William Morris (1834-1896)
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- Name (English)
- William Morris
- Short name
- William Morris
- Year of birth
- 1834
- Year of death
- 1896
- Short Description
- "William Morris (24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896) 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 played a significant role proliferating the early socialist movement in Britain.
Morris 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 trained as an architect, married Jane Burden, and developed close friendships with Pre-Raphaelite artists Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti and with Neo-Gothic architect Philip Webb. Webb and Morris designed Red House in Kent where Morris lived from 1859 to 1865, before moving to Bloomsbury, central London. In 1861, Morris founded the Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. 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 Victorian period, with Morris designing tapestries, wallpaper, fabrics, furniture, and stained glass windows. In 1875, he assumed total control of the company, which was renamed Morris & Co." - (en.wikipedia.org 26.01.2020) - Entity Encoding
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William Morris, Kunde von Nirgendwo
William Morris' "Kunde von...
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The Floure and the Leafe. The boke of Cupide, god of love, or the Cockow and the Nightingale. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press
Das Gedicht "The Floure and...
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William Morris: The Wood beyond the world. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press
Die Novelle "The Wood beyond...
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Image: Alle Rechte: GRASSI Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Leipzig. GRASSI MAK Arbeitsfoto - CC BY-NC-SA
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