DOI issue:
No. 86 (May, 1900)
DOI article:Sparrow, Walter Shaw: The art of Mrs. William de Morgan
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19784#0240
The Art of Evelyn De Morgan
DRAPERY S I I'DIES
one else, since no two persons either see exactly
the same forms and colours, or possess, in equal
measure, a capacity for taking delight in the same
kind of aestheticism. It is certain, then, that this
attempt to estimate the work of Mrs. De Morgan
will meet with some opposition everywhere. Many
persons, I have no doubt, will prefer those pictures
in the technique of which the influence of Burne-
Jones happens to be most clearly evident, while
others will find most pleasure when they feel the
presence of Botticelli's spirit, as in the quietly
beautiful picture entitled Flora.
flora is a "small life" figure. She is dressed in
a white robe, dappled with many-tinted pansics,
BY EVELYN DE MORGAN
and the drapery is painted over gold-leaf, which
shines through the colour. The scarf is scarlet,
with a pattern of swallows in gold. The tree in
the background, with its admirably-drawn foliage,
so decorative in effect, is a Nespolo tree, that
bears fruit in the early spring. This picture was
painted entirely in Florence, where Mrs. De
Morgan works during the winter, and none will
fail to notice how lovingly and thoughtfully it is
finished in every part.
Mrs. De Morgan's debt to Botticelli may also
be felt in the illustration to be found on page
229—not in the triple-winged Ithuriel, but in the
exquisite little figure of Eve, who sleeps, dreaming
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DRAPERY S I I'DIES
one else, since no two persons either see exactly
the same forms and colours, or possess, in equal
measure, a capacity for taking delight in the same
kind of aestheticism. It is certain, then, that this
attempt to estimate the work of Mrs. De Morgan
will meet with some opposition everywhere. Many
persons, I have no doubt, will prefer those pictures
in the technique of which the influence of Burne-
Jones happens to be most clearly evident, while
others will find most pleasure when they feel the
presence of Botticelli's spirit, as in the quietly
beautiful picture entitled Flora.
flora is a "small life" figure. She is dressed in
a white robe, dappled with many-tinted pansics,
BY EVELYN DE MORGAN
and the drapery is painted over gold-leaf, which
shines through the colour. The scarf is scarlet,
with a pattern of swallows in gold. The tree in
the background, with its admirably-drawn foliage,
so decorative in effect, is a Nespolo tree, that
bears fruit in the early spring. This picture was
painted entirely in Florence, where Mrs. De
Morgan works during the winter, and none will
fail to notice how lovingly and thoughtfully it is
finished in every part.
Mrs. De Morgan's debt to Botticelli may also
be felt in the illustration to be found on page
229—not in the triple-winged Ithuriel, but in the
exquisite little figure of Eve, who sleeps, dreaming
227