Edward Burne-Jones
Subtitle: the hidden humorist
By: John Christian
Publisher: British Museum Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9780714126753
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Pre-Raphaelites; Humor; Wit and humor in art; British Drawing
Description: Summary: Edward Burne-Jones is renowned for his beautiful and often melancholy evocations of a mythical, literary, ancient or medieval world. It will surprise many therefore to discover that he was a talented caricaturist and comic sketch artist with an impish sense of humour. Rarely published images from the British Museum will highlight: amusing sketches from everyday life, including colourful characters at the Turkish Baths; fond and humorous caricatures of William Morris and other members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood; charming extracts from Burne-Jones's illustrated 'Letters to Katie', the young daughter of a friend and witty self-portraits of an increasingly frustrated artist at work.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 112).
Table of contents: title: Self-portrait --; title: William Morris --; title: Family, friends and enemies --; title: Children --; title: Animals --; title: Obesity.