{"product_id":"decorator-morris-william-wallpaper-design-autumn-flowers-plate-28-art-nouveau-c1888","title":"Decorator, Morris William, Wallpaper Design, Autumn Flowers, Plate 28, Art Nouveau, c1888","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSOLD This print is a copy of the original design released for production c1888\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDate: c1888\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eArtist: Morris William\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaper Size: 275 x 375mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePrint Size :240 x 340mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCondition: very good\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTechnique: Printed in colour\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePrice: $50\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDescription: Printed in colour\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProvenance:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Art Nouveau Movement would never have been the same without William Morris. A true Renaissance man, William Morris mastered every art and craft to which he set his hand, revelling in designs, patterns, colours and textures, and placing his stamp on sumptuous books, rugs, embroidery, wallpaper, stained glass, tapestries, curtains and furniture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Art Nouveau {ahr noo-voh'}, a French term meaning new art, refers to a style of architecture, of commercial and decorative art, and, to some extent, a style of painting and sculpture that was popular about 1900. Although the style was then thought of as modern and was given the title \u003cem\u003e\"new art,\"\u003c\/em\u003e it was adapted from older styles and art forms. Much was derived from the Gothic and Rococo and from the arts of Java and Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e William Morris, was the founder of the Art Nouveau Arts and Crafts Movement in England. Employed by the renaissance of decorative arts, Morris studied medieval architecture at Oxford, but under the influence of Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriele Rossetti, leaders of the Pre-Raphaelite movement, he turned toward painting and writing. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBiography\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMorris William (1834-1896)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Morris\u003c\/strong\u003e was a British textile designer, poet, novelist, translator and socialist activist associated with the British Arts and Crafts movement. He was a major contributor to the revival of traditional British textile arts and methods of production. His literary contributions helped to establish the modern fantasy genre, while he helped win acceptance of socialism at the end of the Century in Great Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMorris was born in Walthamstow, Essex to a wealthy middle-class family. He came under the strong influence of medievalism while studying Classics at Oxford University there joining the Birmingham Set. After university, he married Jane Burden and developed close friendships with \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pre-Raphaelite\"\u003ePre-Raphaelite\u003c\/a\u003e artists \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_Burne-Jones\"\u003eEdward Burne-Jones\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dante_Gabriel_Rossetti\"\u003eDante Gabriel Rossetti\u003c\/a\u003e and with \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gothic_Revival_architecture\"\u003eNeo-Gothic\u003c\/a\u003e architect \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philip_Webb\"\u003ePhilip Webb\u003c\/a\u003e. Webb and Morris designed \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_House_(London)\"\u003eRed House\u003c\/a\u003e in Kent where Morris lived from 1859 to 1865, before moving to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bloomsbury\"\u003eBloomsbury\u003c\/a\u003e, central London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1861, Morris founded the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Morris,_Marshall,_Faulkner_%26_Co.\"\u003eMorris, Marshall, Faulkner \u0026amp; Co.\u003c\/a\u003e decorative arts firm with Burne-Jones, Rossetti, Webb, and others, which became highly fashionable and much in demand. The firm profoundly influenced interior decoration throughout the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Victorian_period\"\u003eVictorian period\u003c\/a\u003e, with Morris designing tapestries, wallpaper, fabrics, furniture, and stained glass windows. In 1875, he assumed total control of the company, which was renamed Morris \u0026amp; Co.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMorris rented the rural retreat of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kelmscott_Manor\"\u003eKelmscott Manor\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oxfordshire\"\u003eOxfordshire\u003c\/a\u003e, from 1871 while also retaining a main home in London. He was greatly influenced by visits to Iceland with \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eir%C3%ADkr_Magn%C3%BAsson\"\u003eEiríkr Magnússon\u003c\/a\u003e, and he produced a series of English-language translations of Icelandic Sagas. He also achieved success with the publication of his epic poems and novels, namely \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Earthly_Paradise\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Earthly Paradise\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (1868–1870), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A_Dream_of_John_Ball\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Dream of John Ball\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (1888), the Utopian \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/News_from_Nowhere\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eNews from Nowhere\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (1890), and the fantasy romance \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Well_at_the_World%27s_End\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Well at the World's End\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (1896). In 1877, he founded the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Society_for_the_Protection_of_Ancient_Buildings\"\u003eSociety for the Protection of Ancient Buildings\u003c\/a\u003e to campaign against the damage caused by architectural restoration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe embraced \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marxism\"\u003eMarxism\u003c\/a\u003e and was influenced by anarchism in the 1880s and became a committed revolutionary socialist activist. He founded the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Socialist_League_(UK,_1885)\"\u003eSocialist League\u003c\/a\u003e in 1884 after an involvement in the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Social_Democratic_Federation\"\u003eSocial Democratic Federation\u003c\/a\u003e (SDF), but he broke with that organisation in 1890. In 1891, he founded the Kelmscott Press to publish limited-edition, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Illumination_(manuscript)\"\u003eilluminated\u003c\/a\u003e-style print books, a cause to which he devoted his final years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMorris is recognised as one of the most significant cultural figures of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Victorian_Britain\"\u003eVictorian Britain\u003c\/a\u003e. He was best known in his lifetime as a poet, although he posthumously became better known for his designs. The \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Morris_Society\"\u003eWilliam Morris Society\u003c\/a\u003e founded in 1955 is devoted to his legacy, while multiple biographies and studies of his work have been published. Many of the buildings associated with his life are open to visitors, much of his work can be found in art galleries and museums, and his designs are still in production.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTaken from Wikiedia\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquarian Print Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39396561649750,"sku":"","price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1617\/1641\/products\/Plate28_AutumnFlowers_1888_ppr275x375_p240x340.jpg?v=1622692698","url":"https:\/\/antiquarianprintshop.com\/products\/decorator-morris-william-wallpaper-design-autumn-flowers-plate-28-art-nouveau-c1888","provider":"Antiquarian Print Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}