Burne-Jones

Sir Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898) is now enjoying a popularity equal to that experienced during his lifetime. He was not just a pupil of Rossetti, nor just a painter of palely loitering knights and wan sexless girls; he was a discoverer of the depth of the imagination, and he utilised his anguish to create an art of dramatic tension. His life epitomises the dilemma of the nineteenth-century thinker faced with the problems of the new scientific, materialistic philosophy; his art shows a reaction from the zealous religiousness of the Gothic Revival and, like Rossetti, he found a new religion in sensualism and the imagination. About the author William Waters formerly at Carlisle Art Gallery and the William Morris Gallery is an acknowledged authority on Burne-Jones.Waters, William is the author of 'Burne-Jones' with ISBN 9780852631997 and ISBN 0852631995.