The Royal Academy competition for tickets

J. W. Waterhouse: The Modern Pre-Raphaelite
The Royal Academy of Arts
27 June – 13 September 2009

The Royal Academy of Arts presents a major retrospective exhibition of the late Pre-Raphaelite artist, John William Waterhouse RA (1849-1917). The artist inherited the Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood’s taste for Tennyson, Keats, and Shakespeare, and also drew from classical myth as interpreted by Homer and Ovid. His images belie a Romantic fascination with intense female passions as seen in his works; the Lady of Shalott, Ophelia, Circe and La Belle Dame Sans Merci. When seen together in their massive gilt frames, Waterhouse’s large, richly coloured canvases deliver a visual impact that is both compelling and unprecedented. This will be the first major Waterhouse show to have been presented in the United Kingdom since the late 1970s

For a chance to win a pair of tickets to J. W. Waterhouse: The Modern Pre-Raphaelite, email your name and address to competitions@royalacademy.org.uk with ‘Ledbury Poetry festival’ in the subject box. Winners name will be drawn on 1st August 2009. Judges decision is final