Edward Burne-Jones

EDWARD BURNE-JONES

FLOWER PRINTS 1905 GOLDMARK 2010

I mean by a picture a beautiful romantic dream, of something that never was, never will be in a light better than any that ever shone in a land no one can define or remember, only desire and the forms divinely beautiful.

EDWARD BURNE-JONES THE FLOWER PRINTS Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898) was one of the most important artists of the PreRaphaelite movement and one of the greatest of all English Romantic painters. In the dawning Industrial Age it would become Burne-Jones’ destiny to cast a counter-spell of beauty in a world which had lost its magic.

Burne-Jones began the flower series for his own pleasure in 1882, as rest from more laborious work, keeping by him a list of beautiful flower names that he had met with.

He was fascinated by the associative powers of these names, using them to travel into his own inner world, peopled with biblical characters, heroes of Arthurian and classical legend and figures of pure fantasy.

I. Love in a Mist A mist which does not rise from the earth but is made of heaven's blue, swirls round and round the struggling figure of a winged man, who is Love himself, baffled and blinded by its folds.

All the pictures took the same form, a circle about six inches in diameter – a kind of magic mirror in which the vision appears.

The idea of reproducing them was considered from the first, but seemed then to be an impossibility. However, the wonderful advance of colour-printing and the special gift of M. Piazza in Paris, led Burne-Jones’ widow Georgiana to agree to publish shortly after the artist’s death.

These 38 exquisite prints were made in an edition of 300 with colour being applied by hand through stencils (pochoir), often further finished with freehand colour. £595 each, including frame, vat & uk delivery choose any 2 for £1100 or 4 for £2000 visit www.pochoirprints.co.uk

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II. Golden Thread The clue that Ariadne gave to Theseus, to help him through the Cretan Labyrinth.

III. Jacob’s Ladder These are Angels returning to heaven.

IV. Traveller’s Joy The Three Kings first see from afar the Virgin and Child.

V. Rose of Heaven Venus and her doves amongst the stars.

VI. Flower of God The Annunciation in a cornfield.

VII. Golden Cup An Angel carrying the San Graal past sleeping knights in a wood.

VIII. Adder’s Tongue The Temptation.

IX. Golden Gate Angels bringing out the Sun.

X. Venus’ Looking Glass The full moon is made her mirror.

XI. Key of Spring A Figure unlocking a tree that the sap may rise.

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XII. Ladder of Heaven A Soul climbing the side of a rainbow.

XIII. Comes he not?

A girl watching for her lover from the top of a tower.

XIV. Love in a Tangle Fair Rosamond in her labyrinth.

XV. Witches’ Tree Nimue beguiling Merlin with enchantment.

XVI. Grave of the Sea A drowned man found by a mermaid.

XVII. Golden Greeting Meeting after death.

XVIII. Golden Shower DanaĂŤ in the Brazen Tower.

XIX. Flame Heath Brynhild's Sleep.

XX. Star of Bethlehem The Angel leads the Wise Men by its light.

XXI. Morning Glories Angels spreading out clouds at dawn.

XXII. With the Wind Dante's vision of Paolo and Francesca.

XXIII. Wake, Dearest!

The Sleeping Beauty.

XXIV. Wall Tryst Thisbe's letter to Pyramus.

XXV. Helen’s Tears Helen weeps that Troy is burning.

XXVI. Marvel of the World Birth of Venus.

XXVII. Black Archangel Satan enthroned.

XXVIII. Arbor Tristis The foot of the cross.

XXIX. Scattered Starwort Angels casting stars through the sky like seed.

XXX. Saturn’s Loathing A thing the most repugnant to the Earth god; armed men joining battle in a cornfield and trampling the ripe grain under their horses' hoofs.

XXXI. Welcome to the House A soul received at Heaven's gate.

XXXII. Honour’s Prize A Knight following the Vision of the San Graal.

XXXIII. Most Bitter Moonseed The enemy sowing tares by night.

XXXIV. White Garden The Annunciation in a garden of lilies.

XXXV. Meadow Sweet Arthur's rest in the valley of Avalon.

XXXVI. False Mercury The Dream god shewing happy dreams of home to sleeping mariners at sea.

XXXVII. Fire Tree Moses at the burning bush.

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XXXVIII. Day and Night Night, in the form of a woman heavily draped, calls on Day to awake from his sleep and set her free.

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XII. Ladder of Heaven A Soul climbing the side of a rainbow.

EDWARD BURNE-JONES FLOWER PRINTS 1905 These exquisite prints were made in an edition of 300 with colour being applied by hand through stencils (pochoir), often further finished with freehand colour.

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