An Angel Playing the Flute - Ornament

‘An Angel Playing a Flageolet’ is the actual title of this watercolor painted by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones in 1878. Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, 1833 -1898, professional name of Edward Coley Jones, was an English painter, designer, and illustrator, born in Birmingham and educated at the University of Oxford. Burne-Jones shared the Pre-Raphaelites' concern with restoring to art what they considered the purity of form, stylisation, and high moral tone of mediaeval painting and design. His paintings, inspired by mediaeval, classical, and biblical themes, are noted for their sentimentality and dreamlike romanticised style; they are generally considered among the finest works of the Pre-Raphaelite school. Burne-Jones was closely involved in the rejuvenation of the tradition of stained glass art in Britain. In addition to painting and stained glass, Burne-Jones worked in a variety of crafts; including designing ceramic tiles, jewellery, tapestries, mosaics and book illustration. Burne-Jones was knighted in 1894. com