Evelyn De Morgan
Evelyn De Morgan (born August 30, 1855 in London as Evelyn Pickering , † May 2, 1919 in London) was an English painter from the Pre-Raphaelite circle .
Life
She came from an upper middle class household. Her father was named Percival Pickering QC and her mother was Anna Maria Wilhelmina Spencer Stanhope, sister of the artist John Roddam Spencer Stanhope and descendant of Thomas Coke of Norfolk, who was Earl of Leicester. Evelyn de Morgan received home schooling and began taking drawing lessons when she was 15.
Your Florence-based uncle, John Roddam Spencer Stanhope, was a major influence on your work. Evelyn de Morgan visited him there often and the trips abroad to Italy allowed her to study the artists of the Renaissance . She showed particular interest in the work of Sandro Botticelli . This influenced her subject from the classic to her own style.
In 1887 she married the ceramicist William De Morgan . They lived together in London . Evelyn de Morgan died two years after her husband on May 2, 1919 in London and was buried in Brookwood ( Surrey ) cemetery.
Works
- Eos (1895)
- Undiscovered Country
- Tobias and the Angel
- Night & Sleep (1878) to the picture
- Goddess of Blossoms & Flowers (1880) to the picture
- Angel of Death (1881), to the picture
- Hope in a Prison of Despair (1887) to the picture
- The Storm Spirits (1900) to the picture
- Queen Eleanor & Fair Rosamund (1905) to the picture
- Port after Stormy Seas (1907) to the picture
- The worship of Mammon for the picture
- Helen of Troy (1898) to the picture
- The Love Potion (1903) to the picture
- Medea to the picture
- Earthbound to the picture
- Ariadne in Naxos to the picture
- The Hour-Glass to the picture
- The Prisoner (1907) to the picture
- The Gilded Cage (1919) to the picture
- Death of the Dragon (1914)
- The Red Cross (1916) to the picture
- Love's Passing (1883–1884) to the picture
- Deianera to the picture
gallery
Boreas and Oreithyia
flora
Helen of Troy
SOS
Venus y Cupid
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Web links
- Literature by and about Evelyn De Morgan in the catalog of the German National Library
- De Morgan Foundation - English
- Grave of Evelyn and William De Morgan - English
Individual evidence
- ^ Richard Moss: How William and Evelyn De Morgan made a better and more beautiful world. Retrieved December 16, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Morgan, Evelyn De |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pickering, Evelyn (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 30, 1855 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 2, 1919 |
| Place of death | London |