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Edward Burne-Jones
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I love his images for the Kelmscott Chaucer. That was my first introduction to him.
In the exhition they have the book with the 87 illustrations sadly but understandably behind glass. All in all the exhibition is very good. Certainly worth the effort of a trip to London.
How exciting! I’m glad you got to go, Dirk!
"One of the last Pre-Raphaelites, Edward Burne-Jones brought imaginary worlds to life in awe-inspiring paintings, stained glass windows and tapestries"Born in 1833, Burne-Jones rejected the industrial world of the Victorians, looking instead for inspiration from medieval art, religion, myths and legends.
He made spectacular works depicting Arthurian knights, classical heroes and Biblical angels – working across painting, stained glass, embroidery, jewellery and more. With his friend William Morris he was a pioneer of the arts and crafts movement, which aimed to bring beautiful design to everyone.
https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate...
Sidonia von Bork
1860
The Depths of the Sea
1886
I really like his work! I wasn't as familiar with him so I had to investigate more. These were posts from that Tate site announcing the exhibition. Thank you, Dirk!
Another very beautiful work, also very big: the figures are almost life size.
The Beguiling of Merlin
Oil on canvas, 1873-1874
111 x 186 cm (3' 7.7" x 6' 1.23")
Dirk wrote: "In the exhition they have the book with the 87 illustrations sadly but understandably behind glass. All in all the exhibition is very good. Certainly worth the effort of a trip to London."Wonderful! Thanks for sharing that. You two look great. I am so glad that Nanny could make it. I had to make my third trip to the ER today so feeling kinda grinchy!
in case you are wondering in the lower right corner, that is me and my wife.
this is one of my favorites, in real life it is immens!