Neoclassicism and Romanticism

 

(Neoclassicism, Romanticism and Art Styles in 19th century - Art Map)



 

The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

 

William Morris - designer


 

see also:


Stained Glass Windows


 

William Morris

(b Walthamstow [now in London], 24 March 1834; d London, 3 Oct 1896).

English designer, writer and activist. His importance as both a designer and propagandist for the arts cannot easily be overestimated, and his influence has continued to be felt throughout the 20th century. He was a committed Socialist whose aim was that, as in the Middle Ages, art should be for the people and by the people, a view expressed in several of his writings. After abandoning his training as an architect, he studied painting among members of the Pre-Raphaelites. In 1861 he founded his own firm, Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. (from 1875 Morris & Co.), which produced stained glass, furniture, wallpaper and fabrics. Morris’s interests constantly led him into new activities such as his last enterprise, the Kelmscott Press. In 1950 his home at Walthamstow became the William Morris Gallery. The William Morris Society was founded in 1956, and it publishes a biannual journal and quarterly newsletter.

 

William Morris
The well at the world's end London: Kelmscott Press
With wood engraved illustrations after Edward Burne-Jones
frontispiece
1896


 

William Morris
The well at the world's end London: Kelmscott Press,
With wood engraved illustrations after Edward Burne-Jones
frontispiece to Book III
1896

William Morris
Illustration from The Wood Beyond the World
1894