London's Secret Art Club: A Forgotten Collection Of The Pre-Raphaelites | Private View

The ‘forgotten’ collection of Cecil French gives us a window on the world the Pre-Raphaelites. He collected paintings that speak of the Victorian love of the romantic but he remained a mysterious character until his death in 1953. Then, the art world discovered a treasure-trove of work by artists such as Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Edward Burne-Jones and Albert Moore. Today, these remarkable paintings are being conserved and we go behind the scenes for a privileged view.
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[@olivierbolton8683]

What great initiatives to make art accessible to the public rather than keeping it in private hands... Congratulations to the sense of responsibility of all these art lovers...Bless

[@pchabanowich]

Gorgeous works in a sumptuous locale, with so many skilled people involved through tracts of time - bless...💐

[@Kaytecando]

The PRB...my favorite genre! Thank you for this❤!

[@qossl6727]

Another wonderful and interesting documentary - thank you so much

[@darlamcfarland3323]

Wonderful to see this!

[@SouthernArtist77]

These works are very much coming back into fashion. I’m here for it.

[@grokeffer6226]

Very nice. 🎨🖌

[@sandrayonekura9371]

Fantastic!! Thanks

[@katewild2194]

Burne-Jones said I owe everything to Rossetti to give some perspective it was Rossetti who inspired his fellow artists these are not my words but artists at the time.

[@NickPenlee]

A wonderful subject matter but poorly shot in places. I can't believe they filmed oil paintings from an angle where reflected light from the glass frames ruined the image being shown, eg. at 14:30, 16:16 and 16:26. Quite a basic error that an amateur might be expected to make!

[@willhouse]

YEAH. 😭 That camera operator *really* should have used a polarizer.

[@cherryllcooper679]

Shame the film makers didnt have enough clout/capacity to film the works without glare from the glass. Shame on the exhibitors for not allowing/ensuring these “forgotten” works be filmed at their best.

[@jimmysanders4813]

Do not ever listen to someone who wants to explaine a particular time in art,you should always experience what that art does to you and your experience that comes about during your time observing it.

[@hugholiveiro2081]

WELL SAID..... IMAGES ARE ITS ONLY WEALTH. YOU MAKE OF IT, AS YOU SEE IT..........

[@adriel7540]

You are attempting to tell others how they should and shouldn't experience art, do you not see the irony?

[@SouthernArtist77]

@@adriel7540I appreciate listening to others’ thoughts on art, I then make up my own mind.

[@lindagonzalez5059]

That gallery director will make you cringe and ruin your film experience

[@dlschgo]

You go there, yet don't show everything. What a wasted opportunity.

[@iness1802]

analyzing the work of a pre-raphaelite by comparing it to that of high renaissance artists feels reductive at best, uneducated at worst

[@unobooks]

i am so aroused by emmeline hallmark