Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, 1st Bt

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• Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, 1st Bt (1833-1898), Painter and designer. Sitter in 22 portraits, Artist associated with 1 portrait.

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• Sir Philip Burne-Jones, 2nd Bt (1861-1926), Painter. Artist of 3 portraits, Sitter in 16 portraits.

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Edward Burne-Jones was inspired to take up art through his friendship with D.G. Rossetti. He became a lifelong friend and collaborator of William Morris, for whom he designed stained-glass windows, tapestries, tiles and book illustrations. Burne-Jones's paintings of classical subjects and medieval romances exemplify the aesthetic dream world of late nineteenth-century art. His reputation reached its height in the 1880s but began to decline during his lifetime owing to the influence of Impressionism, whose style and choice of subject matter he despised. His son Philip was also a painter who specialised in portraits and topographical views and it was he who made this portrait.

Linked publicationsback to top

• Marsh, Jan, Character Sketches: The Pre-Raphaelites, 1998
• Marsh, Jan, Insights: The Pre-Raphaelite Circle, 2005, p. 90
• Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 90

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• Making art
• On display at the Gallery