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Sir Edward Burne-Jones. The Annunciation. The Flower of God. 1862. Gouache. Private collection, London, UK
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Sir Edward Burne-Jones. Three Trumpeting Angels. 1869. South Aisle window St. Edward the Confessor Church, Cheddleton, Staffordshire, UK.
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British painter, designer, and illustrator Sir Edward Burne-Jones is one of the most well known of the second generation Pre-Raphaelite artists. Born in Birmingham, Burne-Jones mother died six days after giving birth. Having no siblings the lonely child escaped to the world of drawing.
Burne-Jones studied theology at Exeter College in Oxford where he met fellow poet and artist William Morris. The two read the writings of Ruskin and studied and the paintings of the Pre-Raphaelites and decided they should devote their lives to art. In 1856, he met Dante Gabriel Rossetti, who became a great influence on directing Burne-Jones art.
In 1860, Burne-Jones married Georgiana Macdonald. Known for her quiet strength, Georgiana provided a balance to the artists high strung personality. He was also a partner in the firm of Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co along with William Morris, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Madox Brown, and Phillip Webb.
‘The Firm’, as it was called, began in 1860 and produced interior design, high quality furnishings, stained glass, metal work, tiles, and tapestries. Rossetti and Madox Brown both resigned from the company in 1874. Burne-Jones is known for his efforts in the revival of medieval crafts with the aid of his friend William Morris. His themes are taken from legends and history, often mythological and allegorical characters.
Edward Burne-Jones was elected to the Royal Academy in 1890 but resigned after three years. He designed stained-glass windows, mosaics, and tapestries along with book illustrations under the name of Edward Coley Jones. His designs, along with his medieval crafts style, paved the way for the Arts Nouveau movement. Burne-Jones was knighted in 1894 and died in 1898.
Edward’s mom died six days after his birth and his housekeeper Ann Sampson mainly raised him. Burne-Jones started his education from 1844 with King Edward VI Grammar School, Birmingham, graduating to the Birmingham School of Art during 1848-52. Edward then studied theology at Exeter College, Oxford, where he also befriended enterprising English artist William Morris (1834-96).
All through their learning years, both the artists derived inspiration from the works of an English artist and the co-founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Movement Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-82). In 1856, Morris founded Oxford and Cambridge Magazine, for which he roped in Rossetti as a contributor. Through this interface, Morris & Burne-Jones came quite close to Rossetti and all inspired, decided to pursue artistry as career. In 1860, Burne-Jones married the British artist Georgiana “Georgie” MacDonald (1840-1920), one of his school friends’ sister. The couple had two sons and one daughter.
Edward had close association with the later stages of the Pre-Raphaelite Movement (started 1848). Immense imagination and elaboration marked Jones’ early artistic career, which includes several pen and ink drawings on vellum such as ‘Waxen Image’ (1856). His first oil also dates back to 1856. In 1857, he created stained glass work of a series of cartoons, for Bradfield College. In 1858, Edward illustrated a cabinet with the Prioress’s Tale from Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. In 1857, along with Morris and others, Edward worked for Rossetti’s Oxford Union fresco painting project. This assignment proved a disaster as the whole group was untrained in the style and the work started coming off during production itself. In 1859, Edward traveled to Italy and came back inspired and rejuvenated.
His artistic life took upswing when he became a founding partner in Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Company (1861-75). Here, he worked closely with William Morris (1834-96) on a broad spectrum of Decorative Arts mediums and styles. Through his stint at the company, Burne-Jones was instrumental in reviving Stained Glass Art in England. Some of his works in the field can be seen at Birmingham Cathedral and St Martin’s Church in Brampton, Cumbria. Edward extended his artistry to ceramics tiles, jewelry, tapestries, mosaics, and book illustrations too.
In 1864, Edward was elected as an associate of the Society of Painters in Water Colors. He displayed here his very competent work ‘The Merciful Knight’ (1863) that established him as an artist. Until 1870, he kept displaying his watercolor works at the same gallery. Following a controversy over his painting ‘Phyillis and Demophoon’ (1870), he resigned from the membership.
During 1870-77, the artist exhibited only a couple of times. During this phase, he produced many famous paintings, including ‘Chant d’amour’ (1868-73), ‘The Days of Creation’ (1870-76), ‘Briar Rose’ series (1871-73), ‘The Beguiling of Merlin’ (1872-77), ‘Laus Veneris’ (1873-75), ‘Pan and Psyche’ (1874), ‘the Pygmalion series’ (1875-78), the ‘Mirror of Venus’ (1875), and ‘the Golden Stairs’ (1876-80). In 1877, Edward displayed three of these paintings at the Grosvenor Gallery, London. The exhibition proved a turning point for the artist’s career and he was declared the frontrunner of the European Aesthetic Movement of the nineteenth century. Until 1884, he kept exhibiting at the gallery, wowing the viewers each time.
Edward Burne-Jones was elected as an associate of the Royal Academy, London, in 1885. In 1887, he displayed for the first and the last time at the Academy. The painting on the show was ‘The Depths of Sea’ (1887). The work represented a mermaid with a youth whom she fell in love with. In 1893, the artist resigned from the Academy. In 1896, he completed his most famous woodcut design ‘Chaucer’ for Morris’ Kelmscott Press (1891-98), London. Morris’ death in 1896, shocked Edward, and his health started declining. The artist eventually died on June 17, 1898.
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Sir Edward Burne-Jones 1833-1898
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The Love Song, 1868-77
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The Love Song by Sir Edward Burne-Jones
