This week, we’re celebrating Burne-Jones
De Morgan volunteer, Vanessa Cumper, introduces you to Burne-Jones and shares some of her sketches of the man and his [...]
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De Morgan volunteer, Vanessa Cumper, introduces you to Burne-Jones and shares some of her sketches of the man and his [...]
Did you know that Evelyn De Morgan’s paintings from the De Morgan Cellection are now on Art UK? This means [...]
This is a compositional study for an oil painting which was exhibited in the Red Cross Exhibition in 1916. The painting was described in that catalogue as follows: Wielded by an Angel the search-light reveals the diabolical source of all the ruin and devastation portrayed in this picture. In 'The Search-Light' the forces of good and evil directly confront one another. Here the forces of evil, portrayed as a satanic figure with bat like wings, hovers over a desolate landscape in which figures take refuge in ruined buildings, symbolic of the collapse of civilization. Opposing this diabolical force is a winged angel, representing hope and salvation, who illuminates the landscape with a search light which repels the infernal forces. In the final painting the same redemptive angel also casts a rainbow over the landscape signifying hope for the future. Images representing the struggle between the forces of light and darkness are found repeatedly in Evelyns work and spiritualist writings.
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Can the writers of these two extracts possibly be referring to the same woman? The first quote is taken from [...]
I knew there was some controversy surrounding who inspired whom to create fantastical creatures. Had William De Morgan’s ceramic tiles, [...]
In this blog Art History student Callista Aston from the University of Auckland explains how she helped the De Morgan [...]
There are lots of ways to enjoy De Morgan from home. The collection is available to search or browse [...]
This week, our artistic volunteer Vanessa compares two versions of 'Moonbeams' by Evelyn De Morgan by sketching the paintings in [...]
Evelyn De Morgan (1855 - 1919) Evelyn De Morgan (1855 - 1919) was [...]