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#ArtSaturday Evelyn de Morgan 1855-1919
English painter influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

de Morgan age 10
de Morgan in Italy pic.twitter.com/gjcJcwrsLQ

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born into a wealthy upper-middle-class family, never had to worry about money, began drawing lessons at age 15

Mercury pic.twitter.com/j8wfDSN78y

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Parents encouraged her drawing but discouraged art school: art acceptable as hobby for wealthy female, but not as a profession

S.O.S. pic.twitter.com/dKrWYcLPD7

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On 17th birthday, EdeM wrote in diary: “Art is eternal but life is short”

The Vision pic.twitter.com/O9V7MHZEPV

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1823: parents allowed EdeM to enroll in Slade School of Art, where she had a scholarship

Music, Sweet Music (also, St Cecilia) pic.twitter.com/evDNORbRiK

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Scholarship required EdeM to draw nudes in charcoal, but she didn’t like charcoal, so she left art school

Cassandra pic.twitter.com/HYEIHH5aZr

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In her travels to Italy, fell in love with Renaissance artists, but she particularly loved Botticelli

The Love Potion pic.twitter.com/J0J8YP5t2i

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EdeM’s admiration of Botticelli’s work particularly evident in Flora, where figure is posed and draped much as Botticelli’s were

Flora pic.twitter.com/iSstX7elUR

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EdeM noted for her use of rich reds and yellows, as were the Renaissance masters

Angel of Death pic.twitter.com/vB8B08dd9x

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017

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1883: met ceramicist William de Morgan
1887: married

Queen Eleanor and Fair Rosamund pic.twitter.com/1DzNPu7Qcq

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EdeM and husband William traveled widely and were both successful artists, financially and critically

Evelyn and William pic.twitter.com/MV8USNcQ9n

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paintings dominated by the female form

Ariadne in Naxos pic.twitter.com/gA8RYoWi7m

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A Soul in Hell pic.twitter.com/IbBu3YKqOT

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Angel Piping Souls into Hell pic.twitter.com/P6eTMEtW83

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Angel with the Serpent pic.twitter.com/L79cVTxsPV

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males in her paintings androgynous, females athletic

By the Waters of Babylon pic.twitter.com/f6XJi0L5t8

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favorite model was Jane Hales, sister’s nursemaid, featured in By the Waters of Babylon (previous tweet) and The Dryad

The Dryad pic.twitter.com/SN0LfdOn3X

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Love’s Passing (also featuring Jane Hales) pic.twitter.com/oOKjQU3pmF

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Boreas and Oreithyia pic.twitter.com/bnFySfvKa5

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Like most Pre-Raphaelites, EdeM painted many figures from Greek mythology

Medea pic.twitter.com/TsPmCgeUC1

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Crown of Glory pic.twitter.com/IUnDxl9OI6

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Daughters of the Mist pic.twitter.com/WXFd9pFMYl

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Demeter Mourning for Persephone pic.twitter.com/OKNDsOmrxP

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Death of the Dragon pic.twitter.com/N4fIXz6T6F

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Deianira pic.twitter.com/QwtNZwUefP

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1889: a strong feminist, EdeM boycotted Royal Academy (dominated by male instructors and artists) and signed 1889 Declaration in Favour of Women’s Suffrage

Eos pic.twitter.com/xWdzjsUI0Z

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The Cadence of Autumn pic.twitter.com/ZPg4wQcnbo

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EdeM and husband William both pacifists, and openly expressed horror of and opposition to war, including The Boer War and especially World War I

Hope in the Prison of Despair pic.twitter.com/uMDUctNMwA

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Earthbound pic.twitter.com/zUdUeAXsQ1

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The Captives pic.twitter.com/IMYRwkC0Oq

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Helen of Troy pic.twitter.com/V25MlLlvJ1

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Hourglass pic.twitter.com/1f1sHUu3lW

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In Memoriam pic.twitter.com/hEuFZFqNpZ

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Life and Thought Have Gone Away pic.twitter.com/dm3ojWksjJ

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Luna pic.twitter.com/ZkNd6X1TW9

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Lux in Tenebris pic.twitter.com/XKmtHKuzg3

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Moonbeams pic.twitter.com/gjUjk6SG9r

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Aurora Triumphans (one of her most famous paintings, along with Medea) pic.twitter.com/zSII3FSIeA

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Night and Sleep pic.twitter.com/9Iqvm0jclA

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Our Lady of Peace pic.twitter.com/Q5HjUPHL36

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Port after Stormy Seas pic.twitter.com/UbN45b13Jd

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The Garden of Opportunity pic.twitter.com/jCpHGFNHu3

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The Kingdom of Heaven Suffereth Violence pic.twitter.com/2E4S6bwWpI

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The Martyr (also Nazuraea, which is name above her head) pic.twitter.com/VhByMmobKJ

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The Mourners pic.twitter.com/GhDR1wIo58

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Passing of the Soul at Death pic.twitter.com/P6LRBFQsML

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Red Cross pic.twitter.com/vij1CAUKz6

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The Soul’s Prisonhouse pic.twitter.com/QtOeimvRdn

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Storm Spirits pic.twitter.com/3zUe3WLQU5

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Valley of Shadows pic.twitter.com/mRTqW4BBOs

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Worship of Mammon pic.twitter.com/GqQdcHOVPQ

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The Gilded Cage pic.twitter.com/vuhM0NMua2

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Venus and Cupid pic.twitter.com/i76t8J0aFH

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Portrait of husband, William de Morgan, with one of his designed vases pic.twitter.com/MZboyHhkBj

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1917: husband William died
1919: EdeM died

(grave of Evelyn and William de Morgan) pic.twitter.com/74rbReWkrW

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) December 16, 2017