Evelyn De Morgan (30 August 1855 – 2 May 1919) was an English Pre-Raphaelite painter. Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (also known as the Pre-Raphaelites) was a group of English painters Poets, and critics founded in 1848 by Painting (pān'tīng in Art, is the practice of applying Color to a Surface (support base such as e
She was born Evelyn Pickering. Her parents were of upper middle class. Her father was Percival Pickering QC, the Recorder of Pontefract. Pontefract is a Market town in West Yorkshire, England near the A1 (or Great North Road the M62 motorway, and Castleford. Her mother was Anna Maria Wilhelmina Spencer Stanhope, the sister of the artist John Roddam Spencer Stanhope and a descendant of Coke of Norfolk who was an Earl of Leicester. John Roddam Spencer Stanhope, of Hillhouse Cawthorne, latterly of Villa Nuti, Florence, was an exhibitor in the Royal Academy Thomas Coke 1st Earl of Leicester may refer to Thomas Coke 1st Earl of Leicester (fifth creation (1697&ndash1759 Thomas Coke 1st Earl
Evelyn was homeschooled and started drawing lessons when she was 15. Homeschooling (also called home education) home learning or homeschool – is the education of children at home typically by parents or professional On the morning of her seventeenth birthday, Evelyn recorded in her diary, "Art is eternal, but life is short. . . " "I will make up for it now, I have not a moment to lose. " She went on to persuade her parents to let her go to art school. At first they discouraged it, but in 1873 she was enrolled at the Slade School of Art. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Slade School of Fine Art is the art school of University College London, UK Her uncle, John Roddam Spencer Stanhope, was a great influence to her works. Evelyn often visited him in Florence where he lived. Florence ( Italian: Firenze Florentia and Fiorenza) is the Capital City of the Italian region of Tuscany This also enabled her to study the great artists of the Renaissance; she was particularly fond of the works of Botticelli. This influenced her to move away from the classical subjects favoured by the Slade school and to make her own style.
In 1887, she married the ceramicist William De Morgan. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common William Frend De Morgan ( 16 November, 1839 – 15 January, 1917) was an English potter and tile designer They lived together in London until he died in 1917. She died two years later on 2 May 1919 in London and was buried in Brookwood Cemetery, near Woking, Surrey. Brookwood Cemetery is a burial ground in Brookwood Surrey, England.
Works
- Tobias and the Angel (1875)
- Cadmus and Harmonia (1877), De Morgan Centre, London. This article is about the mythological figure Helen of Troy For other uses see Helen (disambiguation and Helen of Troy (disambiguation. The De Morgan Centre for the Study of 19th Century Art and Society is a museum and gallery in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England that houses a large collection
- Ariadne at Naxos (1877), De Morgan Centre, London. The De Morgan Centre for the Study of 19th Century Art and Society is a museum and gallery in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England that houses a large collection
- Night & Sleep (1878)
- Goddess of Blossoms & Flowers (1880)
- The Grey Sisters (1880-81), De Morgan Centre, London. The De Morgan Centre for the Study of 19th Century Art and Society is a museum and gallery in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England that houses a large collection
- Phosphorus and Hesperus (1882), De Morgan Centre, London. The De Morgan Centre for the Study of 19th Century Art and Society is a museum and gallery in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England that houses a large collection
- By the Waters of Babylon (1882-83), De Morgan Centre, London. The De Morgan Centre for the Study of 19th Century Art and Society is a museum and gallery in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England that houses a large collection
- Sleep and Death, the Children of the Night (1883), De Morgan Centre, London. The De Morgan Centre for the Study of 19th Century Art and Society is a museum and gallery in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England that houses a large collection
- Salutation or The Visitation (1883),
- Love's Passing (1883-1884), De Morgan Centre, London. The De Morgan Centre for the Study of 19th Century Art and Society is a museum and gallery in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England that houses a large collection
- Dryad (1884-85), De Morgan Centre, London. The De Morgan Centre for the Study of 19th Century Art and Society is a museum and gallery in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England that houses a large collection
- Luna (1885), De Morgan Centre, London. The De Morgan Centre for the Study of 19th Century Art and Society is a museum and gallery in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England that houses a large collection
- The Sea Maidens (1885-86), De Morgan Centre, London. The De Morgan Centre for the Study of 19th Century Art and Society is a museum and gallery in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England that houses a large collection
- Hope in a Prison of Despair (1887)
- The Soul's Prison House (1888), De Morgan Centre, London. The De Morgan Centre for the Study of 19th Century Art and Society is a museum and gallery in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England that houses a large collection
- Love, the Misleader (1889), private collection.
- Medea (1889), Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead. The Williamson Art Gallery and Museum is situated in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England and houses the town's collection of art
- Angel of Death (1890), private collection.
- The Garden of Opportunity (1892), De Morgan Centre, London. The De Morgan Centre for the Study of 19th Century Art and Society is a museum and gallery in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England that houses a large collection
- Life and Thought Emerging from the Tomb (1893), Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. The Walker Art Gallery is an art gallery in Liverpool, which houses one of the largest art collections in England outside of London.
- Flora (1894), De Morgan Centre, London. The De Morgan Centre for the Study of 19th Century Art and Society is a museum and gallery in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England that houses a large collection
- Eos (1895), De Morgan Centre, London. The De Morgan Centre for the Study of 19th Century Art and Society is a museum and gallery in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England that houses a large collection
- Lux in Tenebris (1895), De Morgan Centre, London. The De Morgan Centre for the Study of 19th Century Art and Society is a museum and gallery in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England that houses a large collection
- Boreas and Oreithyia (1896), De Morgan Centre, London. The De Morgan Centre for the Study of 19th Century Art and Society is a museum and gallery in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England that houses a large collection
- Earthbound (1897), De Morgan Centre, London. The De Morgan Centre for the Study of 19th Century Art and Society is a museum and gallery in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England that houses a large collection
- Angel of Death (1897), private collection.
- Helen of Troy (1898)
- Cassandra (1898), De Morgan Centre, London. Helen of Troy is an 1898 painting by Evelyn de Morgan depicting Helen of Troy. The De Morgan Centre for the Study of 19th Century Art and Society is a museum and gallery in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England that houses a large collection
- The Valley of Shadows (1899), De Morgan Centre, London. The De Morgan Centre for the Study of 19th Century Art and Society is a museum and gallery in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England that houses a large collection
- The Storm Spirits (1900), De Morgan Centre, London. The De Morgan Centre for the Study of 19th Century Art and Society is a museum and gallery in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England that houses a large collection
- The Poor Man who Saved the City (1901), De Morgan Centre, London. The De Morgan Centre for the Study of 19th Century Art and Society is a museum and gallery in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England that houses a large collection
- The Love Potion (1903)
- The Cadence of Autumn (1905), De Morgan Centre, London. The Love Potion is a 1903 painting by Evelyn de Morgan depicting a Witch with a Black cat Familiar at her feet The De Morgan Centre for the Study of 19th Century Art and Society is a museum and gallery in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England that houses a large collection
- Queen Eleanor & Fair Rosamund (1905), De Morgan Centre, London. The De Morgan Centre for the Study of 19th Century Art and Society is a museum and gallery in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England that houses a large collection
- Death of a Butterfly (c. 1905-10), De Morgan Centre, London. The De Morgan Centre for the Study of 19th Century Art and Society is a museum and gallery in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England that houses a large collection
- Demeter Mourning for Persephone (1906), De Morgan Centre, London. The De Morgan Centre for the Study of 19th Century Art and Society is a museum and gallery in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England that houses a large collection
- Port after Stormy Seas (1905), De Morgan Centre, London. The De Morgan Centre for the Study of 19th Century Art and Society is a museum and gallery in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England that houses a large collection
- The Hour-Glass (1905), De Morgan Centre, London. The De Morgan Centre for the Study of 19th Century Art and Society is a museum and gallery in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England that houses a large collection
- The Prisoner (1907), De Morgan Centre, London. The De Morgan Centre for the Study of 19th Century Art and Society is a museum and gallery in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England that houses a large collection
- Our Lady of Peace (1907), De Morgan Centre, London. The De Morgan Centre for the Study of 19th Century Art and Society is a museum and gallery in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England that houses a large collection
- The Worship of Mammon (1909), De Morgan Centre, London. The De Morgan Centre for the Study of 19th Century Art and Society is a museum and gallery in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England that houses a large collection
- Death of the Dragon (1914), De Morgan Centre, London. The De Morgan Centre for the Study of 19th Century Art and Society is a museum and gallery in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England that houses a large collection
- The Vision (1914), private collection.
- The Red Cross (1918), De Morgan Centre, London. The De Morgan Centre for the Study of 19th Century Art and Society is a museum and gallery in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England that houses a large collection
- The Gilded Cage (1919), De Morgan Centre, London. The Gilded Cage is an Oil painting by Evelyn De Morgan, her final work before her death in 1919 The De Morgan Centre for the Study of 19th Century Art and Society is a museum and gallery in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England that houses a large collection
- Undiscovered Country
- Deianera (unknown)
- The Kingdom of Heaven Suffereth Violence
External links
- "Evelyn De Morgan" at The Bridgeman Art Library
- De Morgan Foundation
- Grave of Evelyn and William De Morgan
- Phryne's list of pictures in accessible collections in the UK
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