Happy Lunar New Year
Luna (1885), Evelyn De Morgan
Happy Lunar New Year
Luna (1885), Evelyn De Morgan
We've updated our De Morgan Collection display at Watts Gallery recently (see pic). We are now in the middle of planning the rehang of our own museum at Cannon Hall in Barnsley - reopening at Easter. Watch this space!
The very last day of our Evelyn De Morgan exhibition at the Guildhall Art Gallery in London today. A cold day, but it hasn't put off visitors, it was quite busy this morning!
Merry Christmas to one and all
Four ethereal, robed women with flowing hair linger among misty clouds. Above them, a star glows in a pastel landscape. Inspired by Evelyn De Morgan, this dreamy scene evokes the mystical Daughters of the Mist from the De Morgan Collection.
Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'sisterhood' for Women of Influence: The Pattle Sisters at Watts Gallery ππΌοΈ
We've selected Daughters of the Mist by Evelyn De Morgan from @demorganfoundation.bsky.social
See more work by William & Evelyn De Morgan at Cannon Hall Museum
Round ceramic plate with three large red flowers in the center surrounded by red leaves and snake-like patterns on a beige background.
Thanks for another great #OnlineArtExchange πΈ
Next week's theme is 'sisterhood' for Women of Influence: The Pattle Sisters at Watts Gallery
'Lustre Snake and Daisy Plate' by William Frend De Morgan (1839β1917) π· De Morgan Foundation
Medieval illuminated manuscript depicting the Pentecost.
π³ Tomorrow's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'the natural world' for The Nature of Gothic at Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery
The exhibition explores how artists have represented the natural world π https://blackburnmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/the-nature-of-gothic/
π· Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery
Still on and worth seeing at Guildhall Art Gallery in the City of London: Evelyn De Morgan's swirling fabrics, and a surprising amount of bare flesh, as in Boreas and Oreithyia (1896, @demorganfoundation.bsky.social). Read about the show on our blog: art-exhibitions.blogspot.com/2025/05/evel...
A bearded man in dark clothing sits at a desk holding a decorative vase, possibly inspired by William De Morgan. Behind him, shelves with books and papers and a large decorative plate
A decorative tile pocket mirror with an ornate blue floral pattern inspired by William De Morgan is displayed in front of blue packaging labeled "Leicester Museums & Galleries Mirror.
A blue square box with a window displays a ceramic tile coaster inspired by William De Morgan, featuring an intricate floral pattern in shades of blue on a beige background. The box is labeled "CERAMIC TILE COASTER" at the bottom.
A ceramic tile coaster with a floral design inspired by William De Morgan, featuring brown flowers, green leaves, and blue accents. Displayed in pink square packaging with a clear window; "CERAMIC TILE COASTER" text at the bottom.
This week the #OnlineArtExchnage celebrates #MuseumShopSunday this weekend ποΈ
The @demorganfoundation.bsky.social has a lovely range of prints, tiles and coasters.
You can also see more work by William and Evelyn De Morgan when you next visit Cannon Hall Museum
#art #ceramic #tiles
Now open at MusΓ©e Marmottan Monet, Paris, 'The Empire of Sleep'.
Evelyn De Morgan's 'Night and Sleep' is on loan to the exhibition.
www.marmottan.fr/en/
It looks like we are in for a couple of days of windy weather.
Boreas and the Fallen Leaves, Evelyn De Morgan, c.1910-1914
www.demorgan.org.uk/collection/b...
Multi-Lustre Dodo Tile by William De Morgan (1898) The dodo is an extinct flightless bird from Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. The dodo was popularised in the Victorian period by Lewis Carol who featured it in Alice in Wonderland. Typical application of these tiles would be in a nursery bathroom.
#TilesOnTuesday
Reading about the accelerating decline in wild bird species in the UK made us think of this fellow.
Multi-Lustre Dodo Tile by William De Morgan (1898)
The dodo is an extinct flightless bird from Mauritius and was popularised by Lewis Carol who featured it in 'Alice in Wonderland'.
Here's the other side!
If you are in Brittany this autumn why not drop into Pont-Aven Museum to see the remarkable Witches exhibition
youtu.be/95tLVJogO0E?...
Ferocious Creatures vase (detail), William De Morgan, c.1882-1888, Lustre-glazed Earthenware from the De Morgan Collection (C_WDM_0013)
We're delighted to lend some of William De Morgan's ceramics to Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery for the wonderful exhibition 'The Nature of Gothic' (on until mid-December)
www.demorgan.org.uk/exhibitions/...
Including some Ferocious Creatures ...
Looking forward to seeing some of William De Morgan's #FerociousCreatures ceramics in the show!
Looking forward to seeing some of William De Morgan's #FerociousCreatures ceramics in the show!
Six inch ceramic tile, ruby lustre-glazed earthenware on a cream ground, by William De Morgan, title is Fantastic Ducks, made in 1907
#TilesOnTuesday
Looking at the forecast for Tuesday in the UK "lovely weather for ducks" just about sums it up.
So here we are!
William De Morgan, Fantastic Ducks tile (1907)
Lustre-Glazed Earthenware
Study of a male head for βBoreas and Oreithyiaβ
New drawings will be on display from early August.
Study of a female head in profile looking right for βQueen Eleanor and the Fair Rosamund'
To protect them from too much light exposure weβre changing some of Evelyn De Morganβs drawings in our Guildhall Art Gallery exhibition at the beginning of August. Next week is your last change to see them before they go back in store for some time.
Our Summer Journal for De Morgan Friends is out now.
OK we're spoiling you now.
Tileophiles can score more here:
www.demorgan.org.uk/discover/the...
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