William Morris was born in Walthamstow in 1834. In 1857 William Morris started to work as a professional painter which then in the 1860s, Morris started revolutionize the art of house decoration and furniture in England after founding the firm of Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. The firm first specialized in providing stained glass and fittings for churches.
Morris & Co. grew into a flourishing and fashionable firm renowned for its wallpapers and textiles.
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William Morris was a leading member of the Arts and Crafts Movement. He is mostly known as a designer of patterns for wallpaper and textiles. Morris was also an artist, designer, printer, typographer, bookbinder, craftsman, poet, writer and champion of socialists' ideals.
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He believed that the art and design of his own time was in poor quality. He felt that this was because of the poor life during the Industrial Revolution.
Morris believed that all design should be based on nature which he saw as the medication to the inferior standards of art and design during the Industrial Revolution. He also encouraged artists and designers to look back to medieval art for their inspiration.
As a designer, William Morris founded the Kelmscott Press to create such interesting books which are being made handmade. This would enhance the craft of printing to an art form.
References:
- Walker Greenbank PLC. The Firm [online] Available at: http://www.william-morris.co.uk/index.aspx [accessed 2th November 2013]
- Petri Liukkonen, 2008. William Morris [online] Available at: http://kirjasto.sci.fi/wmorris.htm [accessed 2th November 2013]
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