Escape from the grey skies of the Embankment if you are in London this winter and enter a dazzlingly colourful world of fantasy, fairy tales and legend. This is the land of Edward Burne-Jones, member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and pioneer of symbolism, a place populated by Classical heroes, Biblical angels and Sleeping Beauties. Bringing together 150 works in many media, it charts the rise of an outsider to the most internationally recognised British artist of his day. Burne-Jones rejected the materialism of the industrial revolution and created an enchanted parallel universe.
Until February 24th at Tate Britain, London, UK
www.tate.org.uk
Image pictured (Edward Burne Jones Laus Veneris | 1873-8 | Oil on canvas | Laing Art Gallery)
