Walter Crane Swan Rush And Iris

August 23, 2014 | Art Gallery

Walter Crane Swan, Rush And Iris (1875)

This is one of Walter Crane’s earliest designs for wallpaper. Flowers and animals were the most common decorative elements of The Arts and Crafts Movement.

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Gustav Klimt The Tree Of Life

July 28, 2014 | Art Gallery

Gustav Klimt The Tree Of Life (1909)

The Tree of Life, Stoclet Frieze (French: L’Arbre de Vie, Stoclet Frieze) is a painting by Austrian symbolist painter Gustav Klimt. It was completed in 1909 and is based on the Art Nouveau (Modern) style in a symbolic painting genre. It is housed at the Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria. The painting is a study for a series of three mosaics created by Klimt for a 1905-1911 commissioned work at the Palais Stoclet in Brussels, Belgium.The mosaics were created in the artist’s Late Works period, and depicts the Tree of Life with swirling branches, a standing female figure and an embracing couple. The mosaics are spread across three walls of the Palais’ dining room, along with two figural sections set opposite each other.

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William Morris Bird And Pomegranate

July 10, 2014 | Art Gallery

William Morris Bird And Pomegranate Wallpaper Design

William Morris was an English artist, writer, textile designer and socialist associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and English Arts and Crafts Movement. This gorgeous wallpaper design shows birds amidst branches of foliage and pomegranate fruits.