William Morris was one of the most influential Pre-Raphaelite artists, textile designer and writer of his time during the English Arts and Crafts Movement. As an author and medievalist, he helped establish the modern fantasy genre that has gone to inspire contemporary authors of today including J.R.R. Tolkien and J.K. Rowling. Some of his great works include ‘News from Nowhere’ and ‘The Well at the World’s End’. He also contributed in refreshing traditional fabric arts and methods of production. One of the founders of the Society for Protection of Ancient Buildings, Morris’s name has gone down in history as the iconic figure who changed the face of ancient buildings conservation in the United Kingdom. Some of his best-written works include
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Raised into a wealthy middle class family, he was named after his father, a financier who worked as a partner in the Sanderson & Co. firm, bill brokers and his mother was Emma Morris, who came from Woodford Hall in Woodford, Essex. Nature and reading were the passions of William's childhood, and the novels of Walter Scott inspired him with an abiding love of the Middle Ages. At first William thought his calling was for holy orders, but later decided to take up the useful trade of architect after reading Thomas Carlyle and John Ruskin, and he was apprenticed to G.E. Street, who had a considerable ecclesiastical practice, in 1856. But Burne-Jones introduced him to the group of artists known as the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, and by the end of the year Dante Gabriel Rossetti had advised Morris to become a painter and which he …show more content…
Morris and Jane had two daughters, Jane who was born on January 17, 1861 and Mary who was later born on March 25, 1862. In April 1861 Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. was established at 8 Red Lion Square in London. It produced a range of original domestic furnishings including embroidery, tableware and furniture, stained glass and tiles. Wallpapers were soon added to the list because Morris was unable to find any he liked well enough to use in his own home. In 1875 Morris reorganized the firm and became sole
Raised into a wealthy middle class family, he was named after his father, a financier who worked as a partner in the Sanderson & Co. firm, bill brokers and his mother was Emma Morris, who came from Woodford Hall in Woodford, Essex. Nature and reading were the passions of William's childhood, and the novels of Walter Scott inspired him with an abiding love of the Middle Ages. At first William thought his calling was for holy orders, but later decided to take up the useful trade of architect after reading Thomas Carlyle and John Ruskin, and he was apprenticed to G.E. Street, who had a considerable ecclesiastical practice, in 1856. But Burne-Jones introduced him to the group of artists known as the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, and by the end of the year Dante Gabriel Rossetti had advised Morris to become a painter and which he …show more content…
Morris and Jane had two daughters, Jane who was born on January 17, 1861 and Mary who was later born on March 25, 1862. In April 1861 Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. was established at 8 Red Lion Square in London. It produced a range of original domestic furnishings including embroidery, tableware and furniture, stained glass and tiles. Wallpapers were soon added to the list because Morris was unable to find any he liked well enough to use in his own home. In 1875 Morris reorganized the firm and became sole