His artistic and poetic skill, along with the radical new ethos on art and society that he espoused, sent shockwaves through the worlds of art, architecture, design, poetry, and political thought. William Morris (March 24, 1834–Oct. The William Morris Internet Archive is dedicated to Nick Salmon in appreciation for all the work he did in transcribing and providing all the documents marked with a *. The legacy of William Morris is as extensive as it is difficult to trace. ~William Morris William Morris was one of the most influential voices in Victorian art and architecture, and his influence spread far into the 20th century in the form of the Arts and Crafts Movement that he helped spawn. William Morris, (born March 24, 1834, Walthamstow, near London, England—died October 3, 1896, Hammersmith, near London), English designer, craftsman, poet, and early socialist, whose designs for furniture, fabrics, stained glass, wallpaper, and other decorative arts generated the Arts and Crafts movement in England and revolutionized Victorian taste. The Legacy of William Morris. Our art is the work of a small minority composed of educated persons, fully conscious of their aim of producing beauty, and distinguished from the great body of workmen by that aim. There is an obituary for Nick, written by Peter Faulkner for the Independant. Er war weiter einer der Gründer des Arts and Crafts Movement und früher Begründer der sozialistischen Bewegung in Großbritannien. The Arts & Crafts emerged in the United Kingdom around 1860, at roughly the same time as the closely related Aesthetic Movement, but the spread of the Arts & Crafts across the Atlantic to the United States in the 1890s, enabled it to last longer - at least into the 1920s. He also had a profound influence on building design, but he's better known today for his textile designs, which have been repurposed as wallpaper and wrapping paper. Those who followed the Arts and Crafts … William Morris and the Arts & Crafts Movement Why Arts & Crafts is Not Craftsman. Catalog Articles Installations How to Order Site Map Search Contact. William Morris war ein britischer Maler, Architekt, Dichter, Kunstgewerbler, Ingenieur und Drucker. William Morris was a Marxist with a very spiritual passion for beauty – a paradoxical visionary who saw no contradiction between socialism and soft furnishings. About this Archive Morris and those who following him believed in high-quality materials and good, but not overly-complicated, design. 3, 1896) was an artist, designer, poet, craftsman, and political writer who had a major impact on the fashions and ideologies of Victorian Britain and the English Arts and Crafts Movement.