Sir Edward Burne Jones
by Russell Ash
from Harry N. Abrams
The Age of Rossetti, Burne-Jones, and Watts: Symbolism in Britain, 1860-1910
by Andrew Wilton
from Flammarion
The Last Romantics: The Romantic Tradition in British Art : Burne-Jones to Stanley Spencer
from Lund Humphries Publishers
Hidden Burne-Jones: Works on Paper by Edward Burne-Jones from Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
from D. Giles Ltd.
A major new book which throws new light the draughtsmanship of leading Pre-Raphaelite artist, Edward Burne-Jones.
May and Amy: A True Story of Family, Forbidden Love, and the Secret Lives of May Gaskell, Her Daughter Amy, and Sir Edward Burne-Jones
by Josceline Dimbleby
from Harmony
A chance encounter at a summer party sent writer Josceline Dimbleby on a quest to uncover a mystery in her family’s past. After talking with Andrew Lloyd Webber about a beautiful, dark portrait in his art collection, she decided to find out more about the subject of the painting: her great-aunt Amy Gaskell. Dimbleby had always known her great-aunt’s face from this haunted portrait by the well-known Pre-Raphaelite painter Sir Edward Burne-Jones, but beyond that and a family rumor that Amy had died young “of a broken heart,” Dimbleby knew little of her female forebears.
At the start of her search, Josceline came across a cache of unpublished letters from Burne-Jones to her great-grandmother May Gaskell, Amy’s mother. These letters turned out to be part of a passionate correspondence—adoring, intimate, sometimes up to five letters a day—which continued throughout the last six years of the painter’s life. As she read, more and more questions arose: Why did Burne-Jones feel he had to protect May from an overwhelming sadness? What was the deep secret she had confided to him? And what was the tragic truth behind Amy’s wayward, wandering life, her strange marriage, and her unexplained early death?
In piecing together the eventful life of her grandmother, Dimbleby takes us through a turbulent period in history that includes the Boer War, the Great War, and the Second World War and visits the most far-flung corners of the British Empire. The Souls—William Morris, Rudyard Kipling, and William Gladstone—all play a part in this sweeping, often funny, and sometimes tragic story. Above all, it is her infectious enthusiasm for a subject so close to home that makes May and Amy such a compelling and richly entertaining read.
Burne-Jones: 16 Art Stickers (Dover Fine Art Stickers)
by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
from Dover Publications
Burne-Jones: The Life and Works of Sir Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898)
by Christopher Wood
from Stewart Tabori & Chang
Pre-Raphaelite Drawings by Burne-Jones (Dover Art Library)
by Edward Burne-Jones
from Dover Publications
Memorials of Edward Burne-Jones: 1868-1898
Tate British Artists: Edward Burne-Jones (British Artists)
by David Peters Corbett
from Tate
Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898) was a leading artist in what is often referred to as the second generation of the Pre-Raphaelite movement. Inspired by medieval, classical, and biblical themes, his paintings of graceful women, angels, gods, and heroes are dreamlike and sentimental. He also designed mosaics, tapestries, and stained-glass windows for churches throughout England. This fascinating scholarly study sheds new light on the inspiration and working practices of this most romantic of artists. AUTHOR BIO: David Peters Corbett is reader in the history of art at the University of York and author of Walter Sickert in Tate's British Artists Series.
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