
such as "Cats", "Phantom of the Opera" and "Jesus Christ
Superstar" that have been performed before millions worldwide.
This
is the first time that Andrew Lloyd Webbers collection has been shown in
public.
The
collection includes important holdings of paintings and drawings by Burne-Jones,
Millais, Rossetti, Waterhouse, Atkinson Grimshaw and Tissot.
From
the Holy Grail to the femme fatales, the Pre-Raphaelites caught the Victorian
imagination with their remarkable blend of fantasy and naturalism. Andrew Lloyd
Webber's collection contains works by the most significant Pre-Raphaelite artists.
Pre-Raphaelite
and Other Masters presents works by the original Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Holman Hunt and John Everett Millais alongside
work by later Pre-Raphaelites such as William Waterhouse and Edward Burne Jones.
The
exhibition also includes work by significant Victorian artists such as Tissot,
Leighton, Alma-Tadema and Grimshaw with stunning period furniture by William Morris,
Pugin and Burges, and ceramics by de Morgan.
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Dulce Domum, 1885.

Chill
October, 1870.

Blanzifiore (Snowdrops), 1873.
 L'Orpheline,
1879.
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