Search results
Jane Morris (née Burden; 19 October 1839 – 26 January 1914) was an English embroiderer in the Arts and Crafts movement and an artists' model who embodied the Pre-Raphaelite ideal of beauty. She was a model and muse to her husband William Morris and to Dante Gabriel Rossetti. [1]
Apr 4, 2024 · Jane Morris (1839-1914) was an English embroiderer and artists’ model who embodied the Pre-Raphaelite ideal of beauty. She was a model and muse to her husband William Morris and Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
Rossetti's Obsession: Images of Jane Morris opens from 20 June to 21 September 2014. Bringing together rarely displayed works, the exhibition focuses on Rossetti's fixation with Morris and his depiction of her as the ultimate femme-fatale.
Dec 6, 2022 · In this new biography, ‘How We Might Live: At Home with Jane and William Morris’, we travel with Jane to Italy and Egypt. We see how William’s journeys to Iceland helped him to reimagine his life and work of William Morris.
As one of their top adolescent “stunners” (Rossetti’s word), Jane Burden modelled for all three men while they laboured to produce a series of Arthurian murals for the Oxford Union debating society, her extraordinary beauty resulting not only in the first of many solemn, regal portraits but in a proposal of marriage from Morris.
People also ask
Who was Jane Morris?
Who was Jane Burden Morris?
How did Jane Morris become a great pianist?
Did Jane Morris really love Rossetti?
Feb 9, 2023 · Jane Morris (née Jane Burden, 1839-1914) was an English artists' model who embodied the Pre-Raphaelite ideal of beauty. She was a model and muse to William Morris (1834–1896) and eventually married him.