Most people have heard of William Morris, one of the leaders of the 19th century Arts and Crafts movement. His abstract, nature-inspired designs still adorn everything from wallpaper to notebooks ...

Held in the Museum’s main temporary exhibition spaces and organised by a team of mostly external curators, the exhibition, entitled “William Morris and Art from the Islamic World,” looks at ...

Inspired by the writings of social philosopher John Ruskin, William Morris (1834-1896) defined art as “the expression by man of his pleasure in labor," and dedicated himself to art inspired by ...

Nearly 130 years after his death, the British artist William Morris’ designs are everywhere, from wallpapers and dinnerware to phone cases and hand cream. The ubiquity of Morris’ intricate ...

How did this Victorian designer and socialist, known for championing craftsmanship, become an icon of consumer culture?

The designer, artist, author and all-round polymath William Morris (1834-1896) championed the democratisation of good taste, said Nancy Durrant in The Times. An "ardent socialist", he famously ...

Nearly 130 years after his death, the British artist William Morris’ designs are everywhere, from wallpapers and dinnerware to phone cases and hand cream. The ubiquity of Morris’ intricate ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. This is a design by the British artist and designer May Morris. May was born in 1862 and died in 1938. Her father ...

One Mary Newill, a key figure in the Birmingham School of Art between 1892 and 1919. The Newill rug is inspired by Mary ...

In the 1830s, the tiny French village of Barbizon became the centre of a quiet revolution in landscape painting that would have a defining influence on the Impressionists and their successors.

Poet, social reformer, writer, publisher, and above all artist and designer. There is little William Morris couldn’t or didn’t do, so much so that, in 1896, as he lay dying at the age of 62, a doctor ...