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William Morris

William Morris was an English artist born on March 24, 1834. Morris contributed to the Symbolist, Pre Raphaelite, and Art Nouveau movements and died on October 3, 1896. Get notified when William Morris's biography is complete:

Guinevere and Iseult: Cartoon for Stained Glass

Angel of the Resurrection: Cartoon for Stained Glass

Trellis

Jasmine

Marigold

Wild Tulip

It is right and necessary that all men should have work to do which shall he worth doing

Art and Socialism

Willow Bough

The purpose of applying art: to add beauty to the results of the work of man and to add pleasure to the work itself

The Arts and Crafts of Today

Sussex Armchair

Ferdinand Hodler

Lover of beauty, pursued by the specter of death

William Blake

Art is life, science is death

Odilon Redon

The faces we see in our dreams

Edward Burne-Jones

A return to stained-glass grace

Thomas Woolner

Sculptor turned poet, Pre-Raphaelite turned Neoclassicist

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Querulous poet founds art movement

Gustav Klimt

Love of country and love of women

Wenzel Hablik

The architect of invisible cities

William Morris

Can you run a socialist company in a capitalist economy?

Father of Horror, Father of Fantasy

A return to stained-glass grace

Edward Burne-Jones

A lesson in making enemies

James McNeill Whistler

The beautiful weirdness of nature

"Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things."

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