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Edward Burne-Jones
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Born in Birmingham, West Midlands
Born on 28th of August 1833
Died on 17th of June 1898

Born 1833. Died 1898 - English painter.


Studied at Exeter College, Oxford. Close friend of William Morris and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Designed tapestries and stained glass for Morris & Company. Early works were mainly watercolours, later works were oils. Subjects came from Arthurian romances and Greek myths.

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