Evelyn De Morgan | |
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 Evelyn De Morgan | |
| Born | Mary Evelyn Pickering 30 August 1855 London, England |
| Died | 2 May 1919 (aged 63) London, England |
| Resting place | Brookwood Cemetery |
| Nationality | English |
| Education | Slade School of Art |
| Known for | painting |
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| Style | Pre-Raphaelite, Symbolist |
| Movement | Pre-Raphaelites |
| Spouse | William De Morgan |
Evelyn De Morgan (30 August 1855 – 2 May 1919) was an English painter associated early in her career with the later phase of the Pre-Raphaelite Movement, and working in a range of styles including Aestheticism and Symbolism.[1] Her paintings are figural, foregrounding the female body through the use of spiritual, mythological, and allegorical themes. They rely on a range of metaphors (such as light and darkness, transformation, and bondage) to express what several scholars have identified as spiritualist and feminist content.[2][3][4][5] Her later works also dealt with the themes of war from a pacifist perspective, engaging with conflicts such as the Second Boer War and World War I.[2]
- ^ "Evelyn De Morgan". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/45491. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ a b Lawton Smith, Elise (2002). Evelyn Pickering De Morgan and the Allegorical Body. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. ISBN 978-0-8386-3883-5.
- ^ Gordon, Catherine (1996). Evelyn de Morgan: Oil Paintings. De Morgan Foundation. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-9528141-0-8.
- ^ Rose, Lucy Ella (2017). Suffragist Artists in Partnership: Gender, Word and Image. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-1-4744214-5-4.
- ^ Merkling, Emma (10 July 2023). "Physics, Psychical Research, and the Self: Evelyn De Morgan's Spiritualist Portraits". Art History. doi:10.1111/1467-8365.12726. ISSN 0141-6790.