List of paintings by Edward Burne-Jones

This is a list of the paintings of the British Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones.

Portrait by George Frederic Watts

1850s

ImageTitleYearCollection
Arthur with Excalibur1858Private collection (likely)[1]
A Knight and his Lady1859Private collection (likely)[2]

1860s

1870s

1880s

1890s

ImageTitleYearCollection
Sponsa de Libano1891Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
The Sirens1891-1898Ringling Museum of Art, Florida.
Vespertina Quies1893Tate Britain, London.
Love Among the Ruins1894Wightwick Manor, Wolverhampton
Fall of Lucifer1894The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

(On loan from Lord Lloyd Webber's private collection)

Psyche's Wedding1895Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.
The Dream of Launcelot at the Chapel of the San Graal1895Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton.
Hope1896Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
The Wizard1896-1898Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Birmingham.
Love and the Pilgrim1896-97Tate Britain, London.

Series

The Legend of St George and the Dragon (1865–1867)

A series of seven works:[21][22]
No.ImageTitleCollection
1 The King's DaughterMusée d'Orsay, Paris
2The Petition to the KingHanover College, Indiana
3The Princess Drawing the LotHanover College, Indiana
4 The Princess Sabra Led to the DragonPrivate collection
5The Princess Tied to the TreePrivate collection
6 St George Slaying the DragonArt Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney. Second version, 1868, in the William Morris Gallery
7The Return of the PrincessBristol City Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol

The Legend of Briar Rose (1885–1890)

Farringdon Collection Trust, Buscot Park, Oxfordshire. Four major paintings with 10 "joining panels":

  1. Briars
  2. The Briar Wood (1st major painting)
  3. Briars
  4. Briars, with Helmet and Greave
  5. A Terrace, with a Curtain hanging before a flowering Briar
  6. The Council Chamber (2nd major painting)
  7. A Terrace, with a Curtain hanging before a flowering Briar
  8. A Stone Hall with flowering Briars
  9. The Garden Court (3rd major painting)
  10. A Stone Hall with flowering Briars
  11. A Stone Kitchen overgrown with Briars
  12. A Kitchen with a Cupboard overgrown with Briars
  13. The Rose Bower (4th major painting)
  14. A Kitchen, with a Basin, Towel and Briars

Small Briar Rose series (1871–1873)

Museo de Arte de Ponce, Puerto Rico.

  • The Briar Wood
  • The Council Chamber
  • The Rose Bower

Third Briar Rose series

The Days of Creation (1870–1876)

Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University:

Pencil study
ImageTitle
The First Day
The Second Day
The Third Day
The Fourth Day
The Fifth Day
The Sixth Day

Pygmalion Series (1868–1870)

Joseph Setton Collection (private), Paris – now owned by Lord Lloyd Webber:

No.ImageTitle
1
The Heart Desires
2
The Hand Refrains
3
The Godhead Fires
4
The Soul Attains

Pygmalion and the Image Series or "Pygmalion and Galatea Series" (1875–1878)

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Birmingham:

No.ImageTitle
1
The Heart Desires
2
The Hand Refrains
3
The Godhead Fires
4
The Soul Attains

The Perseus Cycle (1875-1890s)

Only four of the paintings were completed in oil, although full size gouache studies were rendered of all the images.[23]

  1. The Call of Perseus, full size study in Southampton Art Gallery.[24]
  2. Perseus and the Graiae completed work in oil at Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart.[25] Study in private collection, sketches at the Cecil Higgins Gallery and a full size study Southampton Art Gallery.
  3. The Arming of Perseus or Perseus and the Nereids (Sea Nymphs), study in Southampton Art Gallery.[26]
  4. The Finding of Medusa, full size study in Southampton Art Gallery.[27]
  5. The Death of Medusa, full size study in Southampton Art Gallery.[28]
  6. The Birth of Pegasus and Chrysaor, full size study in Southampton Art Gallery.
  7. The Rock of Doom, completed work in oil at Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart;[29] full size study in Southampton Art Gallery.
  8. The Doom Fulfilled, completed work in oil at Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart;[30] full size study in Southampton Art Gallery. Perseus and Andromeda (1876) Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide. Same composition as Doom Fulfilled.[31]
  9. The Baleful Head, completed work in oil at Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart;[32] full size study in Southampton Art Gallery.
  10. Atlas turned to Stone, full size study in Southampton Art Gallery

Portraits

  • Portrait of Lady Lewis (1870), private collection.[33]
  • Portrait of Maria Zambaco (1870)[34]
  • Portrait of La Baronne Madeleine Desandes (1895–96), National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Second version in a private collection (both listed at Bridgeman Art Library).[6]
  • Portrait of Katie Lewis (1886),[35]

Undated

See also

References