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Edward Burne-Jones: Art and intrigue

By Patrick Bade

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Sir Edward Burne-Jones (1833–1898) was a master of drawing, painted glass and ceramic art. Little concerned with the details of daily reality, he probed medieval literature for new themes and produced works that idolize Victorian values and the Englishwoman. Burne-Jones was the epitome of politically correct licentiousness, as a recent London exhibition made delightfully plain to all.

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3231. Pygmalion and the Image IV: The Soul Attains, 1875-1878. Oil on canvas, 99.1 x 76.2 cm. Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery.

21. Burne-Jones working on ‘The Star of Bethlehem’, July 27, 1890. Black-and-white photograph by Barbara Leighton. Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London.

3332. The Perseus Series: The Rock of Doom, circa 1884-1885. Gouache, 154 x 128.6 cm. Southampton City Art Gallery.

32. King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid, 1880-1884. Oil on canvas, 290 x 136 cm. Trustees of the Tate Gallery, London.

3433. The Seasons: Spring, 1869. Gouache, 122.6 x 44.9 cm. Private Collection.

43. The Briar Rose series: The Council Chamber, 1870-1890. Oil on canvas, 121.9 x 248.9 cm. Faringdon Collection Trust, Buscot Park.

3534. The Seasons: Summer, 1869. Gouache, 122.6 x 44.9 cm. Private Collection.

54. The Wheel of Fortune, 1875-1883. Oil on canvas, 200 x 100 cm. Musée d’Orsay, Paris.

3635. The Seasons: Autumn, 1869. Gouache, 122.6 x 44.9 cm. Private Collection.

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65. A Musical Angel, 1878-1883. Gouache on paper mounted on canvas, 163.2 x 57.8 cm. The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri.

3736. The Seasons: Winter, 1869. Gouache, 122.6 x 44.9 cm. Private Collection.

76. Cupid’s Hunting Fields, 1885. Gouache, 97.2 x 75.2 cm. The Art Institute of Chicago.

3837. Lady Windsor, 1893-1895. Oil on canvas, 199.5 x 95.5 cm. Collection Viscount Windsor.

87. Hope, 1896. Oil on canvas, 179 x 63.5 cm. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

3938. The Wedding of Psyche, 1895. Oil on canvas, 122 x 213.4 cm. Musées Royaux des Beaux Arts de Belgique, Brussels.

98. Self-Caricature as Pavement Artist. Pen-and-ink drawing, 11.4 x 6.3 cm. Inscribed “Starving”. Courtesy of Sotheby’s, London.

4039. Laus Veneris, 1878. Oil on canvas, 122.6 x 183.2 cm. Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (UK).

109. Georgiana Burne-Jones, 1883. Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 53.3 cm. Private collection.

4140. The Briar Rose: Study for “The Garden Court”, 1889. Gouache, 91.2 x 60.6 cm. Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery.

1110. Georgiana Macdonald at age sixteen. Black-and-white photograph by Walker E. Cockerell. From Georgiana Burne-Jones, Memorials of Edward Burne-Jones (London, 1904). By courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London.

4241. The Lament, 1866. Watercolour and gouache on paper mounted on canvas, 47.5 x 79.5 cm. William Morris Gallery, Walthamshow (UK).

1211. Cupid Finding Psyche, 1865-1887. Watercolour, gouache with golden painting, 69.4 x 49.4 cm. Manchester City Art Galleries.

4342. Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Blue Closet, 1857. Watercolour on paper, 34.6 x 26 cm. Tate Gallery, London.

1312. Drawing of Mary Zambaco, 1871. Pencil, 26.7 x 21.6 cm. Courtesy of Sotheby’s, London.

4443. The Blessed Damozel, 1860. Watercolour and gouache on paper on linen, 40 x 20.3 cm. Courtesy of the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums.

1413. Desiderium, 1873. Pencil, 21 x 13.3 cm. Tate Gallery, London.

4544. Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Maids of Elfenmere. Illustration from the poetic suite “Night and Day Songs” in William Allingham, The Music Master (London, 1855). Photograph courtesy of The Newberry Library, Chicago.

1514. The Depths of the Sea, 1886. Oil on canvas, 197 x 75 cm. Private collection.

4645. Study of a Woman, 1890. Charcoal, red chalk and white enhanced, 31.4 x 23.5 cm. Private collection.

1615. Mary Zambaco, 1870. Gouache, 76.3 x 55 cm. Clemens-Sels-Museum, Neuss (Germany).

4746. The Mirror of Venus, 1870-1876. Oil on canvas, 120 x 199.9 cm. Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Museum, Lisbon.

1716. Phyllis and Demophoon, 1870. Watercolour and gouache, 91.5 x 45.8 cm. Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery.

4847. An Angel Playing a Flageolet, 1878. Watercolour, gouache and gold, 74.9 x 61.2 cm. Board of Trustees of the National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside, Liverpool.

1817. The Car of Love, 1872. Oil on canvas, 457.2 x 182.9 cm. Victoria and Albert Picture Library, London.

4948. Sidona von Bork, 1860. Watercolour and gouache, 33 x 17 cm. Tate Gallery, London.

1918. Pan and Psyche, circa 1872-1874. Oil on canvas, 61 x 54.6 cm. Private collection.

5049. Margaret Burne-Jones, 1885-1886. Oil on canvas, 96.5 x 71.1 cm. Private collection.

2019. The Merciful Knight, 1863. Watercolour and gouache, 100.3 x 69.2 cm. Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery.

5150. Georgiana and Children at the Piano, 1879. Oil on canvas, 143.5 x 113 cm. Courtesy of Sotheby’s, London.

2120. The Beguiling of Merlin, 1874-1876. Oil on canvas, 186 x 111 cm. Lady Lever Art Gallery, Wirral (UK).

5251. Portrait of Katie Lewis, 1886. Oil on canvas, 61 x 127 cm. Courtesy of Sotheby’s, London.

2221. Going to the Battle, 1858. Grey pen-and-ink drawing on vellum paper, 22.5 x 19.5 cm. Syndics of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

5352. The Challenge in the Wilderness, 1895. Oil on canvas, 122 x 213.4 cm. Musées Royaux des Beaux Arts de Belgique, Brussels.

2322. The Golden Stairs, 1876-1880. Oil on canvas, 269.2 x 116.8 cm. Tate Gallery, London.

5453. The Days of Creation: The Third Day, 1870-1876. Watercolour, gouache, shell gold and platinum paint on linen-covered panel, 102.2 x 35.9 cm. Courtesy of the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums.

2423. Le Chant d’Amour (The Song of Love), 1868-1877. Oil on canvas, 114.3 x 155.9 cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

5554. The Days of Creation: The Sixth Day, 1870-1876. Watercolour, gouache, shell gold and platinum paint on linen-covered panel, 102.3 x 36 cm. Courtesy of the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums.

2524. William Holman Hunt, The Awakening Conscience, 1853. Oil on canvas, 76.2 x 55.9 cm. Tate Gallery, London.

5655. The Days of Creation: The First Day, 1870-1876. Watercolour, gouache, shell gold and platinum paint on linen-covered panel, 102.2 x 35.5 cm. Courtesy of the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums.

2625. The King’s Daughter, 1865-1866. Oil on canvas, 107 x 67 cm. Musée d’Orsay, Paris.

5756. Hill Fairies, 1885. Pencil, 27.9 x 20.3 cm. Courtesy of Sotheby’s, London.

2726. Cupid and Beauty, 1874. Pencil, 89 x 118 cm. Private collection.

5857. Nude study for Saint Matthew (south transept, Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge), 1873. Pencil, 24.6 x 17.4 cm. Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery.

2827. The Perseus Series: Perseus and the Sea Nymphs (The Arming of Perseus), 1877. Gouache, 152.8 x 126.4 cm. Southampton City Art Gallery.

5958. Sketch-book, 1875. Pencil and chalk, 25.4 x 18.2 cm. Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery.

2928. Pygmalion and the Image I: The Heart Desires, 1875-1878. Oil on canvas, 99.1 x 76.2 cm. Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery.

6059. Romaunt of the Rose: The Heart of the Rose, 1901. Wool and silk wallpaper with chain of cotton, 150 x 201 cm. Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe.

3029. Pygmalion and the Image II: The Hand Refrains, 1875-1878. Oil on canvas, 99.1 x 76.2 cm. Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery.

6160. Poesis, 1880. Embroidery, silk on cotton, 260 x 108 cm. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.

3130. Pygmalion and the Image III: The Godhead Fires, 1875-1878. Oil on canvas, 99.1 x 76.2 cm. Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery.

6261. Study for The Lament, circa 1865. Pencil and red chalk, 29.8 x 20.7 cm. Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery.