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The American Arts and Crafts movement was the aesthetic counterpart of its contemporary political philosophy, progressivism. Characteristically, when the Arts and Crafts Society began in October 1897 in Chicago, it was at Hull House, one of the first American settlement houses for social reform.
Red House. / 51.45556°N 0.13028°E / 51.45556; 0.13028. Red House is a significant Arts and Crafts building located in Bexleyheath, south-east London, England. Co-designed in 1859 by the architect Philip Webb and the designer William Morris, it was created to serve as a family home for Morris. Construction was completed in 1860.
William Morris. William Morris (24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896) was an English textile designer, poet, artist, [ 1] writer, and socialist activist associated with the British Arts and Crafts movement. He was a major contributor to the revival of traditional British textile arts and methods of production. His literary contributions helped to ...
Geoffrey Lupton. Geoffrey Henry Lupton (2 September 1882 – 30 December 1949) was a British architect and furniture designer who is best known for his contribution to the Arts and Crafts movement, working with Ernest Gimson and Sidney Barnsley .
Red House, London may mean. The Red House, Bexleyheath, designed by the Arts and Crafts architect Philip Webb for William Morris in 1859. The Red House, Bayswater, designed by the British Queen Anne Revival architect J. J. Stevenson for himself in 1874. The Red House, Byron Hill Road, Harrow, designed by E. S. Prior in Queen Anne Revival style ...
Red House, Bexleyheath, Standen. Philip Speakman Webb (12 January 1831 – 17 April 1915) was a British architect and designer sometimes called the Father of Arts and Crafts Architecture. His use of vernacular architecture demonstrated his commitment to "the art of common building." [1] William Morris, Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel ...
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (PRB, later known as the Pre-Raphaelites) was a group of English painters, poets, and art critics, founded in 1848 by William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Michael Rossetti, James Collinson, Frederic George Stephens and Thomas Woolner who formed a seven-member "Brotherhood" partly modelled on the Nazarene movement. [1]
Designated. 19 October 1951. Reference no. 1065620. The William Morris Gallery is a museum devoted to the life and works of William Morris, an English Arts and Crafts designer and early socialist. It is located in Walthamstow at Water House, a substantial Grade II* listed Georgian home. [ 1] The extensive grounds of the building are a public ...