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ID: 500030629
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Record Type: Person |
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Morris, William (English designer, writer, and activist, 1834-1896)
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Note: Best known for extremely influential designs in the decorative arts and as a political activist. Taking the Medieval craft guild as his model, he believed art derived from a craftsman's pleasure of work was instrumental to the rebirth of art. He established "The Firm," a company that designed furniture, wallpaper, and textiles, which included Rosetti, Ford Madox Brown, and Burne-Jones. His concerns that the artist should understand the craft process and to honor the materials chosen was later reflected in the ideas of the Bauhaus. He created a few paintings, but produced primarily stained glass, textiles, wallpapers, and book arts. British designer, craftsman, poet and political theorist. |
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British (modern) (preferred) |
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English |
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artist (preferred) |
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craftsman |
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designer |
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author |
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activist |
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painter |
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writer(s) |
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Related People or Corporate Bodies: |
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| apprentice was .... |
Brangwyn, Frank from 1882 to 1884 |
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(English painter and graphic artist, 1867-1956) [500026093] |
| colleague of .... |
Burne-Jones, Edward |
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(English painter, 1833-1898) [500001381] |
| employee was .... |
Murray, Charles Fairfax |
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(British painter, collector, dealer, 1849-1919) [500012065] |
| founder of .... |
Kelmscott Press |
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(English printing press, founded 1890) [500121771] |
| master of .... |
Art Workers' Guild 1892 |
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(English group of artists, designers, architects, and craftsmen, established 1884) [500117045] |
| parent of .... |
Morris, May |
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(British needlework artist and designer, 1862-1938) [500000623] |
| related to .... |
Morris & Co. |
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(English furntiture manufactory and design firm, 1855-1932, located in London) [500034099] |
| spouse of .... |
Morris, Jane |
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(English artists' model and needleworker, 1839-1914) [500329385] |
| teacher of .... |
Dearle, John Henry |
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(British glassmaker, weaver, designer, 1860-1932) [500003663] |
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Biographies:
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(English designer, writer, and activist, 1834-1896) ..... [VP Preferred]
(British designer) ..... [AVERY]
(British designer, 1834-1896) ..... [AVERY]
(English designer, 1834-1896) ..... [Grove Art]
(British artist, 1834-1896) ..... [WL-Courtauld]
(British artist, 1834-1896) ..... [WCI]
(British artist, 1834-1896) ..... [WCP]
(British, 1834-1896) ..... [GRLPSC]
(British designer, author, 1834-1896) ..... [BHA]
(British designer, craftsman, poet and political theorist, 1834-1896) ..... [AVERY]
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Subject: ........ | [AVERY, BHA, GRLPSC, Grove Art, VP, WCI, WCP, WL-Courtauld] |
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Columbia Encyclopedia (1963)
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Database for the Witt Checklist of Painters c. 1200-1976 (1978-)
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Dictionary of National Biography, 1912-1921 (1927)
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Encyclopedia of World Art (1959-1987)
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Fleming, Penguin Dictionary of Decorative Arts (1989)
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Getty Vocabulary Program rules
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Grove Art artist database (1989-)
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LCNAF Library of Congress Name Authority File [n.d.]
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Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der Kunstler (1980-1986)
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Webster's New Biographical Dictionary (1988)
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William Morris Society Web Site (1996-) accessed 6 September 2004
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Witt Library, Authority files | | | | | | | | | | | |
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