William Morris Furniture Arts And Crafts Movement

W illiam morris was a leading member of the arts and crafts movement.

William morris furniture arts and crafts movement.

William morris margaret macdonald the four queens. His vision in linking art to industry by applying the values of fine art to the production of commercial design was a key stage in the evolution of design as we know it today. Born in walthamstow east london in march 1834 william morris was a poet artist philosopher typographer political theorist and arguably the most celebrated designer of the arts crafts movement. Morris believed in a utopian style of socialism and his affinity with natural handcrafted wares was doggedly pursued.

The arts and crafts movement that he led in england had ramifications that spread world wide. William morris born march 24 1834 walthamstow near london england died october 3 1896 hammersmith near london english designer craftsman poet and early socialist whose designs for furniture fabrics stained glass wallpaper and other decorative arts generated the arts and crafts movement in england and revolutionized victorian taste. Arts and crafts movement william morris believed people should be surrounded by beautiful well made things. British textile maker william morris so disliked the result of the industrial revolution that he sparked an entire movement resisting it.

This vision inspired the emergence of the arts and crafts movement in the 1860s. William morris and the arts crafts movement why arts crafts is not craftsman our art is the work of a small minority composed of educated persons fully conscious of their aim of producing beauty and distinguished from the great body of workmen by that aim. 3 1896 was an artist designer poet craftsman and political writer who had a major impact on the fashions and ideologies of victorian britain and the english arts and crafts movement. William morris march 24 1834 oct.

It was perceived romantically as being contrived at a much simpler time when life was lived at a pace that was manageable. Writing the art of the people in 1879 the book s message moved the arts and crafts movement forward. He wrote art made by the people and for the people as a happiness to the maker and the user. It came about through the ideas of reformers like british artist and writer.