{"title":"William Morris","description":"\u003cp\u003eWilliam Morris (24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896) was an English textile designer, poet, artist, 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 establish the modern fantasy genre, while he campaigned for socialism in fin de siècle Great Britain. Morris was born in Walthamstow, Essex, to a wealthy middle-class family. He came under the strong influence of medievalism while studying classics at Oxford University, where he joined the Birmingham Set.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter university, he married Jane Burden, and developed close friendships with \u003ca class=\"artist-bio-link\" href=\"\/collections\/pre-raphaelites-symbolism\"\u003ePre-Raphaelite\u003c\/a\u003e artists and poets such as \u003ca class=\"artist-bio-link\" href=\"\/collections\/dante-gabriel-rossetti\"\u003eDante Gabriel Rossetti\u003c\/a\u003e, Algernon Charles Swinburne, and Edward Burne-Jones, as well as with Neo-Gothic architect Philip Webb. Webb and Morris designed Red House in Kent where Morris lived from 1859 to 1865, before moving to Bloomsbury, central London. In 1861, Morris founded the Morris, Marshall, Faulkner \u0026amp; Co. decorative arts firm with Burne-Jones, Rossetti, Webb,, which became highly fashionable and much in demand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe firm profoundly influenced interior decoration throughout the Victorian period, with Morris designing tapestries, wallpaper, fabrics, furniture, and stained glass windows. In 1875, he assumed total control of the company, which was renamed Morris \u0026amp; Co.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis best-known works include \u003cem\u003eRed House\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eStrawberry Thief\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA Dream of John Ball\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eWillow Boughs\u003c\/em\u003e. He is identified with \u003ca class=\"artist-bio-link\" href=\"\/collections\/symbolism\"\u003eSymbolism\u003c\/a\u003e. Within his body of work, the \u003ca class=\"artist-bio-link\" href=\"\/collections\/pre-raphaelite-brotherhood\"\u003ePre Raphaelite Brotherhood\u003c\/a\u003e current is dominant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"William Morris\",\"birthDate\":\"1834-03-24T00:00:00Z\",\"deathDate\":\"1896-10-03T00:00:00Z\",\"nationality\":\"United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland\",\"jobTitle\":\"painter\",\"description\":\"William Morris (24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896) was an English textile designer, poet, artist, writer, and socialist activist associated with the British Arts and Crafts movement. 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