#edward burne-jones

the vampire by philip burne-jones (1897). the model is actress mrs patrick campbell; burne jones was the oldest son of pre-raphaelite painter edward burne-jones.

detail from the last sleep of arthur in avalon by edward burne-jones (1881-1898) // the sleeping beauty by john collier (1921)

the finding of medusa (1883) by edward burne-jones.

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The Baleful Head (1885)
byEdward Burne-Jones(1833–1898)

The Failure of Sir Gawain by  Edward Burne-Jones 

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The Baleful Head (1885)
byEdward Burne-Jones(1833–1898)

The Love Song, Sir Edward Burne-Jones, 1868-77

Oil on canvas
45 x 61 ⅜ in. (114.3 x 155.9 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY, USA

Edward Burne-Jones - Perseus and the Graiae

1892 / oil on canvas / Staatsgalerie Stuttgart (Stuttgart, Germany)

Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Study of a Woman’s Head, 19th century (source).

attributed to Thomas Rooke (Burne-Jones’ assistant), after Edward Burne-Jones, Design for Christ Enthroned in the Heavenly Jerusalem, in the American Church in Rome

Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898), The King of All Beasts, pencil on paper

Edward Burne-Jones       Phyllis And Demophoon   1870

Tomb of Frederick Richards Leyland, Brompton Cemetery, West Brompton, London, England

Today (28 August) is the birthday of the artist and designer Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898).

Burne-Jones is perhaps best known in the book world for his friendship and working relationship with William Morris. He illustrated a number of books printed at Morris’s Kelmscott Press, including what is considered to be its magnum opus, the Kelmscott Chaucer (1896), for which Burne-Jones supplied 87 woodcut illustrations. 

The Chaucer took four years to produce and, with Morris’s health in decline, Burne-Jones often worked late into the night. ‘If we live to finish it’, Burne-Jones wrote, 'it will be like a pocket cathedral’.

The Alexander Turnbull Library, Rare Books and Fine Printing Collection, holds seventeen books illustrated by Burne-Jones and a complete run of Kelmscott Press publications.

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The works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Hammersmith, Middlesex: Printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, 1896, Alexander Turnbull Library, fRPr KELM CHAU 1896.

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Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898), The Wheel of Fortune, 1875-1883, oil on canvas, 199 x 100 cm. Musée d'Orsay
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“My wheel of Fortune is a true-to-life image; it comes to fetch each of us in turn, then it crushes us,” was Burne-Jones’ heartfelt or disillusioned comment. Read more

The Baleful Head (1885)
byEdward Burne-Jones(1833–1898)

The Baleful Head (1885)
byEdward Burne-Jones(1833–1898)