An Idyll
1862 · watercolor, gouache, gum arabic, and scraping on paper stretched on canvas
Dimensions 40.3 × 42 cm
Collection: BMAG collection
One of the first of many such watercolours of this early period, where the influence of Giorgione is evident in the landscape and the enigmatic subject matter. This painting can been viewed as one of the first Aesthetic works of art with its harmonisation of colours and lack of a narrative element, seeming to just be a beautiful image and nothing more - art for it's own sake. There is a question as to whether it was painted before or after Burne-Jones's trip to Venice in the summer of 1862.
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About this artwork
An Idyll (1862) by Edward Burne-Jones, from the BMAG collection.
About Edward Burne-Jones
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, 1st Baronet, ARA (28 August 1833 – 17 June 1898) was a British artist and designer associated with the phase of the Pre-Raphaelite movement, who worked with William Morris on decorative arts as a founding partner in Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co.
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