Evelyn De Morgan

1855-1919 British Evelyn De Morgan Galleries She was born Evelyn Pickering. Her parents were of upper middle class. Her father was Percival Pickering QC, the Recorder of Pontefract. Her mother was Anna Maria Wilhelmina Spencer Stanhope, the sister of the artist John Roddam Spencer Stanhope and a descendant of Coke of Norfolk who was an Earl of Leicester. Evelyn was homeschooled and started drawing lessons when she was 15. On the morning of her seventeenth birthday, Evelyn recorded in her diary, "Art is eternal, but life is short..." "I will make up for it now, I have not a moment to lose." She went on to persuade her parents to let her go to art school. At first they discouraged it, but in 1873 she was enrolled at the Slade School of Art. Her uncle, John Roddam Spencer Stanhope, was a great influence to her works. Evelyn often visited him in Florence where he lived. This also enabled her to study the great artists of the Renaissance; she was particularly fond of the works of Botticelli. This influenced her to move away from the classical subjects favoured by the Slade school and to make her own style. In 1887, she married the ceramicist William De Morgan. They lived together in London until he died in 1917. She died two years later on 2 May 1919 in London and was buried in Brookwood Cemetery, near Woking, Surrey.
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Evelyn De Morgan Our Lady of Peace oil


Our Lady of Peace
Painting ID::  51708 		Our Lady of Peace
nn09 Oil on canvas
nn09 Oil_on_canvas
   
   
     
Evelyn De Morgan Port After Stormy Sea oil


Port After Stormy Sea
Painting ID::  51775 		Port After Stormy Sea
nn09 Oil on canvas
nn09 Oil_on_canvas
   
   
     
Evelyn De Morgan phosphorus and hesperus oil


phosphorus and hesperus
Painting ID::  56298 		phosphorus and hesperus
mk247 1882,oil on canvas,23.625x17.375 in,60x44 cm,de morgan centre,london,uk
   
   
     
Evelyn De Morgan Aurora Triumphans a.k.a. Dawn oil


Aurora Triumphans a.k.a. Dawn
Painting ID::  70272 		Aurora Triumphans a.k.a. Dawn
Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 46 x 68 in.
Medium_Oil_on_canvas _ Dimensions_46_x_68_in.
   
   
     
Evelyn De Morgan Hope in a Prison of Despair, oil


Hope in a Prison of Despair,
Painting ID::  77177 		Hope in a Prison of Despair,
Hope in a Prison of Despair, allegorical, pre-raphaelite painting by Evelyn De Morgan (30 August 1855-2 May 1919), British painter, showing Hope as a woman or very young man holding a lamp, entering the dungeon where Despair is shown as another human figure bowed down with grief. Hope's saint-like halo suggests the comfort brought by religious faith. cjr
   
   
     
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     1855-1919 British Evelyn De Morgan Galleries She was born Evelyn Pickering. Her parents were of upper middle class. Her father was Percival Pickering QC, the Recorder of Pontefract. Her mother was Anna Maria Wilhelmina Spencer Stanhope, the sister of the artist John Roddam Spencer Stanhope and a descendant of Coke of Norfolk who was an Earl of Leicester. Evelyn was homeschooled and started drawing lessons when she was 15. On the morning of her seventeenth birthday, Evelyn recorded in her diary, "Art is eternal, but life is short..." "I will make up for it now, I have not a moment to lose." She went on to persuade her parents to let her go to art school. At first they discouraged it, but in 1873 she was enrolled at the Slade School of Art. Her uncle, John Roddam Spencer Stanhope, was a great influence to her works. Evelyn often visited him in Florence where he lived. This also enabled her to study the great artists of the Renaissance; she was particularly fond of the works of Botticelli. This influenced her to move away from the classical subjects favoured by the Slade school and to make her own style. In 1887, she married the ceramicist William De Morgan. They lived together in London until he died in 1917. She died two years later on 2 May 1919 in London and was buried in Brookwood Cemetery, near Woking, Surrey.

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