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William Morris |
Born: 1834 Died: 1896 Nationality: English Occupation: Artist, designer, writer, socialist Known for: -Wallpaper and textile design -Fantasy fiction / medievalism -Writing poems, most noteable of which was The Earthly Paradise, this is the 3rd last verse of the poem: "Dreamer of dreams, born out of my due time, Why should I strive to set the crooked straight? Let it suffice me that my murmuring rhyme Beats with light wing against the ivory gate, Telling a tale not too importunate To those who in the sleepy region stay, Lulled by the singer of an empty day. "
(Set the crooked straight is possibly a reference to Isaiah 45:2 "I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight." |
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John Ruskin |
Born: 1819 in London, England Died:1900 (aged 80) Nationality: English Occupation: Writer, art critic, draughtsman, watercolourist, social thinker, philanthropist Period: Victorian era Notable works:Modern Painters 5 vols, The Seven Lamps of Architecture, The Stones of Venice, 3 vols, Unto This Last, Fors Clavigera, Praeterita 3 vols. Spouse: Euphemia Chalmers Gray (marriage annulled) Other Facts: Architects including Le Corbusier, Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright and Walter Gropius incorporated Ruskin’s ideas in their work. |
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Elbert Green Hubbard |
Born: 1856 in Illinois, U.S. Died: 1915 (aged 58) Occupation: Writer, publisher, artist, philosopher Religion/Politics: Hubbard described himself as an anarchist and a socialist. He believed in social, economic, domestic, political, mental and spiritual freedom. in A Message to Garcia and Thirteen Other Things (1901), Hubbard explained his Credo by writing "I believe John Ruskin, William Morris, Henry Thoreau, Walt Whitman and Leo Tolstoy to be Prophets of God, and they should rank in mental reach and spiritual insight with Elijah, Hosea, Ezekiel and Isaiah."[3]:i Spouse(s): Bertha Crawford Hubbard(divorced); Alice Moore Hubbard (1904–1915) His last words after being torpedoed by a German U-boat : 'Well, Jack, they have got us. They are a damn sight worse than I ever thought they were.' |
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Philip Webb |
Image: Red House, Bexleyheath Born: 1831 Died:1915 Nationality: English Occupation: Architect Known for: -Founding the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings in 1877. |
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Peter Behrens |
Born: 1868 Hamburg Died: 1940 (aged 71) Berlin Occupation: Painter, illustrator and book-binder but would eventually become an artistic consultant for AEG Nationality: German Buildings:AEG Turbine Factory Projects |
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Victor Horta |
Born: 1861, in Belgium Died:1947 (aged 86) in Brussels, Belgium Nationality: Belgian Buildings: * Hôtel Tassel* House and Studio Victor Horta * Hôtel van Eetvelde * Hôtel Solvay * Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels Projects: Brussels-Central railway station
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Gustav Klimt |
Born:1862 Died:1918 (aged 55) Nationality: Imperial Austrian Known for: Painter Notable work(s): Judith and the Head of Holofernes, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, The Kiss, Danaë Movement: Symbolism, Art Nouveau Quote: "I can paint and draw. I believe this myself and a few other people say that they believe this too. But I'm not certain of whether it's true."
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Born: 1863 Died: 1957 (aged 94) Projects:Boekentoren Known for: -Devoting his time to arts of decoration and interior design (silver- and goldsmith’s trade, chinaware and cutlery, fashion design, carpet and fabric design -Contributions to the Art Nouveau movement
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