Memorials of Edward Burne-Jones (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781108055314)

Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones (1833-98) emerged from a solitary, motherless childhood to form close friendships with William Morris and such other luminaries of the Victorian art world as Dante Gabriel Rossetti and John Ruskin. A second generation Pre-Raphaelite and founder member of the Morris firm, he was influential in many areas, from painting, stained glass and tapestry design to book illustration. His later work, including such iconic paintings as The Wheel of Fortune, The Golden Stairs (which caused a sensation when exhibited at the Grosvenor Gallery) and The Sleep of Arthur in Avalon, influenced and exemplified the Aesthetic Movement, and inspired the European Symbolists. His wife, Georgiana Burne-Jones (1840-1920), published this engaging two-volume biography in 1904. Volume 1 describes his formative years, important early relationships, projects such as the murals for the Oxford Union debating chamber, and his arrival at full maturity with the St George series of 1865-7.

Author: Georgiana Burne-Jones
ISBN-10: 1108055311
ISBN-13: 9781108055314
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/11/2012
Pages: 372
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.83d