William Morris
William Morris was
born on the 24th of March 1834 and died on the 3rd of
October 1896. Morris was an English textile Designer, artist writer and
libertarian socialist, which is associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
and with the English Arts and Crafts Movement. Morris than started a firm
partnership with the artist Edward Burne-Jones, and also the poet and artist
Dante Gabriel Rossetti which these artists helped influence the decoration of
churches and houses into the early 20th century. Morris as an
author, an illustrator and medievalist, Morris helped establish the modern
fantasy genre, and was a big influence on postwar authors including John Ronald
Reuel Tolkien. Tolkien was also a huge contributor in reviving the traditional
textile’s art work and the methods of production, and the ones who figured out
the society for the protection of Ancient Buildings, and now a created element
in the protection of the historic buildings in the UK. William Morris used to
write and publish poetry, fiction and translationsof ancient and medieval texts
throughout Morris’ life. Some of his best works: The Defence of Guenevere and
Other Poems which was published in 1858, The Earthly Paradise which was
published in 1868 till 1870, A Dream of John Ball which was published in 1888,
The Utopian News from Nowhere which was published in 1890, and another piece of
work is the fantasy romance The Well at the World’s End which was published in
1896. Morris was a very important human being in the emergence of socialism in
Britain, founding the socialist League in
1884, but there was a breaking point with the organization over the
goals and methods by the end of the decade. Morris devoted most of his life to
the Kelmscott Press, which he had founded in 1891. Kelmscott was into the
publishing of limited edition, illuminated style print books. The Works of
Geoffrey Chaucer is considered and known as a masterpiece of book design, this
if from the 1896 Kelmscott edition.
William Morris was a well-known
man, who his accomplishments were legion. In his life Morris was an accomplished
businessman, a socialist, a conservator of historic and ancient buildings, he
was also a designer of tiles, tapestries, carpets, linoleum, stained glass and
furniture. Morris nowadays is mostly known as a designer of wallpaper and
fabric and by extension, of notecards, gift wrap, scarves and more. Morris’
wallpaper and fabric designs has never been out of production and sales, he
produced his first wallpaper design in 1864. Morris’ designs were to be used
any time of the year because there weren’t any season so they could be used.
His designs are based on natural forms and patterns, so many people were very
interested in Morris’ wallpaper and fabric designs, his designs had a very nice
appeal, and many use his designed wallpaper and fabric in modern house use.
References:
- William Morris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 2013. William Morris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [ONLINE] Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Morris. [Accessed 03 April 2013].
- William Morris Wallpaper & Fabrics - . 2013. William Morris Wallpaper & Fabrics - . [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.william-morris.com/. [Accessed 03 April 2013].
- The Textile Blog: Bullerswood Carpet by William Morris. 2013. The Textile Blog: Bullerswood Carpet by William Morris. [ONLINE] Available at: http://thetextileblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/bullerswood-carpet-by-william-morris.html. [Accessed 03 April 2013].
- William Morris | The Beauty of Life Lecture | Broached Blog. 2013. William Morris | The Beauty of Life Lecture | Broached Blog. [ONLINE] Available at: http://broachedblog.com/william-morris-the-beauty-of-life-lecture/. [Accessed 03 April 2013].
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