By: Keerthi Mohan
by Amit Roy ALTHOUGH Britain took many treasures from India, the traffic was sometimes two-way, as illustrated by the example of the pre-Raphaelite artist Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones who designed the stained-glass windows of St Paul’s Cathedral in Calcutta (now Kolkata). An exhibition of 150 works of Burne- Jones (1833-1898), which has just opened at Tate Britain, will run until February 24, 2019. It is curated by Alison Smith, chief curator, National Portrait Gallery, and Tim Batchelor, assistant curator, Tate Britain. According to Smith, “Edward Burne- Jones was one of the most influential British artists working at the turn of…
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