Thursday, February 24, 2011

Illustrator Research - Sir Edward Bruce-Jones

I couldn't find anything about an Edward "Bruce-Jones," so I'm thinking he really meant for us to look up Edward Burne-Jones.
Sir Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1893) was a British artist and designer. He attended King Edward VI School in Birmingham, then went to studied theology at Exeter College, Oxford. He had a natural gift for drawing, though he didn't have much formal art education. While at Exeter, he met William Morris, and began to have a passion for all things medieval. Through the school's printer, they were introduced to the work of the Pre-Raphaelites. They then began to contribute to the short-lived Oxford and Cambridge Magazine in 1856. He had plans to enter the church, but eventually decided to become an artist. He worked mainly in pen and watercolor, and had received informal lessons from Rosetti, who had some influence on his style. His work contained both Pre-Raphaelite and classical traits, both of which he embraced, and  eventually his own style began to form.

Examples of his work:

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