The Worship of Mammon returns from loan in Germany
'The Worship of Mammon' by Evelyn De Morgan has just returned from Bonn, Germany, where it was included in an exhibition about artists' [...]
Which Snark came first? The tiles or the poem?
I knew there was some controversy surrounding who inspired whom to create fantastical creatures. Had William De Morgan’s ceramic tiles, purchased by Charles Dodgson for [...]
Artist Inspired to Imagine herself as Evelyn
Since the beginning of lockdown, we've been encouraging you to take some time out of the madness for a closer, longer look at the De [...]
Objects declare emergency!
The Sea Maidens (1885-6) by Evelyn De Morgan This painting inspired the Kids in Museums Youth Panel to address the current climate emergency by re-reading [...]
Evelyn De Morgan’s ‘Moonbeams’
This week, our artistic volunteer Vanessa compares two versions of 'Moonbeams' by Evelyn De Morgan by sketching the paintings in glorious technicolour. Moonbeams in [...]
The Enchanted Interior of De Morgan’s Medea
Medea is a character from one of my favourite stories, Jason and the Argonauts. One of my fondest memories from my old school days was [...]
Evelyn De Morgan’s dawns
Aurora Triumphans (1886) Evelyn De Morgan, in the Collection of the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery, Bournemouth Evelyn De Morgan was a dreamer. A [...]
Misattribution of Aurora
In 1901, Merton Russell-Cotes purchased Aurora Triumphans (1877-78), a glorious painting of angels trumpeting in the breaking dawn. Monogrammed ‘EBJ 1870’ and attributed therefore to Edward Burne-Jones, [...]
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 art in this week's blog. [...]
Living at Spencer Stanhope’s House
De Morgan Trustee and volunteer tour guide, Richard, describes his experience of living at Hill House in Barnsley, once the studio-home of John Roddam [...]