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Evelyn De Morgan.(Report from Europe)(Brief Article)

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Evelyn De Morgan (nee Pickering) was born in 1855 and was among the first women to study at the Slade School of Fine Art in London, where she won a number of prizes. She then worked and studied in Italy and, on her return to Britain, established her own studio in London. In 1887 she married William De Morgan, a potter, painter, designer, and novelist. They settled and worked together in London.

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Evelyn De Morgan's inspiration came from the Italian Renaissance, particularly the work of Sandro Botticelli. Her figures of women have a dreamlike quality that is reminiscent of the Italian painter and of her contemporaries, the Pre-Raphaelites. Her subjects were largely literary and included scenes from the Bible, classical mythology, and medieval and contemporary poetry. She was successful, and ...

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