Edward Burne-Jones, Love and the Pilgrim, 1896-7, Oil paint on canvas, 157,5 x 304, 8 cm, © Tate, London, 2019

2019-08-27 11:00 CEST

Edward Burne-Jones – The Pre-Raphaelites and the North on show inStockholm

On 14 September 2019, the ground-breaking exhibition Edward Burne-Jones –The Pre-Raphaelites and the North opens at Prince Eugen’s Waldemarsudde inStockholm. This is the first monographic exhibition ever to highlight theinternationally famous Pre-Raphaelite artist in Scandinavia, and a uniqueopportunity for the Swedish and Scandinavian public to discover Edward Burne-Jones. The presentation includes more than 50 works by Burne-Jones, borrowedfrom Tate Britain, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the British Museum, Musée

d’Orsay, Manchester Art Gallery and numerous other museums and privatecollections in the UK and other European countries. A Nordic sectioncomplements the exhibition, with an interesting perspective on how Burne-Jones,the Pre-Raphaelite art and the Arts and Crafts movement influenced Scandinavianart and design.

Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones (1833-1898) was a key figure in British art inthe second half of the 19th century, and a pioneer of European Symbolism.He was also a prominent member of the Arts and Crafts movement, togetherwith William Morris, paving the way for modern design. The Arts and Craftsmovement promoted crafts and arose in reaction to the industrial revolution.Burne-Jones and other Pre-Raphaelites found inspiration in Mediaeval art, theearly Renaissance, religion, Greco-Roman myths, sagas and legends. Thesymbol-laden and enigmatic works of Burne-Jones deal with existentialthemes such as love, deceit, death and sexuality. His many-sided practiceincludes works in a wide variety of genres and techniques, from paintings,drawings, prints and textiles, to glass mosaics and glazed pottery. Burne-Jones’ expansive body of work is presented in the exhibition throughdrawings, paintings, glazed ceramics and textiles.

In autumn 2018 and spring 2019, Tate Britain featured a comprehensiveexhibition of more than 150 works by the late-Pre-Raphaelite artist EdwardBurne-Jones. Several of the most appreciated works from the Tate exhibition,complemented by other borrowed paintings and drawings, will be on view atPrince Eugen’s Waldemarsudde in the autumn of 2019, before touring toKODE Art Museums and Composer Homes in Bergen in spring 2020. EdwardBurne-Jones – The Pre-Raphaelites and the North also explores the artist’sinfluence on Scandinavian art and design, illustrated by several works byNordic artists who refer aesthetically or in their choice of subject matter toBurne-Jones’ oeuvre, to the Pre-Raphaelite art and to the Arts and Craftsmovement. Prince Eugen, the founder of Waldemarsudde, met Burne-Jones inLondon in the spring of 1896. The following year, Burne-Jones showed TheFall of Lucifer at the General Art and Industrial Exhibition in Stockholm, wherePrince Eugen was chairman of the art section. This was the first time Burne-Jones’ works were shown in Scandinavia, and his paintings at the StockholmExhibition attracted massive attention. This provides an intriguing backdropto the exhibition at Prince Eugen’s Waldemarsudde, which also highlightsEugen’s contacts with the British art scene.

This is the first comprehensive presentation in Scandinavia of Burne-Jones,whose works have a renewed significance today. Burne-Jones and other Pre-

Raphaelite artists contributed to the creation of a mythological universe thatwe can now experience in contemporary films based on fantasy literaturesuch as Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones. Many of Burne-Jones’ worksfeature gender-ambivalent or androgynous characters. This theme is just asrelevant today and coincides with the queer ideals and discussions about athird gender in our age. We feel it is high time that Burne-Jones and the Pre-Raphaelites are presented in Scandinavia!

“It is with great pleasure that Prince Eugen’s Waldemarsudde has thisopportunity to collaborate with Tate Britain, the Nordic Institute of Art, andKODE in Bergen on an exhibition of the prominent artist Edward Burne-Jones.This exhibition gives visitors a unique opportunity to acquaint themselvesmore closely not only with Edward Burne-Jones’ fascinating paintings,drawings and textiles, but also to reflect on his artistic significance andinfluence then and now on the Swedish and Nordic art scenes. In autumn2019, we welcome Edward Burne-Jones’ works to Waldemarsudde, for adeeply impressive and striking exhibition that was created in association withsome of the foremost experts on his oeuvre and Pre-Raphaelite art,” saysKarin Sidén, director of Waldemarsudde.

The exhibition Edward Burne-Jones – The Pre-Raphaelites and the North iscurated by Alison Smith, PhD (National Portrait Gallery), and Knut Ljøgodt,PhD (Nordic Institute of Art), together with Karin Sidén, Associate Professor(Prince Eugen’s Waldemarsudde), and Line Daatland, BA (KODE).

The newly-produced exhibition Edward Burne-Jones – the Pre-Raphaelites andthe North is complemented by a richly-illustrated catalogue with recentessays. During the exhibition, the Museum will be open until 8 pm onTuesdays and Thursdays.

Organised by Tate Britain, Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, KODE Kunstmuseerog komponisthjem and Nordic Institute of Art.

The programme in conjunction with the exhibition:

Wednesday, 18 September, 6 pm18.00Edward Burne-Jones – The Pre-Raphaelites and Scandinavia (in Swedish)Karin Sidén, director of Waldemarsudde, talks on Burne-Jones’ excitingoeuvre and reflects on his seminal influence on Scandinavian art.

Wednesday, 25 September, 6.30 pmMusic at WaldemarsuddeThe musicians:Per Öman (violin), Josef Alin (cello), Vidar Andersson-Meilink(viola), Anders Lagerqvist (violin), Matilda Lindholm (piano), James Opie(viola), Henrik Blixt (bassoon)Recital:Lil Terselius (in Swedish)Music byEdward Elgar, Ethel Smyth, Henry Litolff and William SterndaleBennettTexts byEdgar Allan Poe and Christina Rossetti

Thursday, 26 September, 6 pmThe Prince in English gardens (in Swedish)Join the gardener Marina Rydberg for a walk through the park, focusing onhow Prince Eugen was inspired by English gardens.The tour ends in ourgeranium exhibition in the Orangery.

Sundays, 29 September – 20 October, 1-3 pmFamily Sundays:Dreams, legends and stories (in Swedish)Join us on a magical tour of the exhibition Edward Burne-Jones – The Pre-Raphaelites and Scandinavia.Learn about ancient myths and legends anddiscover the fairy tale creatures in the paintings.Then paint your own dreamworld in the studio with flowing colours on large sheets ofpaper.Recommended for kids aged 5-10.SEK 50 for kids.Adults pay themuseum admission.

Wednesday, 10 October, 6 pmIn the footsteps of William Morris and the Arts & Crafts Movement (inSwedish)Cilla Robach, chief curator at the Nationalmuseum, lectures on crafts anddesign, focusing on the Arts & Crafts movement and its influence oncontemporary design.

Wednesday, 16 October, 6 pmEdward Burne-Jones – a Pre-Raphaelite, aesthete and SymbolistDr Alison Smith, chief curator at the National Portrait Gallery and former leadcurator at Tate Britain, lectures on the prominent British artist Edward Burne-Jones, a pioneer of European Symbolism.The lecture is in English,with anintroduction in Swedish by Karin Sidén, director of Waldemarsudde.

Thursday, 17 October, 6 pm

Symbols and symbolism in art (in Swedish)Elisabet Hedstrand, curator and museum educator, takes us on a special tourof Edward Burne-Jones – The Pre-Raphaelites and Scandinavia, exploring thenarrative details and symbolic language in the art.

Tuesday-Friday, 29 October – 1 November, 1.00 – 3.30 pmAutumn break:Fantasy drawingMagic, dragons, monsters and heroes! This autumn break, you can join us fora drawing workshop (in Swedish) led by skilled fantasy illustrators. Findinspiration in the myths, legends and dream worlds in Edward Burne-Jones –The Pre-Raphaelites and Scandinavia. Guided tours at1 pm, and drawingworkshops at 2.00-3.30 pm. Recommended for kids aged 9 and older. SEK100. Adults pay the museum admission.

Thursday, 14 November, 6 pmPrince Eugen and England (in Swedish)Prince Eugen went to the UK for the first time in 1896,and was impressed bythe country and its inhabitants. He returned many times, both in private andon state visits.Anna Meister, archivist at Waldemarsudde, has studied picturesand correspondence in the archives at Waldemarsudde and tells us moreabout these trips.

Wednesday, 20 November, 6.30 pmAutumn concertThe musicians: Nicolas Dautricourt (violin), Zlata Chochieva (piano) and PerNyström (cello)Music by: Dmitri Shostakovich and Antonín DvořákIntroduction: Jonas Lundblad, music historian (in Swedish)

Wednesday, 18 December, 6.30 pmWinter concertThe musicians: Lihay Bendayan (violin), John Nalan (piano), Kim Hellgren(viola) and Anders Lagerqvist (violin) Singer: Paulina Pfeiffer (soprano)Recital: Marie Göranzon (in Swedish)Music by: Gustav Holst, Augusta Holmès, Charles Villiers Stanford, EdwardElgar, David Matthews and Arthur SomervellTexts by: Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde

The exhibition is at Prince Eugen’s Waldemarsudde from 14 September, 2019until 26 January, 2020, before moving on to KODE in Bergen, where it will be

shown on 15 February until 31 May, 2020.

For more information please contact Josefin Sahlin, Communicator, e-mail:j.sahlin@waldemarsudde.se or mobile: 0709-754 712

Waldemarsudde, formerly the residence of Prince Eugen (1865-1947), istoday one of the most popular art museums in Sweden, with varied andextensive exhibitions and events to match. Prince Eugen was among thefinest landscape painters of his generation and an art collector of note, withspecial emphasis on Nordic and French art. The Collections number around7,000 works and comprise painting, sculpture and crafts objects. The PaintingCollection includes works by Ernst Josephson, Anders Zorn, Isaac Grünewald,Sigrid Hjertén, Vera Nilssonand Sven X:et Erixson. International artists suchas Edvard Munch and Auguste Rodin are also represented. Throughout theyear, a selection of Prince Eugen’s own art, works from the Collections andtemporary exhibitions, are displayed. The Prince’s Private Apartments andPark are always open to visitors.

Welcome to Sweden’s most beautiful art museum – Winner of SwedishMuseum of the Year Award 2017!

Kontaktpersoner

Karin SidénÖverintendent och museichefk.siden@waldemarsudde.se08-545 837 01

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