Evelyn de Morgan

83 artworks

painter

Born 1850 - Died 1919

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The Light Shineth in Darkness and the Darkness Comprehendeth It Not

1906

3 MPs

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Demeter Mourning for Persephone

1906

Oil on canvas

51.2 x 45.8 cms | 20 x 18 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP

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Lux in Tenebris

1895

Oil on canvas

150.5 x 99.5 cms | 59 ^1/4 x 39 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP

Miss Winifred Bulwer

1880

1 MPs

Mater Dolorosa

The Grieving Mother

1875-1919

Charcoal & chalk with white bodycolour, on grey wove paper

53 x 39 cms | 20 ^3/4 x 15 ^1/4 ins

Leighton House London | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP

The Mourners

c. 1915-1916

Oil on canvas

59 x 88 cms | 23 x 34 ^1/2 ins

Wightwick Manor - National Trust Wolverhampton | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP

The Captives

1915

Oil on canvas

58.5 x 84.2 cms | 23 x 33 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

1 MPs

SOS

1914-1916

Oil on canvas

93.4 x 65.5 cms | 36 ^3/4 x 25 ^3/4 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

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Death of the Dragon

1914-1918

Oil on canvas

114.4 x 151.4 cms | 45 x 59 ^1/2 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

1 MPs

Twilight

1910-1914

Oil on canvas

30.5 x 46.2 cms | 12 x 18 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

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The Passing of the Soul at Death

1910-1919

Oil on canvas

78.8 x 120.8 cms | 31 x 47 ^1/2 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

1 MPs

The Barred Gate

1910-1914

Oil on canvas

66 x 50.8 cms | 25 ^3/4 x 20 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

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Sunbeam and Summer Shower

1910-1914

Oil on canvas

25.5 x 40.8 cms | 10 x 16 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

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Night and Dawn

1910-1914

Oil on canvas

35.7 x 46 cms | 14 x 18 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

1 MPs

Evening Star over the Sea

1910-1914

Oil on canvas

30.7 x 38.5 cms | 12 x 15 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

1 MPs

Death of a Butterfly

1910-1914

Oil on canvas

30.7 x 38.5 cms | 12 x 15 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

1 MPs

Boreas and the Fallen Leaves

1910-1914

Oil on canvas

91.3 x 119.8 cms | 35 ^3/4 x 47 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP

William De Morgan

1909

Oil on canvas

68.8 x 54.8 cms | 27 x 21 ^1/2 ins

National Portrait Gallery London | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP

The Worship of Mammon

1909

Oil on canvas

61.2 x 53 cms | 24 x 20 ^3/4 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

1 MPs

The Prisoner

1907-1908

Oil on canvas

83.6 x 68 cms | 32 ^3/4 x 26 ^3/4 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

1 MPs

Our Lady of Peace

1907

Oil on canvas

195.2 x 100.2 cms | 76 ^3/4 x 39 ^1/4 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

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The Cadence of Autumn

1905

Oil on canvas

93 x 183 cms | 36 ^1/2 x 72 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP

Port after Stormy Seas

1905

Oil on canvas

95.3 x 154 cms | 37 ^1/2 x 60 ^1/2 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP

The Hourglass

1904-1905

Oil on canvas

121.2 x 108.2 cms | 47 ^1/2 x 42 ^1/2 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

1 MPs

Study for 'Saint Christina'

1904

Oil on canvas

65 x 54.4 cms | 25 ^1/2 x 21 ^1/4 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

1 MPs

The Poor Man Who Saved the City

1901

Oil on canvas

115.6 x 53.3 cms | 45 ^1/2 x 20 ^3/4 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP

The Gilded Cage

1901-1902

Oil on canvas

910 x 108.7 cms | 358 ^1/4 x 42 ^3/4 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

1 MPs

Queen Eleanor and the Fair Rosamund

1901-1902

Oil on canvas

75.6 x 66.7 cms | 29 ^3/4 x 26 ^1/4 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

1 MPs

A Soul in Hell

1901-1902

Oil on canvas

67.5 x 87.5 cms | 26 ^1/2 x 34 ^1/4 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

1 MPs

Victoria Dolorosa

Sorrowful Victory

1900

Charcoal, chalk or pastel & gold watercolour, on grey wove paper

64 x 43 cms | 25 x 16 ^3/4 ins

Leighton House London | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP

The Storm Spirits

1900

Oil on canvas

122.5 x 176.5 cms | 48 x 69 ^1/4 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP

Daughters of the Mist

1900-1919

Oil on canvas

119.4 x 101 cms | 47 x 39 ^3/4 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

1 MPs

Helen of Troy

1898

Oil on canvas

124 x 73.8 cms | 48 ^3/4 x 29 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP

Cassandra

1898

Oil on canvas

124 x 73.8 cms | 48 ^3/4 x 29 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP

Blindness and Cupidity Chasing Joy from the City

1897

Oil on canvas

96.5 x 137.2 cms | 37 ^3/4 x 54 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

1 MPs

William De Morgan (1839–1917)

1893

Oil on canvas

42 x 30.5 cms | 16 ^1/2 x 12 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

1 MPs

Life and Thought Emerging from the Tomb

1893

Oil on canvas

165 x 292.5 cms | 64 ^3/4 x 115 ins

Walker Art Gallery Liverpool | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP

The Garden of Opportunity

1892

Oil on canvas

92 x 168.5 cms | 36 x 66 ^1/4 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP

In Memoriam

1890-1919

Oil on canvas

79.3 x 48.2 cms | 31 x 18 ^3/4 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP

The Sea Maidens

1885-1886

Oil on canvas

81.8 x 142.8 cms | 32 x 56 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP

The Salutation

The Visitation

1883-1884

Oil on board

67.2 x 67.8 cms | 26 ^1/4 x 26 ^1/2 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

1 MPs

Sleep and Death: the Children of Night

1883

Oil on canvas

112.8 x 75.8 cms | 44 ^1/4 x 29 ^3/4 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP

Love's Passing

1883-1884

Oil on canvas

71.7 x 109.8 cms | 28 x 43 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP

By the Waters of Babylon

1882-1883

Oil on canvas

89.5 x 167 cms | 35 x 65 ^1/2 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP

The Soul's Prison House

1880-1888

Pigment in glycerine on canvas

78.7 x 50.8 cms | 30 ^3/4 x 20 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP

The Martyr

Nazuraea

1880

Oil on canvas

212 x 102.3 cms | 83 ^1/4 x 40 ^1/4 ins

Southwark Art Collection London | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP

The Little Sea Maid

1880-1888

Oil on canvas

100.2 x 73.4 cms | 39 ^1/4 x 28 ^3/4 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP

The Grey Sisters

1880-1881

Oil on canvas

132.8 x 203.4 cms | 52 ^1/4 x 80 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP

The Angel of Death I

1880

Oil on canvas

93 x 112.8 cms | 36 ^1/2 x 44 ^1/4 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

1 MPs

'Music Sweet Music' (Saint Cecilia)

1880

Oil on canvas

75 x 50 cms | 29 ^1/2 x 19 ^1/2 ins

Wightwick Manor - National Trust Wolverhampton | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP

Venus and Cupid

1878

Oil on canvas

152.5 x 94.4 cms | 60 x 37 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP

Ariadne in Naxos

1877

Oil on canvas

59.8 x 101.2 cms | 23 ^1/2 x 39 ^3/4 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP

Medusa

1873-1885

Gesso on panel with bodycolour

55.5 x 55.5 cms | 21 ^3/4 x 21 ^3/4 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

1 MPs

Mercury

Oil on canvas

73.7 x 48.3 cms | 29 x 19 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP

Cadmus and Harmonia

Oil on canvas

Public collection

less than 1 MP

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Flora

1894

Oil on canvas

199 x 88 cms | 78 ^1/4 x 34 ^1/2 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP

The Crown of Glory

1896

Oil on canvas

105.4 x 54 cms | 41 ^1/2 x 21 ^1/4 ins

Private collection

1 MP

+ 1 more

The Kingdom of Heaven Suffereth Violence and the Violent Take It by Force

1878

Oil on canvas

189 x 132 cms | 74 ^1/4 x 51 ^3/4 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

5 MPs

+ 1 more

The Love Potion

1903

Oil on canvas

104.1 x 52 cms | 40 ^3/4 x 20 ^1/4 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP

+ 1 more

Clytie

1886-1887

Oil on canvas

104.1 x 44.5 cms | 41 x 17 ^1/2 ins

Private collection

2 MPs

Dryad

Oil on canvas

Public collection

less than 1 MP

Hero Awaiting the Return of Leander

1885

Oil on canvas

Public collection

less than 1 MP

Eos

Oil on canvas

Public collection

less than 1 MP

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Medea

1889

Oil on canvas

148 x 88 cms | 58 ^1/4 x 34 ^1/2 ins

Williamson Art Gallery and Museum Birkenhead | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP

S.O.S.

Oil on canvas

Public collection

less than 1 MP

+ 1 more

Boreas and Oreithyia

1896-1885

Oil on canvas

137.2 x 96.5 cms | 54 x 37 ^3/4 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP

Gloria in Excelsis

Oil on canvas

Public collection

less than 1 MP

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The Red Cross

1914-1916

Oil on canvas

85 x 59.5 cms | 33 ^1/4 x 23 ^1/4 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP

The Field of the Slain

Oil on canvas

Public collection

less than 1 MP

Phosphorus and Hesperus

Oil on canvas

Public collection

less than 1 MP

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Luna (Moon)

1885

Oil on canvas

99 x 84.4 cms | 38 ^3/4 x 33 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

1 MPs

Queen Eleanor and Fair Rosamund

Oil on canvas

Public collection

less than 1 MP

Hope in the Prison of Despair

Oil on panel

58 x 65 cms | 22 ^3/4 x 25 ^1/2 ins

Public collection

less than 1 MP

Angel Piping to the Souls in Hell

Private collection

less than 1 MP

The Angel with the Serpent

Oil on canvas

90.2 x 111.8 cms | 35 ^1/2 x 44 ins

Private collection

1 MP

+ 1 more

Earthbound

1897

Oil on canvas

87.6 x 118.1 cms | 34 ^1/4 x 46 ^1/4 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

1 MPs

+ 1 more

Sleep and Night

1878-1878

Oil on canvas

106.7 x 157.5 cms | 42 x 61 ^3/4 ins

De Morgan Collection Cawthorne | United Kingdom

6 MPs

+ 1 more

Dawn (Aurora Triumphans)

1886

Oil on canvas

114.5 x 170.5 cms | 45 x 67 ins

Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum Bournemouth

less than 1 MP

Portrait of Jane Morris (Study for The Hourglass)

1904

Pastel on paper

Public collection

less than 1 MP

Head of a Young Girl

Colored Chalks on Brown Paper

21 x 30 cms | 8 ^1/4 x 11 ^3/4 ins

Private collection

3 MPs

Study for In Memoriam

1898

Drawing

47 x 33 cms | 18 ^1/2 x 12 ^3/4 ins

Private collection

3 MPs

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Moonbeams Dipping into the Sea

1910-1914

Oil on canvas

99 x 70.8 cms | 38 ^3/4 x 27 ^3/4 ins

Knightshayes Court - National Trust Tiverton | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP

Study For Moonbeams Dipping Into The Ocean

Pastel on paper

24.5 x 15 cms | 9 ^1/2 x 5 ^3/4 ins

Private collection

less than 1 MP