Painter. Born Birmingham, his mother dying as a result of his birth. Met his life-long friend, William Morris, at Oxford University. Dropped out of his degree and went to London to become a pupil of DG Rosetti. Lived for many years in Rottingdean where his ashes were placed. Died at home at The Grange, North End Lane, Fulham. The first painter to be given a service at Westminster Abbey on the personal intervention of the Prince of Wales. Although he lost his early faith ("Belong to the Church of England? Put your head in a bag!") he did love "Christmas carol Christianity" and produced many medieval Christian designs. Shortly before he died, designing yet one more host of angels, this time for Gladstone's memorial, he groaned "I must by now have designed enough to fill Europe."
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir Edward Burne-Jones
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Rossetti, Morris and Burne-Jones
What a delight - a quality plaque that isn't round and blue.
Sir Edward Burne-Jones - W14
Artist, Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, 1833-1898, lived at The Grange on this ...
Sir Edward Burne-Jones - W8
Sir Edward Burne-Jones, 1833 - 1898, artist, lived here, 1865 - 1867. English...
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Edward Henry Corbould
Artist. Born into a family of artists either at 70 (St) John Street, now Whitfield Street W1, or 6 Great Coram Street WC1, depending on source. In 1842 Victoria and Albert started buying his works ...
Damien Hirst
Artist. Born Damien Steven Brennan in Bristol and grew up in Leeds. One of the Young British Artists (YBAs) who dominated the art scene in the UK in the 1990s. In 2024, reportedly the UK's richest...
Gunter Demnig
Born Berlin. From Stolpersteine: The artist Gunter Demnig remembers the victims of National Socialism by installing commemorative brass plaques in the pavement in front of their last address of ch...
Paul Cezanne
Impressionist artist. Paul Cézanne was born in Aix-en-Provence. He studied at the Academie Suisse in Paris, and Camille Pissaro became his major influence. Amongst his best known paintings are 'The...
Desmond Rochfort
Mural artist active in late 1970s - 1983. Worked with Binnington on two murals at Royal Oak.
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