List of paintings by Edward Burne-Jones


This is a list of the paintings of the British Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones.

1860s

1870s

1880s

Series

''[The Legend of Briar Rose]'' (1885–1890)

Farringdon Collection Trust, Buscot Park, Oxfordshire. Four major paintings with 10 "joining panels":
  1. Briars
  2. The Briar Wood
  3. Briars
  4. Briars, with Helmet and Greave
  5. A Terrace, with a Curtain hanging before a flowering Briar
  6. The Council Chamber
  7. A Terrace, with a Curtain hanging before a flowering Briar
  8. A Stone Hall with flowering Briars
  9. The Garden Court
  10. A Stone Hall with flowering Briars
  11. A Stone Kitchen overgrown with Briars
  12. A Kitchen with a Cupboard overgrown with Briars
  13. The Rose Bower
  14. ''A Kitchen, with a Basin, Towel and Briars''

[Small Briar Rose series] (1871–1873)

Museo de Arte de Ponce, Puerto Rico.The Briar WoodThe Council Chamber
  • ''The Rose Bower''

[Third Briar Rose series]

''[The Days of Creation]'' (1870–1876)

Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University:
ImageTitle
The First Day
The Second Day
The Third Day
The Fourth Day
The Fifth Day
The Sixth Day

[Pygmalion Series] (1868–1870)

Joseph Setton Collection, Paris – now owned by Lord Lloyd Webber:
No.ImageTitle
1The Heart Desires
2The Hand Refrains
3The Godhead Fires
4The Soul Attains

[Pygmalion and the Image Series] or "Pygmalion and Galatea Series" (1875–1878)

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Birmingham:
No.ImageTitle
1The Heart Desires
2The Hand Refrains
3The Godhead Fires
4The Soul Attains

[The Perseus Cycle] (1875-1890s)

Only four of the paintings were completed in oil, although full size gouache studies were rendered of all the images.
  1. The Call of Perseus, full size study in Southampton Art Gallery.
  2. Perseus and the Graiae completed work in oil at Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart. Study in private collection, sketches at the Cecil Higgins Gallery and a full size study Southampton Art Gallery.
  3. The Arming of Perseus or Perseus and the Nereids, study in Southampton Art Gallery.
  4. The Finding of Medusa, full size study in Southampton Art Gallery.
  5. The Death of Medusa, full size study in Southampton Art Gallery.
  6. The Birth of Pegasus and Chrysaor, full size study in Southampton Art Gallery.
  7. The Rock of Doom, completed work in oil at Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart; full size study in Southampton Art Gallery.
  8. The Doom Fulfilled, completed work in oil at Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart; full size study in Southampton Art Gallery. Perseus and Andromeda Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide. Same composition as Doom Fulfilled.
  9. The Baleful Head, completed work in oil at Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart; full size study in Southampton Art Gallery.
  10. Atlas turned to Stone, full size study in Southampton Art Gallery

Portraits

  • Portrait of Lady Lewis, private collection.
  • Portrait of Maria Zambaco
  • Portrait of La Baronne Madeleine Desandes, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Second version in a private collection.
  • Portrait of Katie Lewis,

Undated