Decoration or Devotion: William and Evelyn De Morgan

English 30 min 23

The De Morgans both made beautiful artwork, but for very different reasons. Evelyn's paintings are filled with deeply personal symbols and can be read as her own Spiritualist devotion. Her husband William however was more interested in the decorative elements of design motifs from across time and th...

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  1. Decoration or Devotion: Introduction

    2:15 | De Morgan Galleries

  2. Introduction to Evelyn De Morgan

    1:12 | De Morgan Galleries

  3. Blindness and Earthbound

    2:04 | De Morgan Galleries

  4. Luna

    1:07 | De Morgan Galleries

  5. The Kingdom of Heaven

    1:11 | De Morgan Galleries

  6. The Light Shineth in Darkness and the Darkness Comprehendeth It Not

    0:52 | De Morgan Galleries

  7. Daughters of the Mist

    1:49 | De Morgan Galleries

  8. Sleep and Death: The Children of Night

    1:06 | De Morgan Galleries

  9. Cadmus and Harmonia

    1:23 | De Morgan Galleries

  10. Boreas and Oreithyia

    1:48 | De Morgan Galleries

  11. Introduction to William De Morgan

    1:15 | De Morgan Galleries

  12. Persian ware cabinet

    1:37 | De Morgan Galleries

  13. Bear and Hare plate

    0:55 | De Morgan Galleries

  14. Fish and Petal rice dish

    0:53 | De Morgan Galleries

  15. Korean moon vase

    0:41 | De Morgan Galleries

  16. Lion plate

    0:53 | De Morgan Galleries

  17. Moonlight bowl

    1:18 | De Morgan Galleries

  18. Gold Lustre Animal vase

    2:09 | De Morgan Galleries

  19. Lustre cabinets

    1:03 | De Morgan Galleries

  20. Centaur plate

    0:44 | De Morgan Galleries

  21. Grotesque Creature plate

    0:49 | De Morgan Galleries

  22. Snake in a Fruit Tree bottle

    1:38 | De Morgan Galleries

  23. BBB

    0:44 | De Morgan Galleries

Featured artworks

Blindness and Cupidity Chasing Joy from the City

Luna

The Kingdom of Heaven Suffereth Violence and the Violent Take it by Force

The Light Shineth in Darkness and the Darkness Comprehendeth It Not

Credits

This tour is delivered by Sarah Hardy, Curator at the the De Morgan Foundation. Image credits: all De Morgan Foundation