Gouache on paper
Tate Collection
Works with images
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Chantrey Bequest
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/sir-edward-coley-burne-jones-bt-68" aria-label="More by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt</a>
Magic Circle
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1919
actions: postures and motions
adults
art and craft
beach
drawing
head in hand / hands
landscape
leisure and pastimes
magic and occultism
magic circle
magic wand
man
objects
people
religion and belief
religious and ceremonial
sea
seascapes and coasts
ship, sailing
society
sorcerer
standing
transport: water
woman
wooded
<p>This subject is typical of Burne-Jones' interest in medieval tales of witchcraft and sorcery. It is unlikely, however, that it is based on an identifiable literary text. Instead, the image creates a sense of expectancy and mystery. Stylistically the rich, dry textures of this gouache painting resemble a series of watercolours begun in 1882, in which Burne-Jones sought visual images for the names of flowers.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique gouache
1 November 2011 – 21 October 2012
2012-10-21
1 November 2011 – 19 February 2012
2012-02-19
2011-11-01
State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts (Moscow, Russia)
3 July 2012 – 21 October 2012
2012-10-21
2012-07-03
Fundació “la Caixa” (Madrid, Spain)
2011-11-01
Blake Exhibition
Loan-out
27 July 2013 – 11 January 2015
2015-01-11
27 July 2013 – 3 November 2013
2013-11-03
2013-07-27
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (Edinburgh, UK)
http://www.nationalgalleries.org/
25 September 2014 – 11 January 2015
2015-01-11
2014-09-25
British Museum (London, UK)
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
2013-07-27
Witches and Wicked Bodies
Loan-out
14 September 2019 – 31 May 2020
2020-05-31
14 September 2019 – 26 January 2020
2020-01-26
2019-09-14
Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde (Stockholm, Sweden)
http://www.waldermarsudde.com
21 February 2020 – 31 May 2020
2020-05-31
2020-02-21
KODE Art Museums and Composer Homes (Bergen, Norway)
2019-09-14
Edward Burne-Jones: The Pre-Raphaelites and the North
Loan-out
The Magic Circle
support: 373 × 360 mm
frame: 605 × 571 × 25 mm
Presented by the Trustees of the <a href="/search?gid=999999977" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Chantrey Bequest</a> 1919
<p>This subject is typical of Burne-Jones' interest  in medieval tales of witchcraft and sorcery. It is  unlikely, however, that it is based on an  identifiable literary text. Instead, the image  creates a sense of expectancy and mystery. <br/>Stylistically the rich, dry textures of this  <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/g/gouache" title="Glossary definition for 'Gouache'"><span>gouache</span></a> <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a> resemble a series of <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolours</span></a>  begun in 1882, in which Burne-Jones sought visual  images for the names of flowers.</p>
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actions: postures and motions adults art and craft beach drawing head in hand / hands landscape leisure and pastimes magic and occultism magic circle magic wand man objects people religion and belief religious and ceremonial sea seascapes and coasts ship, sailing society sorcerer standing transport: water woman wooded