Edward Burne-Jones

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Edward Burne-Jones was a British Victorian painter and designer associated with the later phase of the Pre-Raphaelite movement, renowned for his romantic, medieval-inspired works and contributions to the decorative arts.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf British artist
Pre-Raphaelite artist
designer
human
painter
activeYearsEnd 1898
activeYearsStart 1850s
artisticStyle medievalism
romanticism
birthDate 1833-08-28
birthPlace Birmingham
England
Warwickshire NERFINISHED
burialPlace Rottingdean
Sussex
child Philip Burne-Jones
closeFriend William Morris
collaboratedWith William Morris
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
deathDate 1898-06-17
designed book illustrations
stained glass windows
tapestries
educatedAt Exeter College, Oxford NERFINISHED
King Edward's School, Birmingham
familyName Burne-Jones
fieldOfWork decorative arts
illustration
painting
stained glass design
tapestry design
fullName Edward Coley Burne-Jones
genre history painting
mythological painting
religious painting
romantic painting
givenName Edward
influenced Aubrey Beardsley
Pre-Raphaelite followers
Symbolist painters
influencedBy Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Italian Renaissance art
Medieval art
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Royal Academy of Arts
movement Aestheticism
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Symbolism
notableWork King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid
Pygmalion and the Image series
The Beguiling of Merlin
The Briar Rose series
The Golden Stairs
The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon
The Wheel of Fortune
positionHeld Associate of the Royal Academy
Baronet
religion Anglicanism
spouse Georgiana Burne-Jones
workedFor Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co.


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