Voyages Of Discovery:

De Morgans and the sea.

A talk by Claire Longworth, Curator of The De Morgan Centre

Sunday 19th February 2012 - 4pm

Claire’s talk will focus on the recently opened exhibition at the centre.

The theme of the sea was a major source of inspiration for both William De Morgan’s Arts and Crafts ceramics and his wife Evelyn’s paintings.  Inspired by Medieval galleons manned by sailors on the lookout for giant fish, dolphins and sea monsters, these images formed part of William De Morgan’s quirky cast of characters and Evelyn’s mythological subjects such as Ariadne and Phosphorous & Hesperus.

De Morgan was a lifelong friend of William Morris, designing tiles and ceramics for Morris & Co.

http://www.demorgan.org.uk/

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Talk £5 per person for CRM Society members.

£6 per person non-members and £7 on the door.

Please email to reserve a place. info@crmackintosh.co.uk

Members and non-members are all welcome. Bar available.

VENUE: Elm Bank Hotel, York. Tel. 01904 610653

Forthcoming Talks

25 March:

                       Arts and Crafts Colonies in Russia by Robert Donald, former principal lecturer in History of Art and Design at Dewsbury College, who delighted us previously with his talks on Frank Lloyd Wright and Vienna Sessionists.  The Russian Hall was exhibited at the 1901 International Exhibition.

 

13 May:          Victor Horta and Brussels Art Nouveau by Professor Barbara van de Wee, Centre for Conservation at University of Leuven in Belgium.  This talk has been arranged jointly with the Architectural Association, Graduate School in Conservation Studies.