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| 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:
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| 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 |
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| 1877 St Helen’s Church, Welton, Yorkshire St Cecilia & St Agnes stained glass by Burne-Jones with angels above by William Morris |
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| St Helen’s Church, Welton, Yorkshire St Ursula stained glass |
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| St Helen’s Church, Welton, Yorkshire St Mary and St Nicholas stained glass |
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| St Helen’s Church, Welton, Yorkshire St Catherine stained glass |
1877 Lanercost Priory, Lanercost, Cumbria:
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| 1877 Healing of the Lame Man stained glass designed by Burne-Jones made by Morris Co. Lanercost Priory, Lanercost, Cumbria, UK |
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| 1877 Lanercost Priory, Lanercost, Cumbria stained glass |
1877 The Mirror of Venus:
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| 1877 The Mirror of Venus oil on canvas 120 x 200 cm Calouste Gulbenkian Musem, Lisbon, Portugal |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| c1873-77 Study for Mirror of Venus, Head graphite on ivory wove paper 25.3 x 17.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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| c1873-77 Study for Mirror of Venus, Head graphite on ivory wove paper 25.4 x 17.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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| c1873-77 Study for The Mirror of Venus graphite on paper 25.4 x 17.8 cm Tate, London |
1877-78 Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford:
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| 1877-78 Spes, Caritas, Fides stained glass Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford made by Morris & Co. |
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| 1877-78 Spes stained glass Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford made by Morris & Co. |
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| 1877-78 Caritas stained glass Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford made by Morris & Co. |
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| 1877-78 Fides stained glass Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford made by Morris & Co. |
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| 1877-78 Stained glass Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford made by Morris & Co. |
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| 1877-78 Stained glass Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford made by Morris & Co. |
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| 1877-78 Stained glass Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford made by Morris & Co. |
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| 1877-78 Stained glass Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford made by Morris & Co. |
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| 1877-78 Stained glass Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford made by Morris & Co. |
1877-1898 The Passing of Venus:
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| The Passing of Venus oil on panel 55.9 x 114.3 cm |
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| 1877 Study for ‘The Passing of Venus’ graphite and watercolour on paper 26.9 x 17.9 cm Tate, London |
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| 1877 Study for ‘The Passing of Venus’ graphite, chalk and watercolour on paper 25.1 x 17.2 cm Tate, London |
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| 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 |
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| c1877 Study for ‘The Passing of Venus’ graphite and watercolour on paper 26.1 x 22.5 cm Tate, London |
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| 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 |
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| 1877 Perseus and the Graiae oil on canvas 152 x 169 cm National Museum Cardiff, Wales, UK |
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| 1877 Music study graphite on paper 37.5 x 42.5 cm |
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| 1877 Music oil on canvas 68 x 44 cm The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford, UK |
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| 1878 Angeli Ministrantes coloured chalk on paper 212.3 x 150.5 cm Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK |
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| 1878 Pygmalion and the Image: The Godhead Fires oil on canvas 99 x 76.3 cm Birmingham Museums Trust, UK |
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| 1878 Pygmalion and the Image: The Hand Refrains oil on canvas 98.7 x 76.3 cm Birmingham Museums Trust, UK |
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| 1878 Pygmalion and the Image: The Heart Desires oil on canvas 99 x 76.3 cm Birmingham Museums Trust, UK |
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| 1878 Pygmalion and the Image: The Soul Attains oil on canvas 99.4 x 76.6 cm Birmingham Museums Trust, UK |
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| 1878 Pygmalion and the Image: The Soul Attains study |
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| 1878 The Avenging Angel of St Catherine watercolour heightened with gold paint London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham |
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| c1878 An Angel Playing a Flageolet oil on paper The Makins Collection, Portsmouth History Centre, UK |
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| c1878 An Angel Playing a Flageolet tempera & gold paint on paper 74.9 x 61.2 cm Sudley House, Liverpool, UK |
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| c1878 An Angel Playing a Flageolet watercolour 75 x 61 cm Museum of Liverpool, UK |
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| c1878 The Vision of Saint Catherine watercolour heightened with white on paper 91.5 x 62 cm Private Collection |
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| 1879 Ruth and Boaz graphite on paper 64.5 x 51.8 cm Tate, London |
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| 1879 The Annunciation oil on canvas 250 x 104.5 cm Lady Lever Art Gallery, Wirral, UK |
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| 1879 The Annunciation study of a head, probably for the Angel chalk on paper 27.6 x 22.5 cm |
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| 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 |
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| 1880 The Heart of the Lotus graphite and coloured chalks, heightened with gold on paper 40 x 35.3 cm |
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| 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 |
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| 1880-82 Study of a Female Head for 'Sibylla Delphica' oil on canvas 53.3 x 43.2 cm Cecil French Bequest, London |
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| 1880-90 (made) How Galahad sought the Sangreal stained glass Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |