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S49 HOHAhD BUHNE-JONhb DEAD
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LONDON, juno l7.-Sir Edward Burne-Jones,
the celebrated painter. is dead. He was 90
years old.
Edward Coley Burne-Jones was BON In Bir-
mingham in August, 1893. and was sent to
King Edwards School to study under the IA
nous headmastor PrimeLoe when no was l
years old. His parents had intended him for the
Church. and among his school fellows wcre the
present Archbishop Of Canterbury and tho late
Bishop OF Durham. He remained at the school
for sight years, and his particular inerestis said
TO have been the study OF Greek and Latin.
In 1852 he entered Exeter College. Oxford,
and William Morris, who became n student
there on the same day, remained the intimate
friend and associate OF Burne.Jonos until tho
time OF his death. II was while he was
student at Oxford that Burne-Jonos first
received the impulses which lod him to give
up all idea OF entering the Church and TO
decide on career as an artist. This 10 said TO
have como in the first instance from tho sight
OF a number OF Rossettls pictures in a col
lection at Oxford. lie went to London. visited
the artist, and, by his advice, retired from Ok
ford. He went TO London to study there under
Rossetti and was later Joined by William
Morris. Ho met Ruskin through tho influence
OF Rossett, who was practically the only mas.
ter he ever had. lie learned from him, how
ever, in way different from the customary
method, for 1t was through watching Rossetu
paint that he acquired most OF his knowledge.
Burpe. Jones became an artist with no
thought of following any other career when
he was % years old, and since tha. time no
had been active in tho practice Of his art. ITo
Arst tnk N val
lum, and his arst stained. glass design. done
In 1857, was for Bradfeld College. He as
sisted Rossetti In decorating the Debating Hall
at tho Oxford Union, and in 1859. after his ro-
turn from his first trip to Italy, he designed q
window In Christ Church Cathedral. A year
later he was married to Miss Georgana Mac
donald. He travelled in Italy subsequently
with Ruskin. He was elected an associate of
the Society of Painters In Water Colors in 1854,
and resigned. together with Sir Frederick Bur
ton, after six years, to bo reelected in 1888.
From this time BurneJ ones ceased to exhibit
for seven years. although he was actively at
work on the pictures that wero subsequently
period he painted, among other subjects. The
Mirror OF Venus" which recently sold at the
Rustin sale for S25,6l0 said 10 be the largest
sum ever paid in an auction room for tho work
OF 4 living painter. An evidence Of Burne-
ySnced vance 1aluo Of he picture % Which % six years @ BE-
fore had sold for less than $4,000.
RSR,a Of IT the Sea- Wa tho rst picture
In 1881 be received the honorary degree of d.
l.. L. at oxford and an honorary fellowship
was given to him by Exeter College. In 1885
he was elected President OF the Royal Birming-
ham Society OF Artists aud was reelected to
elected an associate of the Royal Academy OF
Arts. This he resigned in 1893. This was
SrntS We're @SdS @ EemSeTs efa n
1894 he was made baronet chiefly through the
VnafA fri ora n mir Ia NHno oone pf
the founders OF tho New Gallery and with that
his fame, is chiefly associated, In addition to
AAd his designs in stained glass had done much
to add to his reputation. Among his best
ASn% sTho Mirror O Of Venus" trpsych; Chant
dd'Amour."., "Laus yeneris." :; The The Feast Of
9ra ETHn and The thu msse ss
.,The Aanunciation. The Mill, The Hours"
nsE WHsi s Of Rs Ss and a4 hs
Legend OF the Brlar Rose
wne Of CiFse S5 SG9Fs Love AMONG
TIE Ruins, ,,,,Temperantea, ." ',spes, "Fides,"
GrF Th' Rsys St Dem RG%
ter, "Dbay.h and Night" The St. Cecilia
window at Christ Church, Oxford. is common
~ regarded as the best specimen OF his work
Burne.Jones lived to find himself among the
he oulived the critical objections % made to M his
work and to to most Of the pa painters Of the school
| W "niSh hc AhO "nlCh
his pictures acquired was shown by the prices
they brought in recent years. He was called
| an imitator .of some of the leaders of the pre-
RaphRelits school and much Of his work was
called merely, decorative in character. Tho
perfection Of his draughtsmanship, his techni-
ties in,his.work that gained his place among the
| European painters. Added to this was tho
poetic conception OF his subjects which led
Rossetu to write Of him at the very outset of
| his career that his designs were "marvels OF
finish and imaginative detail uHequalled by
anything unless, perhaps. by AlbreCht Dhrer 6
finest works" This poetic quality in his work
| was acknowledged ono of its most striking
| alementA at aYarY ataRa Of bis caraar.