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Now open at Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, 'The Empire of Sleep'.
Evelyn De Morgan's 'Night and Sleep' is on loan to the exhibition.
www.marmottan.fr/en/

It looks like we are in for a couple of days of windy weather.
Boreas and the Fallen Leaves, Evelyn De Morgan, c.1910-1914
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Multi-Lustre Dodo Tile by William De Morgan (1898) The dodo is an extinct flightless bird from Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. The dodo was popularised in the Victorian period by Lewis Carol who featured it in Alice in Wonderland. Typical application of these tiles would be in a nursery bathroom.

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Reading about the accelerating decline in wild bird species in the UK made us think of this fellow.

Multi-Lustre Dodo Tile by William De Morgan (1898)
The dodo is an extinct flightless bird from Mauritius and was popularised by Lewis Carol who featured it in 'Alice in Wonderland'.

Here's the other side!

YouTube video by Concarneau Cornouaille Agglomération CCA - Musée de Pont-Aven : Exposition « Sorcières │ fantasmes, savoirs, liberté » - LE TEASER

If you are in Brittany this autumn why not drop into Pont-Aven Museum to see the remarkable Witches exhibition
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Ferocious Creatures vase (detail), William De Morgan, c.1882-1888, Lustre-glazed Earthenware from the De Morgan Collection (C_WDM_0013)

We're delighted to lend some of William De Morgan's ceramics to Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery for the wonderful exhibition 'The Nature of Gothic' (on until mid-December)
www.demorgan.org.uk/exhibitions/...
Including some Ferocious Creatures ...

Looking forward to seeing some of William De Morgan's #FerociousCreatures ceramics in the show!

Looking forward to seeing some of William De Morgan's #FerociousCreatures ceramics in the show!

Six inch ceramic tile, ruby lustre-glazed earthenware on a cream ground, by William De Morgan, title is Fantastic Ducks, made in 1907

#TilesOnTuesday
Looking at the forecast for Tuesday in the UK "lovely weather for ducks" just about sums it up.

So here we are!
William De Morgan, Fantastic Ducks tile (1907)
Lustre-Glazed Earthenware

Study of a male head for ‘Boreas and Oreithyia’

New drawings will be on display from early August.

Study of a female head in profile looking right for ’Queen Eleanor and the Fair Rosamund'

To protect them from too much light exposure we’re changing some of Evelyn De Morgan’s drawings in our Guildhall Art Gallery exhibition at the beginning of August. Next week is your last change to see them before they go back in store for some time.

Our Summer Journal for De Morgan Friends is out now.

OK we're spoiling you now.
Tileophiles can score more here:
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Galleon tile panel by William De Morgan

It’s International Tile Day (yes, it’s a thing) and what better way to celebrate than with some of William De Morgan’s fabulous tiles
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Oh and ....

Behind the scenes at Sorcieres exhibition install at Pont Aven Museum, opening next month!

🐰 Hopping into Easter with William De Morgan’s energetic rabbit/hare designs. 🐇

In these examples, mostly from our collection, they are springing away from a curious blue bear, eye to eye with a Sphinx, being pounced upon by an eagle and leading a three rabbit race.

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❤️Adopt a De Morgan artwork! Choose your or your loved one’s favourite Evelyn artwork or William ceramic in our collection to sponsor and support the work we do.

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Come on in! It’s the first day of our exhibition with the Guildhall Art Gallery, London, celebrating ‘Evelyn De Morgan, The Modern Painter of Victorian London’.

Learn about Evelyn’s groundbreaking career as a female artist in the patriarchal Victorian art world in London.