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Oct122015

Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones: English Painter and Decorative Painter

DateMonday, October 12, 2015 at 8:00AM

Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones - The Golden Stairs - 1876-80 - Oil on canvas, 277 x 117 cm - Tate Gallery, London (click photo for larger image)Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones (1833-1898) was an English painter and decorative artist. He was the leading figure in the second phase of the Pre-Raphaelite movement, and he was influenced by the art of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. His paintings of subjects from medieval legend and Classical mythology and his designs for stained glass, tapestry and many other media played an important part in the Aesthetic Movement and the history of international Symbolism.

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    by ldoef at ldoef on February 19, 2016
    His artworks of subjects from medieval legend and established mythology and his plans for recolored glass, embroidered artwork and numerous other media had critical influence in the tasteful development and the historical backdrop of worldwide imagery.

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