Art with a Mission: Objects of the Arts and Crafts Movement

Exhibition

Exhibition Overview

Art with a Mission: Objects of the Arts and Crafts Movement
Art with a Mission: Objects of the Arts and Crafts Movement
Pat Fidler, curator
March 31, 1991–May 26, 1991
Kress Gallery and South Balcony, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

More than one hundred English and American objects from the late nineteenth century document development of the Arts and Crafts movement. Furniture by Gustav Stickley; stained glass from the studio of Louis Comfort Tiffany; prints, wallpaper, and book illustrations by William Morris; and ceramics, silver, metalwork, and jewelry are on display.

Exhibition images

Works of art

Sussex chair, William Morris; Morris, Marshal, Faulkner & Co.
William Morris; Morris, Marshal, Faulkner & Co.
Sussex chair, circa 1870
baluster from the Carson, Pirie, Scott building, Chicago, George Grant Elmslie; Louis Henry Sullivan
George Grant Elmslie; Louis Henry Sullivan
vase, Sarah Agnes Estelle Irvine; Joseph Fortune Meyer; Newcomb Pottery
Sarah Agnes Estelle Irvine; Joseph Fortune Meyer; Newcomb Pottery
vase, 1918
vase, Anna Frances Simpson; Joseph Fortune Meyer; Newcomb Pottery
Anna Frances Simpson; Joseph Fortune Meyer; Newcomb Pottery
vase, 1918
Salamander vase, Louis Comfort Tiffany
Louis Comfort Tiffany
Salamander vase, 1905–1910
Frontispiece for "The Chap-Book", William Henry Bradley
William Henry Bradley
frontispiece for "When Hearts are Trumps", William Henry Bradley
William Henry Bradley
Christmas cover for "The Inland Printer", William Henry Bradley
William Henry Bradley
Modern Art, Arthur Wesley Dow
Arthur Wesley Dow
Modern Art, late 1800s–early 1900s
Lucretia, William Morris; Edward Burne-Jones
William Morris; Edward Burne-Jones
Lucretia, before 1896
Double Bough, William Morris
William Morris
Double Bough, 1890
Hope, John La Farge
John La Farge
Hope, circa 1908
Armorial Composition, John La Farge
John La Farge
Armorial Composition, circa 1897
Virgil, John La Farge
John La Farge
Virgil, circa 1893
Bert's Iris, William Seltzer Rice
William Seltzer Rice
Bert's Iris, 1920
Qa'hila - Koprino, Edward Sheriff Curtis
Edward Sheriff Curtis
Still life (Waterlilies), Adolf de Meyer
Adolf de Meyer
The Cloud, Bavaria, Plate #1, Alvin Langdon Coburn
Alvin Langdon Coburn
The Ferry, New York, Alvin Langdon Coburn
Alvin Langdon Coburn
untitled (bust of a female figure), Gertrude Stanton Käsebier
Gertrude Stanton Käsebier
untitled (portrait of Mrs. Vitale), Gertrude Stanton Käsebier
Gertrude Stanton Käsebier
untitled (portrait of Mrs. Vitale), late 1800s–early 1900s
The Resurrection, Heaton, Butler & Bayne, New York & London
Heaton, Butler & Bayne, New York & London
The Resurrection, late 1800s

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Object List