Caricature of a Windblown Woman on the Beach at Rottingdean, Sussex
August 1893
Medium
Black chalk
Dimensions
Sheet: 13 9/16 × 9 3/4 in. (34.5 × 24.8 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Jacqueline Loewe Fowler, 2020
Accession Number
2021.16.9
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the summer of 1893, Sir Edward Burne-Jones, leading figure in the Pre-Rapite Brotherhood and Arts and Crafts movement, captured a whimsical moment on the pebbly shores of Rottingdean,. This *Caricature of a Windown Woman on the Beach Rottingdean* a gusty seaside encounter, with a woman's skirts and hair dramatically tousled by the wind. Rottingdean, a village near Brighton, was favored retreat for Burne-Jones, where he often escaped the bustle of London to sketch en plein air, revealing a playful side to an artist renowned for his ethereal, medieval-inspired paintings. Executed in black ch...
About the Artist
Sir Edward Burne-Jones · 1833–1898
Edward Coley Burne-Jones was born on 28 August 1833 in Birmingham, the son of a frame-maker, and lost his mother within a week of his birth. He attended King Edward VI Grammar School and the Birmingham School of Art before proceeding to Exeter College, Oxford, in 1852, intending to study theology. At Oxford he formed a lifelong friendship with William Morris, and the two young men became intoxicat...