Burne-Jones died on Jin London, United Kingdom. The artist’s career was dotted with honors, including the Presidency of the Birmingham Society of Artists and the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. They are both credited for helping to bring about a resurgence of craft-based artwork to England during the late 19th century. Beginning around 1862, working with Morris he began producing stained glass windows as well as tapestries and rugs.
“Their wings are my protest in favor of the immortality of the soul.” Born on Augin Birmingham, United Kingdom, the artist studied at the Birmingham School of Art before pursuing a theology degree at Exeter College in Oxford. “The more materialistic science becomes, the more angels shall I paint,” he stated.
The movement hoped to bring about a larger aesthetic shift in where the bright colors, detail, and well-planned compositions of Quattrocento artists like Raphael and Michelangelo were reinstated as paragons.
Similar to his peers Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Morris, Burne-Jones depicted religious, mythological, and medieval themes in a style based in High Renaissance painting. Edward Burne-Jones was a British artist and key figure in the Pre-Raphaelite movement.
