Evelyn & William De Morgan : a marriage of arts & crafts / edited by Margaretta Frederick.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Frederick, Margaretta S., editor.

Delaware Art Museum, host institution.

Crocker Art Museum, host institution.

Museum of Fine Arts (Saint Petersburg, Fla.), host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

De Morgan, Evelyn, 1855-1919--Exhibitions.

De Morgan, Evelyn.

De Morgan, William, 1839-1917--Exhibitions.

De Morgan, William.

Pre-Raphaelitism--Exhibitions.

Pre-Raphaelitism.

Arts and crafts movement--Exhibitions.

Arts and crafts movement.

De Morgan, Evelyn, 1855-1919.

De Morgan, William, 1839-1917.

Physical Description:

175 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2022.

Summary:

With a partnership spanning two centuries, the Pre-Raphaelite painter Evelyn (1855-1919) and Arts and Crafts potter and author William De Morgan (1839-1917) influenced several significant art movements in nineteenth-century Britain. Despite this, their impact has been relatively overlooked in comparison with their better-known contemporaries. Evelyn & William De Morgan is the first major publication devoted to the work of either artist and their unique relationship. It draws out each artist's individuality while providing a comprehensive view of the expanded cultural milieu in which they functioned, not least with regard to new attitudes towards Victorian marriage as a working partnership. The fully illustrated publication features numerous contributions which explore the reach of the De Morgans' partnership, their political and spiritual interests, and their immersion within several influential cultural circles of the day, including Pre-Raphaelite, Arts and Crafts, and Aesthetic Movement groups. The book presents a lively and multifaceted account of the De Morgans and their creative partnership. Exhibition: Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, USA (22.10.2022 - 19.02.2023).

Contents:

Careers and Contents

Friends and family: An artist's journey from priviledge to freedom in the late Victorian art work / Judy Obershausen and Nic Peeters

Evelyn De Morgan and Italian art / Jan Marsh

Aesthetic caricature in William De Morgan's Joseph Vance / Diana Maltz

Process

William De Morgan as designer of stained glass / William Waters and Alastair Carew-Cox

'Not a Potter' William De Morgan as an inventor / Sarah Hardy

William De Morgan and the lure of the East / Oliver Watson

Evelyn De Morgan's disappearing act: The colourman's invisible customer / Sally Woodcock

Patronage

Paintings and patrons: Reflectsion on the advent of the modern era / Margaretta S. Frederick

William De Morgan and his market / Christopher Jordan

Culture and politics

'Symbols Bewitched': Evelyn De Morgan's symbolic logic / Emma Merkling

Evelyn De Morgan, war and the representation of modernity / Richenda Roberts

The feminist network of Evelyn De Morgan / Lucy Ella Rose.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Catalog from an exhibition held at Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE, October 22, 2022-January 29, 2023; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, September 17, 2023-January 7, 2024; and, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL, January 2024-May 2024.

ISBN:

9780300259681

0300259689

OCLC:

1338670105