Friday 18 December 2020

Edward Burne-Jones part-9

1890 Sir Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris by Sir Emery Walker, after Frederick Hollyer  
half-plate glass positive
© National Portrait Gallery, London

Edward Burne-Jones became a founding member of William Morris’s decorative art firm in 1861, where he produced countless designs and illustrations for books, tapestries, ceramic tiles, mosaics and stained glass. In 1862, he travelled to Italy where he was introduced to Botticelli, whose formal patterning profoundly influenced his subsequent development as a painter. His typical subject matter derived from medieval and classical legends charged with symbolism. In fact, he was pre-eminent in the Aesthetic movement in England and the Symbolist movement in Europe. A defining characteristic of Burne-Jones as an artist was his wilful blurring of the boundaries between his painting and his decorative work.

For more information on Burne-Jones see part 1, and for earlier works see parts 1 - 8 also.

This is part 9 of a 14-part series on the works of Edward Burne-Jones:


1872-95 Venus Concordia & Venus Discordia:

1871 Venus Concordia
graphite on paper 30.3 x 48.4 cm
University of Manchester, Whitworth Art Gallery, UK

1872-73 Venus Concordia
oil on canvas 127 x 208 cm
The Box (Plymouth Museums Galleries Archives), UK

1872-73 Venus Discordia
oil on canvas 128.2 x 209.8 cm
Amgueddfa Cymru, Cardiff, UK

1872-98 The Feast of Peleus:

1872-81 The Feast of Peleus
(predella of the Troy Triptych)
oil on panel 36.9 x 109.9 cm
Birmingham Museums Trust, UK

1872-81 The Feast of Peleus detail

1872-81 The Feast of Peleus detail

1881-98 The Feast of Peleus
oil on canvas 149.5 x 442.6 cm
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
(see detail below)

1881-98 The Feast of Peleus detail

1881-98 The Feast of Peleus detail
1873 St. Matthew:

1873 St. Matthew study
graphite on paper

1873 St. Matthew
stained glass design
graphite and black and coloured chalks

1873-77 Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge, UK:
1873 St. Matthew
stained glass 127.6 x 50.5 cm
Morris & Company, Manufacturer
Jesus College Chapel at Cambridge University, UK


Jesus College Chapel

Jesus College Chapel
Sibylla Persica
Jesus College Chapel
St. Matthew

Jesus College Chapel
Sibylla Cumana

Jesus College Chapel
Sibylla Delphica

Jesus College Chapel
St. Luke

Jesus College Chapel St. Luke cartoon
graphite, pastel and gouache on paper 122.4 x 51.6 cm
Tate, London

Jesus College Chapel 
Sybilla Cimmeria

Jesus College Chapel 
Sibylla Phrygia

Jesus College Chapel
St Mark

Sibylla Libyssa

Jesus College Chapel 
Sibylla Erythrea

Jesus College Chapel 
St John

Jesus College Chapel
Sibylla Tibutina

Sibylla Tibutina cartoon

Jesus College Chapel
Cartoon for Sibylla Tibutina
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, UK

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c1872-82 The Council Chamber
oil on canvas 125 x 268 cm
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE

c1872 A Tiger Fighting with a Snake
black ink heightened with white on off-white paper
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana

1873 (designed) 1910-12 (made) Fidelitas
stained glass made by Morris and Company 138 x 41 cm
Meeting House Chapel, Birmingham, UK

1873 Adam and Eve
Chinese white and wash 51.7 x 41.9 cm
© The Victoria and Albert Museum, London

1873 Daniel
Cartoon for stained-glass window at St. Martins-on-the-Hill, Scarborough
brush and brown wash with opaque white over traces of graphite on cream wove paper 63.7 x 49.3 cm

1873 Design for Stained Glass
black chalk on paper 118.7 x 42.5 cm

1873 Illustration to 'The Ring given to Venus' from 'The Earthly Paradise'
drypoint 12.9 x 9.5 cm
The British Museum, London

1873 Seated Female Figure
graphite on ivory wove paper 30.2 x 25.3 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1873 Sibylla Cumana
watercolour and bodycolour with gold and silver highlights over pencil on vellum 36.5 x 26.7 cm
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia

1873 The Bath of Venus
study of attendant Maidens / Musicians
graphite on paper
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, UK

1873 Venus Discordia
oil on canvas 128.2 x 209.8 cm
National Museum Wales, Cardiff, UK

1873-75 Laus veneris
oil on canvas 122.5 x 183.3 cm
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

1873-75 Laus veneris
detail

1873-75 Laus veneris 
detail

c1873-77 Back View of Standing Male Nude
graphite on ivory wove paper 25.3 x 17.8 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

c1873-77 Draped Figure of Woman Playing on a Harp
graphite on ivory wove paper 25.3 x 17.8 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

c1873-77 Draped Head, Eyes looking toward Right
graphite on ivory wove paper 25.4 x 17.8 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

c1873-77 Draped Male Figure
graphite on ivory wove paper 25.4 x 17.8 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

c1873-77 Draped Standing Male Figure
graphite on ivory wove paper 25.2 x 17.8 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

c1873-77 Head of Girl Facing Left
graphite on ivory wove paper 25.3 x 17.8 cm graphite on ivory wove paper 25.3 x 17.8 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

c1873-77 Head of Medusa, two studies for Rondanini Medusa
graphite on ivory wove paper 25.3 x 17.8 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

c1873-77 Head of Woman with Eyes Closed
graphite on ivory wove paper 25.4 x 17.8 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

c1873-77 Standing Male Nude with Hands Clasped in Prayer
graphite on ivory wove paper 25.4 x 17.8 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

c1873-77 Woman’s Head in Profile
graphite on ivory wove paper 25.3 x 17.8 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

c1873-77 Study for Figure of ‘Idleness - The Romaunt of the Rose
graphite on ivory wove paper 25.3 x 17.8 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

c1873-77 Study of Pilgrim for Romaunt of the Rose
graphite on ivory wove paper 25.3 x 17.8 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

c1873-77 Study of Pilgrim for Romaunt of the Rose
graphite on ivory wove paper 25.3 x 17.8 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1873-81 Fountain of Youth
watercolour and gouache on paper 62.3 x 103 cm
Tate, London

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