Sleeping Beauty

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Edward Burne-Jones

(British, 1833-1898)

Sleeping Beauty, 1870-73

Oil on canvas

The Legend of Briar Rose is the title of a series of paintings by the Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones which were completed between 1885 and 1890. The four original paintings–The Briar Wood, The Council Chamber, The Garden Court and The Rose Bower–and an additional ten adjoining panels, are located at Buscot Park in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.

from the wikipedia article on the Briar Rose series. You can see the rest of the paintings in the series there, and read the inscriptions. Burne-Jone's daughter (Margaret) was the model for Briar Rose.

Sleeping Beauty

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Henry Meynell Rheam

(English, 1859-1920)

Sleeping Beauty, ????

Oil on canvas

Slumber

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Isaac Snowman

(English, 1874-1947)

Slumber, ????

Oil on canvas

I know I'm going to immediately get comments about how uncomfortable this looks.

Night and Her Daughter Sleep

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Mary Lizzie Macomber

(American, 1861-1916)

Night and Her Daughter Sleep, ????

Oil on canvas

The Hours

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Edward Burne-Jones

(British, 1833-1898)

The Hours, ????

Oil on canvas

The hours of the day from waking to sleeping.

The Gift That is Better Than Rubies

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Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale

(English, 1871-1945)

The Gift That is Better Than Rubies, 1899

Watercolor and bodycolor

Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
Proverbs 8:10-11

A Fairy Tale

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Arthur Wardle

(English, 1864-1949)

A Fairy Tale, 1895

Oil on canvas

This rather odd painting depicts a scene from The Bridal of Triermain by Sir Walter Scott:

All seem'd to sleep – the timid hare
On form, the stag upon his lair,
The eagle in her eyrie fair
               Between the earth and sky.
But what of pictured rich and rare
Could win De Vaux's eye-glance, where,
Deep slumbering in the fatal chair,
               He saw King Arthur's child!
Doubt, and anger, and dismay,
From her brow had pass'd away,
Forgot was that fell tourney-day,
               For, as she slept, she smiled:
It seem'd, that the repentant Seer
Her sleep of many a hundred year
               With gentle dreams beguiled.

The Adoration

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James Archer

(English, 1823-1904)

The Adoration, 1854

Oil on Panel

Kind of odd painting . . . I think I like it! 

Sleeping Beauty

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Thomas Ralph Spence

(English, 1855-1918)

Sleeping Beauty, ????

Oil on canvas

Asleep in the Woods

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Arthur Hughes

(English, 1832-1915)

Asleep in the Woods, ????

Oil on canvas

Sleeping Beauty

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Maxfield Parrish

(American, 1870-1966)

Sleeping Beauty, 1812

Oil on canvas

Resting

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John Singer Sargent
(American, 1856-1925)
Resting, 1875
Oil on canvas

I love artists who can really paint sunshine.