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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

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

William Morris (1834–1896); Morris, Marshal, Faulkner & Co., Sussex chair — Sussex chair

William Morris, Morris, Marshal, Faulkner & Co.

circa 1870

George Grant Elmslie (1869–1952); Louis Henry Sullivan (1856–1924), baluster from the Carson, Pirie, Scott building, Chicago — baluster from the Carson, Pirie, Scott building, Chicago

George Grant Elmslie, Louis Henry Sullivan

1899–1904

Sarah Agnes Estelle Irvine (1887–1970); Joseph Fortune Meyer (1848–1931); Newcomb Pottery (active 1895–1940), vase — vase

Sarah Agnes Estelle Irvine, Joseph Fortune Meyer, Newcomb Pottery

1918

Anna Frances Simpson (1880–1930); Joseph Fortune Meyer (1848–1931); Newcomb Pottery (active 1895–1940), vase — vase

Anna Frances Simpson, Joseph Fortune Meyer, Newcomb Pottery

1918

Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933), Salamander vase — Salamander vase

Louis Comfort Tiffany

1905–1910

William Henry Bradley (1868–1962), Frontispiece for "The Chap-Book" — Frontispiece for "The Chap-Book"

William Henry Bradley

1895

William Henry Bradley (1868–1962), frontispiece for "When Hearts are Trumps" — frontispiece for "When Hearts are Trumps"

William Henry Bradley

1894

William Henry Bradley (1868–1962), Christmas cover for "The Inland Printer" — Christmas cover for "The Inland Printer"

William Henry Bradley

1895

Arthur Wesley Dow (1857–1922), Modern Art — Modern Art

Arthur Wesley Dow

late 1800s–early 1900s

William Morris (1834–1896); Edward Burne-Jones (1833–1898), Lucretia — Lucretia

William Morris, Edward Burne-Jones

before 1896

William Morris (1834–1896), Double Bough — Double Bough

William Morris

1890

John La Farge (1835–1910), Hope — Hope

John La Farge

circa 1908

John La Farge (1835–1910), Armorial Composition — Armorial Composition

John La Farge

circa 1897

John La Farge (1835–1910), Virgil — Virgil

John La Farge

circa 1893

William Seltzer Rice (1873–1963), Bert's Iris — Bert's Iris

William Seltzer Rice

1920

Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868–1952), Qa'hila - Koprino — Qa'hila - Koprino

Edward Sheriff Curtis

1914

Adolf de Meyer (1868–1949), Still life (Waterlilies) — Still life (Waterlilies)

Adolf de Meyer

1908

Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882–1966), The Cloud, Bavaria, Plate #1 — The Cloud, Bavaria, Plate #1

Alvin Langdon Coburn

1908

Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882–1966), The Ferry, New York — The Ferry, New York

Alvin Langdon Coburn

1910

Gertrude Stanton Käsebier (1852–1934), untitled (bust of a female figure) — untitled (bust of a female figure)

Gertrude Stanton Käsebier

circa 1900

Gertrude Stanton Käsebier (1852–1934), untitled (portrait of Mrs. Vitale) — untitled (portrait of Mrs. Vitale)

Gertrude Stanton Käsebier

late 1800s–early 1900s

Heaton, Butler & Bayne, New York & London (active late 1800s), The Resurrection — The Resurrection

Heaton, Butler & Bayne, New York & London

late 1800s

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