Mary Evelyn Pickering De Morgan was a painter who lived in England between 1855 and 1919. Evelyn was part of the Pre-Raphaelite movement, as was her husband William de Morgan, and later became associated with Aestheticism and English Spiritualism. Much of the information about De Morgan's life and career is to be found in three main texts: her personal diary, her sketchbook, dated 1872-1880, and the biography written by her sister Wilhelmina Pickering Stirling, William de Morgan and his wife of 1922 . Already from the title, one understands the limitation of the author's approach, which focuses more on the life and work of her sister's husband. In addition to this, there is the possibility that not everything in Stirling's biography is correct (especially the account of the first fifteen years of Evelyn's life), as Wilhelmina was much younger than her sister. Another, no less important source of information is the personal book The result of an experiment, published in 1909 by Evelyn and her husband William de Morgan, in which the concepts of spiritualism and mysticism that marked much of Evelyn de Morgan's work are explored in detail.
Mary Evelyn Pickering De Morgan fu una pittrice vissuta in Inghilterra tra il 1855 e il 1919. Evelyn fece parte del movimento preraffaellita, come il marito William de Morgan , legandosi successivamente all’Estetismo e allo Spiritualismo Inglese. Gran parte delle informazioni sulla vita e sulla carriera della De Morgan sono da ricercarsi in tre testi principali: il suo diario personale, il libro di schizzi , datato al 1872-1880, e la biografia scritta dalla sorella Wilhelmina Pickering Stirling, William de Morgan and his wife del 1922 . Già dal titolo, si comprende la limitazione dell’approccio dell’autrice che, si concentra maggiormente sulla vita e sull’operato del marito della sorella. Oltre a questo, vi è la possibilità che non tutto quello che è contenuto nella biografia della Stirling sia corretto (soprattutto il racconto dei primi quindici anni di vita di Evelyn), in quanto Wilhelmina era molto più piccola della sorella. Altra non meno importante fonte di informazioni è il libro personale The result of an experiment , pubblicato nel 1909 da Evelyn e suo marito William de Morgan, nel quale vengono approfonditi soprattutto i concetti di spiritualismo e misticismo che hanno contrassegnato gran parte dei lavori di Evelyn de Morgan.
EVELYN PICKERING DE MORGAN (1855-1919): TRA FEMMINISMO E SPIRITUALISMO
LOVATO, NICOLE
2023/2024
Abstract
Mary Evelyn Pickering De Morgan was a painter who lived in England between 1855 and 1919. Evelyn was part of the Pre-Raphaelite movement, as was her husband William de Morgan, and later became associated with Aestheticism and English Spiritualism. Much of the information about De Morgan's life and career is to be found in three main texts: her personal diary, her sketchbook, dated 1872-1880, and the biography written by her sister Wilhelmina Pickering Stirling, William de Morgan and his wife of 1922 . Already from the title, one understands the limitation of the author's approach, which focuses more on the life and work of her sister's husband. In addition to this, there is the possibility that not everything in Stirling's biography is correct (especially the account of the first fifteen years of Evelyn's life), as Wilhelmina was much younger than her sister. Another, no less important source of information is the personal book The result of an experiment, published in 1909 by Evelyn and her husband William de Morgan, in which the concepts of spiritualism and mysticism that marked much of Evelyn de Morgan's work are explored in detail.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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