Wednesday 23 December 2020

Edward Burne-Jones part-11

1895 Denis George Mackail, Sir Edward Burne-Jones, and  Angela Thirkell
by Henry & Richard Stiles
platinum print on card mount 10.7 x 14.9 cm
© 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 - 10 also.

This is part 11 of a 14-part series on the works of Edward Burne-Jones:

c1876 St Helen’s Church, Welton, Yorkshire:

c1876 Cartoon for stained glass ‘St Agnes’ for St Helen’s Church, Welton, Yorkshire
graphite and chalk on paper 119.5 x 45.8 cm
Tate, London

1877 St Helen’s Church, Welton, Yorkshire 
St Cecilia & St Agnes stained glass by Burne-Jones with angels above by William Morris

St Helen’s Church, Welton, Yorkshire
St Ursula stained glass

St Helen’s Church, Welton, Yorkshire
St Mary and St Nicholas stained glass

St Helen’s Church, Welton, Yorkshire
St Catherine stained glass

1877 Lanercost Priory, Lanercost, Cumbria:

1877 Healing of the Lame Man
stained glass designed by Burne-Jones made by Morris Co.
Lanercost Priory, Lanercost, Cumbria, UK

1877 Lanercost Priory, Lanercost, Cumbria
stained glass

1877 The Mirror of Venus:

1877 The Mirror of Venus
oil on canvas 120 x 200 cm
Calouste Gulbenkian Musem, Lisbon, Portugal

c1873-77 Bending Female Figure, study for Mirror of Venus
graphite on ivory wove paper 25.3 x 17.8 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1873-77c Kneeling Female Figure, study for The Mirror of Venus
graphite on ivory wove paper 25.3 x 17.8 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

c1873-77 Reflection of Kneeling Female Figure, study for The Mirror of Venus
graphite on ivory wove paper 25.3 x 17.8 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

c1873-77 Study for Mirror of Venus, Head
graphite on ivory wove paper 25.3 x 17.8 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

c1873-77 Study for Mirror of Venus, Head
graphite on ivory wove paper 25.4 x 17.8 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

c1873-77 Study for The Mirror of Venus
graphite on paper 25.4 x 17.8 cm
Tate, London

1877-78 Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford:

1877-78 Spes, Caritas, Fides stained glass
Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford made by Morris & Co.

1877-78 Spes stained glass
Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford made by Morris & Co.

1877-78 Caritas stained glass
Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford made by Morris & Co.

1877-78 Fides stained glass
Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford made by Morris & Co.

1877-78 Stained glass Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford
made by Morris & Co. 

1877-78 Stained glass Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford
made by Morris & Co.

1877-78 Stained glass Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford 
made by Morris & Co.

1877-78 Stained glass Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford 
made by Morris & Co.

1877-78 Stained glass Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford 
made by Morris & Co.

1877-1898 The Passing of Venus:

The Passing of Venus
oil on panel 55.9 x 114.3 cm

1877 Study for ‘The Passing of Venus’
graphite and watercolour on paper 26.9 x 17.9 cm
Tate, London

1877 Study for ‘The Passing of Venus’
graphite, chalk and watercolour on paper 25.1 x 17.2 cm
Tate, London

1877 Study of the Queen for the tapestry 'The passing of Venus
graphite on paper 26.7 x 17.5 cm
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

c1877 Study for ‘The Passing of Venus’
graphite and watercolour on paper 26.1 x 22.5 cm
Tate, London

1898 The Passing of Venus
brush, gouache and metallic paint on cardboard 40.8 x 98.2 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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1877 Sibylla Cumana
etching on wove paper 44 x 17.5 cm

1877 Perseus and the Graiae
oil on canvas 152 x 169 cm
National Museum Cardiff, Wales, UK

1877 Music study
graphite on paper 37.5 x 42.5 cm

1877 Music
oil on canvas 68 x 44 cm
The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford, UK

1878 Angeli Ministrantes
coloured chalk on paper 212.3 x 150.5 cm
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK

1878 Pygmalion and the Image: The Godhead Fires
oil on canvas 99 x 76.3 cm
Birmingham Museums Trust, UK

1878 Pygmalion and the Image: The Hand Refrains
oil on canvas 98.7 x 76.3 cm
Birmingham Museums Trust, UK

1878 Pygmalion and the Image: The Heart Desires
oil on canvas 99 x 76.3 cm
Birmingham Museums Trust, UK

1878 Pygmalion and the Image: The Soul Attains
oil on canvas 99.4 x 76.6 cm
Birmingham Museums Trust, UK

1878 Pygmalion and the Image: The Soul Attains
study

1878 The Avenging Angel of St Catherine
watercolour heightened with gold paint
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham

c1878 An Angel Playing a Flageolet
oil on paper
The Makins Collection, Portsmouth History Centre, UK

c1878 An Angel Playing a Flageolet
tempera & gold paint on paper 74.9 x 61.2 cm
Sudley House, Liverpool, UK

c1878 An Angel Playing a Flageolet
watercolour 75 x 61 cm
 Museum of Liverpool, UK

c1878 The Vision of Saint Catherine
watercolour heightened with white on paper 91.5 x 62 cm
Private Collection

1879 Ruth and Boaz
graphite on paper 64.5 x 51.8 cm
Tate, London

1879 The Annunciation
oil on canvas 250 x 104.5 cm
Lady Lever Art Gallery, Wirral, UK

1879 The Annunciation
study of a head, probably for the Angel
chalk on paper 27.6 x 22.5 cm

1879 The Finding of Moses
Design for a window in All Hallows Church, Allerton
graphite on paper 64.7 x 51.8 cm
Tate, London

1880 The Heart of the Lotus
graphite and coloured chalks, heightened with gold on paper 40 x 35.3 cm

1880-81 Cupid Flying Away from Psyche
tempera and gilt on gesso and panel 157 x 237.4 cm
The Victoria and Albert Museum, London

1880-82 Study of a Female Head for 'Sibylla Delphica'
oil on canvas 53.3 x 43.2 cm
Cecil French Bequest, London

1880-90 (made) How Galahad sought the Sangreal
stained glass
Victoria & Albert Museum, London

1880-90 (made) How the Sangreal Abideth in a far Country which is Sarra the City of the Spirit
stained glass 75 x 38.6 cm
Victoria & Albert Museum, London

1880-90 (made) How Lancelot sought the Sangreal and might not see see it because his eyes were blinded by such love as dwelleth in King's Houses
 stained glass 75.1 x 38.6 cm
Victoria & Albert Museum, London

1880-90 (made) How Gawaine Asllep sought the Sangreal and might not see it because his eyes were blinded by thoughts of the deeds of Kings
stained glass 75.2 x 38.6 cm
Victoria & Albert Museum, London