Support Us Support ‘This exhibition is part of a wave of growing interest… it is now time for Victorian art to be fully celebrated and for the British public to see paintings from the Pérez Simón collection they have never seen before.’ Viscount Linley, Chairman, Christie’s We are seeking a donation of £3,000 to bring this fantastic exhibition to London. Join the Supporters Circle and become one of the 33 that made it happen. The The Pérez Simón Collection is one of the greatest private collections of Victorian masterpieces in the world. Based in Mexico, the collection has Pérez never before been seen in Europe. Through 2013-14 the most significant works from the collection will be shown at three prestigious museums in European capitals: the Jacquemart- André Museum in Paris, the Chiostro Del Bramante in Rome and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Simón Museum in Madrid. There is now the opportunity to bring the exhibition to Leighton House Museum in London, as the only UK venue for the show. Featuring paintings by all the great names of Victorian art, including Leighton himself, Alma-Tadema, Collection Millais, Burne-Jones, Waterhouse and Albert Moore, this fabulous collection will attract national interest from the public and media fascinated by the work of the Pre-Raphaelite painters and their Victorian contemporaries. We are inviting potential benefactors to help bring this prestigious exhibition to London Edwin Long, Vashti/Esther, 1878 The Pérez Simón Collection 1868 The Quartet, The Albert Moore, Moore, Albert The The profile and reputation of Pre- ARTISTS INCLUDE: Raphaelite and other painters of the Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema | 8 works Pérez Victorian era has grown steadily over recent years. The art of the period Frederic, Lord Leighton | 5 works was exceptionally rich and diverse, Sir Edward Burne-Jones |3 works and the elevated status and reputation of the leading artists of Albert Moore | 3 works Sir Edward Poynter the day is unique in the history of British art. Sir John Everett Millais Simón A total of 50 works are included in Henry Payne the exhibition, which consists of John William Godward exceptional pictures by many of the Edwin Long most prominent and celebrated Dante Gabriel Rossetti artists of the period. Arthur Hughes Collection A particular focus is on High John Melhuish Strudwick Victorian classicism and aestheticism: the representation of Charles Perugini beauty for its own sake, which was Frederick Goodall one of the defining themes in the art Hans Wontner of the period. Emma Sandys Frederic, Lord Leighton, Crenaia, c.1880 Exhibition Exhibition Supporters We are inviting you to join the exhibition Supporters Circle at a cost of £3000 and in return we can offer the following benefits. Invitation to attend an exclusive Supporters Circle Private View and Reception at Leighton House for yourself and up to 15 guests, including refreshments. Free pass to the exhibition for 2. Inclusion on acknowledgement panel at entrance to the exhibition. Acknowledgement on private view invitation. Five invitations to the private view. 12 months free membership of The Friends of Leighton House. All donations will be collected by The Friends of Leighton House, a registered charity, working to support the museum and its activities. Exhibition Exhibition Highlights Frederic, Lord Lord Leighton, Frederic, Greek Girls Picking Up Pebbles Up Picking Girls Greek , 1871 Frederic Leighton’s Greek Girls Picking Up Pebbles by the Sea is one of his most extraordinary compositions for the depiction of draperies which arch and loop around the figures. Leighton was the great master of drapery, using it to heighten the decorative, almost abstract quality of the picture. Exhibition Exhibition Highlights Lawrence AlmaLawrence - Tadema, Roses of Heliogabalus Roses , 1888 Lawrence Alma-Tadema’s Roses of Heliogabalus is widely regarded as one of his greatest works and was one of the most popular paintings of the Victorian period. Commissioned by the engineer Sir John Aird for the large sum of £4,000, it was Alma-Tadema's only entry in the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition of 1888. Based on a probably invented episode in the life of the Roman emperor Heliogabalus (204–222), the emperor is portrayed attempting to smother his unsuspecting guests in a torrent of rose-petals released from false ceiling panels. For the first time the work will be shown together with its oil sketch. Further Paintings Further Edward Poynter, Vénus, Henry Payne, The Enchanted Edward Burne-Jones, Pygmalion, Sandys, Rêverie 1869 Sea, 1890 1871 John Melhuish Strudwick, In John William Waterhouse, The Crystal William Clarke Wontner, Charles Edward Perugini, 'But, oh, the Golden Days, before Ball, 1902 The Dancing Girl, 1903 for the touch of a vanished hand, 1907 and the sound of a voice that is still!’, 1900 Contact For further information, please contact: Daniel Robbins - Senior Curator Leighton House Museum 12 Holland Park Road London W14 8LZ Direct Line: 020 7471 9152 Email : [email protected] Website: www.leightonhouse.co.uk John William Godward, Absence Makes the Heart Grow Stronger, 1912 Thank you Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Return From Market ,1865 www.leightonhouse.co.uk .