William Morris

Portrait of 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:

Angel of the Resurrection: Cartoon for Stained Glass

Guinevere and Iseult: Cartoon for Stained Glass

Trellis

Jasmine

Marigold

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

Art and Socialism

Wild Tulip

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

Portrait of William Blake

William Blake

Art is life, science is death

Portrait of Romaine Brooks

Romaine Brooks

Fiercely independent lesbian paints Paris in shades of gray

Portrait of Franz Stuck

Franz Stuck

The darkness beckons

Portrait of John Everett Millais

John Everett Millais

Prodigy, Pre-Raphaelite, sellout?

Portrait of Evelyn De Morgan

Evelyn De Morgan

"Art is eternal, but life is short…"

Portrait of Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale

Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale

Portrait of Wenzel Hablik

Wenzel Hablik

The architect of invisible cities

Portrait of Aubrey Beardsley

Aubrey Beardsley

"If I am not grotesque I am nothing"

Portrait of Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh

Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh

Francisco Oller

A return to stained-glass grace

Edward Burne-Jones William Morris

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

The beautiful weirdness of nature

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