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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 [...]
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 [...]
Evelyn De Morgan’s dawns
Aurora Triumphans (1886) Evelyn De Morgan, in the Collection of the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery, Bournemouth Evelyn De [...]
Evelyn De Morgan’s ‘Moonbeams’
Moonbeams Dipping into the Sea (1900 - 1919) by Evelyn De Morgan, De Morgan Collection Linking the moon [...]
De Morgan Collection partners with Art UK
We have partnered with Art UK, the country's premier online paintings catalogue, to present all of the paintings in [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
We’re getting ready to welcome you back!
Following the Government announcement last week that museums can begin to reopen from 4th July, museums across the UK are [...]
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 [...]
An Inspiration to Waterhouse
Lamia, by John William Waterhouse Lamia, the ancient Greek sorceress, was the subject of Keats 1812 poem. [...]
Could this portrait be by William De Morgan?
This is supposedly a painting of Mary De Morgan. It last came up for auction at Christie's in 2002 when [...]
Mary De Morgan – William’s amazing little sister
This week, author and Mary De Morgan enthusiast Marilyn Pemberton has somehow managed to shorten her extensive research on Mary [...]
Toy Gods – Wilhelmina Stirling as an author by Jesse Hellman
The Souls Prison house by Evelyn De Morgan In 1904 Evelyn De Morgan’s younger sister Wilhelmina Pickering [...]
A Passion to Preserve Evelyn’s Paintings
Evelyn De Morgan passed away on 2 May 1919, leaving behind her a brilliant and beautiful collection of feminist, [...]
Wilhelmina Stirling – Collecting De Morgan by Vanessa Cumper
You may already know the history of how the De Morgan Collection came to be, if not you might [...]