|
(2) Evelyn De Morgan [née Pickering]
(b London, 1850 or 1855; d London, 2 May 1919). Painter, wife of (1) William De Morgan. She was a pupil of her uncle, the painter Roddam Spencer Stanhope. In 1873–5 she attended the Slade School of Art, London. While there, she was awarded a Slade scholarship entitling her to financial assistance for three years. The scholarship required that she draw in charcoal from the nude, but she eventually declined it because she did not wish to continue working in this technique, although she excelled in it. She was influenced by the work of the Pre-Raphaelite artists (see PRE-RAPHAELITISM) and became a follower of Burne-Jones. In 1877 she first exhibited at the Grosvenor Gallery, London, and continued to show there thereafter. From 1875 she spent several winters in Florence working and studying; some of her work is reminiscent of Botticelli, possibly because of her visits to Florence. She often depicted women in unfamiliar ways though in a manner more in tune with a female perspective. For example, in Medea (1889; Birkenhead, Williamson A.G. & Mus.), the heroine is portrayed as a woman skilled in sorcery, rather than as a murderer of her own children. In 1887 she married William De Morgan (see §1 above) and was involved in his pottery enterprises, assisting him financially and contributing ideas for ceramic designs.
Part of the De Morgan family
|
|
There are more than 45,000 articles in The Grove Dictionary of Art.
To access the rest of this article, including the bibliography, subscribe to
www.groveart.com.
To find out more about this subject, click on a related article below and
subscribe to www.groveart.com
|
