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Mary "May" Morris (25 March 1862 – 17 October 1938) was an English artisan, embroidery designer, jeweller, socialist, and editor. She was the younger daughter of the Pre-Raphaelite artist and designer William Morris and his wife and artists' model, Jane Morris (née Burden).
- Arts and Crafts movement, British Socialism
- Jenny Morris (sister)
Dec 7, 2021 · Immersed in the world of British design practically from birth, May Morris not only grew to run the embroidery studio of her family’s famous business but also pursued her own endeavors: as a designer, teacher, lecturer, and activist.
Sep 19, 2017 · May Morris? Wasn’t she related to William Morris, the famous English textile designer, writer and socialist? Wife – or daughter? – who edited his poems and copied his designs? If that is all you know about May Morris, you are not alone.
Dec 24, 2021 · The sprawling factories and increasing rural poverty spurred May Morris’s father, William Morris (1834–1896), and others to believe that medieval Britain offered a better model. Morris and his friends dreamed of a return to a time when independent craft workers designed the things they made by hand and families had homes with space to grow ...
Mar 25, 2023 · Born in 1862 to Jane and William Morris of Pre-Raphaelite and Arts and Crafts fame, she was a leading figure among the second generation of the Arts and Crafts movement. After training at the National Art Training School (now Royal College of Art), she began her career in the early 1880s.
Apr 24, 2015 · In this post I want to celebrate the life and work of May Morris, an artist with a well-known name, but who is often overshadowed by her more famous father. Photograph of May Morris by Frederick Hollyer, ca. 1890.
Nov 10, 2017 · A new exhibition at the gallery, May Morris: Art and Life, seeks to redress the imbalance, establishing May as one of the leading designers of the early 20th-century Arts and Crafts movement....
