Awakening
Beauty II is the exhibition title of an extraordinary
collection of Victorian art, put together by aesthetics
and art history scholar Professor Paul Crowther, prof. emeritus of the National
University of Ireland, Galway. He systematically collects works of the
Pre-Raphaelites and their contemporaries. The first part of the collection was
exhibited in the National Gallery of Slovenia in 2015. In 2024, the second part
of the collection will be on view and feature several thematic units convenient
to develop smaller problem-focused selections. Prof. Paul Crowther and his
spouse Mojca Oblak have bequeathed their collection to the National Gallery of
Slovenia, including the works of art not part of the exhibition. In terms of
raw numbers, the second exhibition is even larger than the first and the
collection keeps growing. The exhibition will present the collection within the
encyclopaedic framework of the included artists, so the bequest is complemented
by Prof. Crowther’s expertise as well.
National Gallery of Slovenia
Narodni dom Gallery
Cankarjeva 20
1000 Ljubljana