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He
exhibited only one picture at the Royal Academy,
The Depths of the Sea, which depicted a mermaid
carrying down through the sea a youth whom she
had thoughtlessly drowned in the impetuosity
of her love. Burne-Jones' forte lay in the field
of decorative design: tapestries, ceramics and
stained glass; he also illustrated many books,
a number of them produced by the Kelmscott Press,
which was founded by William Morris.
After Burne-Jones' death in 1898, there was
a memorial exhibition of his work in the winter
of 1898 at the New Gallery. After that, the
next exhibition was not to be until 1975, an
indication of how poorly Victorian art was regarded
for most of the 20th century. In 1998 there
was a major exhibition of Burne-Jones to celebrate
the centenary of his death. The exhibition travelled
to New York, Paris and Birmingham, Burne-Jones'
birthplace.
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