British academic art in the chic and mystical paintings of artist Evelyn de Morgan

Welcome friends to the Touch Art channel. Today we will get acquainted with the biography and work of the British artist, follower of the Pre-Raphaelites, Evelyn de Morgan. The artist’s paintings are permeated with mysticism and symbolism, and in most cases their central images are female figures, which occupy a special place in the artist’s work. A lot of interesting things await us ahead – Let’s go!
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Welcome friends to the touch artart Channel  today we will get acquainted with the biography   and work of the British Artist follower of the  pelites Evelyn de Morgan the artist’s paintings   are permeated with mysticism and symbolism  and in most cases their Central images are  

Female figures which occupy a special place in the  artist’s work a lot of interesting things await us   ahead let’s go Evelyn de Morgan is a British  Artist and follower of the prer raphaelites   Mary Evelyn Pickering was born on August 30th  1855 in London she was the eldest child of a  

Wealthy aristocratic family the artist’s father  persal Andre Pickering was a successful lawyer   and her mother Anna Maria Willamina was the  sister of the painter John rodm Spencer stanh   hope Evelyn received an excellent education at  home she studied greek latin French German and  

Italian classical literature and mythology and  also became acquainted with historical books   and scientific texts her parents believed that the  most important thing for a girl from a good family   is to get married successfully but Evelyn herself  had a different opinion on this matter opinions  

Since childhood she dreamed of becoming an artist  and began taking drawing lessons at the age of   15 Evelyn secretly from her parents studied  painting under the guidance of her uncle who   probably introduced her to the work of the pryes  from the very beginning she dedicated herself to  

Her Craft on her 17th birthday she wrote in her  diary art is eternal but life is short I will make   up for it now I have nothing to lose this diary  shows her dedication to her work she logs hours  

Upon hours of constant work berating herself for  wasting time on mundane tasks such as going to   tea and changing clothes in 1872 she entered the  South Kensington National Art School in 1873 she   entered the Slate School of Art in pointer Studio  where she was one of the first and best female  

Students she was awarded a prestigious scholarship  and received several Awards a prize and a silver   medal for painting from Antiquity in 18 1975 after  graduating from school Evelyn went with her uncle   on a trip to Italy visiting Rome Perugia Ace and  Florence where she studied the works of artists  

Of the early Renaissance she was particularly  impressed by the painting of the Florentine school   and first of all by the work of Sandra belli  whose style and painting manner was reflected   in her canvas Flora 1894 in her work Evelyn was  was significantly influenced by the painting of  

The prer raphaelites especially Edward burn Jones  becoming one of the most talented of his followers   the influence of burn Jones on her paintings  is undeniable and at the same time it carries   with it the characteristics of individuality her  images are more feminine and her color palette is  

Brighter and more saturated Morgan also became  friends with the prer raphaelite artists Dante   Gabriel Rosetti and William hman hunt she  was also friends with other key figures in   the Victorian literary and artistic world such as  the writer veran Lee the first painting ariadne on  

Nikos painted in 1877 Upon returning to England  and shown at The Dudley Gallery brought great   success to the artist she was followed by the  paintings night and sleep 1878 Denis and Cupid   1878 DED 1884 to 1885 mermaids 1885 to 1886 Dawn  Triumph of aora 1886 they established Evelyn as  

A master of mythological painting with a strong  symbolic overtone in August 1883 Evelyn met the   ceramic artist and decorator William de Morgan and  on March 5th 1887 she married him the couple lived   their lives together in London visiting Florence  in the winter every year from 1895 until the  

Outbreak of the first world war in 1914 the mild  climate of Italy was necessary for William’s poor   health and the masterpieces of Renaissance culture  were an excellent breeding ground for Evelyn’s   creativity the vast majority of demorgan’s Works  especially those of the mid 1880s depict content  

Or themes that can be described as broadly  spiritualistic Evelyn like her husband showed   great interest in spiritualism and the Occult  Sciences which was reflected in her paintings   filled with secret signs and gravitating towards  symbolism many of her paintings include sacred and  

Allegorical figures scenes and legends usually  containing morals together with her husband the   artist developed a painting method using glycerin  which although quite labor intensive produced The   Bride and Rich colors she was looking for female  images occupy a special place in De Morgan’s work  

Many of her paintings feature a female figure  standing alone or walking paintings did janira   1878 hero holding a torch for Leander 1885 Kisha  1886 to 1887 Helen of Troy 1898 Cassandra 1898 a   significant role in these pain paintings  is given to the landscape which not only  

Creates the necessary mood but also carries a deep  symbolic meaning the artist’s later works written   at the turn of the century become more complex  in composition and symbolism but at the same   time lose the laconicism and Clarity that were one  of the main advantages of avelyn De Morgan’s work  

Among the undoubted successes of this period are  blindness and greed expelling Joy from the city   1897 Valley of Shadows 1899 storm Spirits 1900  Melody of autumn 1903 in August 1875 de Morgan   sold her first work Tobias and the angel her first  exhibited painting St Catherine of Alexandria was  

Shown at The Dudley Gallery in 1876 along with her  other paintings a year later de Morgan exhibited   his paintings at the first groer Gallery in London  she exhibited regularly until 1907 including an   exhibition at the Wolverhampton Municipal art  gallery and museum in which 25 Works were shown  

Including 14 for sale De Morgan used the profits  from the sale of her Works to financially support   her husband’s Pottery business and she actively  contributed ideas to his Ceramics the demorgans   finally achieved Financial Security in 1906  with the publication of Williams first novel  

Joseph Vance after 1907 she stopped exhibiting  regularly perhaps due to the successful sale   of her husband’s first novel which meant that  she was no longer obliged to sell her paintings   Evelyn de Morgan supported the suffrage movement  and she appears as a signer of the Declaration  

In the women’s suffrage suffrage of 1889 she was  also a pacifist and expressed her her horror of   the first world war and the boore war in her  paintings the artist created a series of 13   allegorical paintings inspired by the events of  the first world war in 1916 she held a charity  

Exhibition of these Works in her studio in Edith  Grove donating the proceeds from the sale to the   needs of the Red Cross great interest in the work  of Evelyn de Morgan decreased significantly by the   first decade of the 20th Century the paintings  from her last cycle deprived of the harmonious  

Integrity of her earlier Works amazed with their  figurative power and great Inner Strength among   them Red Cross fields of the killed SOS 1916  the same qualities distinguish one of the last   paintings by Evelyn de Morgan the Gilded cage 1919  devoted at first glance to the same theme as the  

Early earlier work prisoner 1907 however upon  closer examination its metaphorical overtones   are striking allowing it to be perceived as  the yearning of the Soul striving to leave a   cramped physical shell Evelyn de Morgan died on  May 2 1919 in London 2 years after her husband’s  

Death and was buried in Brookwood cemetery  near woking Su on their Tombstone there is   an inscription from the results of the experiment  sadness only comes from the flesh SL life of the   spirit is Joy de Morgan’s work is exhibited  at the National Gallery and the Evelyn de  

Morgan foundation in London in October 1991 16  paintings were destroyed in a fire at the Burl   Warehouse with you were the touch Art Channel  and the work of the British Artist Evelyn de   Morgan if you like the video don’t forget to join  our community of lovers of great art thank you