These highlights include:
- Glittering lustreware ceramics by William De Morgan, including the unique 'Fish and Net Vase', spectacular 'Bear and Hare Dish', and intriguing 'Sea Monsters Tile Panel', giving a comprehensive view of William De Morgan's ceramics.
- Evelyn De Morgan's iconic paintings, 'Flora' (1894), ' Helen of Troy' (1896), and 'Cassandra' (1896) join her exrtraordinary gold drawing, 'Earthbound' (1897), showcasing her profound artistic legacy and interest in different artistic styles and techniques.
The exhibition demonstrates the unique artistic partnership the De Morgans’ marriage represented.
William and Evelyn De Morgan are well respected as artists through the lasting legacy and enduring beauty of their artworks. But William’s ceramics and Evelyn’s paintings were products of the married artists’ lives and shared social and political views. Both strove to create beautiful artworks in rapidly industrialising London. Against the backdrop of economic and gender inequality and manufacturing eradicating the value of the handmade, the De Morgans created artworks to challenge these issues head on. William De Morgan’s otherworldly ceramics were handmade by a team of talented craftsmen who worked tirelessly to create unique objects in the face of mechanisation. Evelyn De Morgan had to worked hard to prove herself in a patriarchal art world. As a result, her pictures feature strong women from mythology and carry a feminist spirit.
Curator Tours
On Fridays and Saturdays at 12.00pm, throughout the run of the exhibition, there will be free tours lead by exhibition curator, Sarah Hardy.
