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Gold compositional study of male and female figures for ‘Earthbound’
Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn
Compositional drawing for ‘Earthbound’. Also see D_EDM_0228a for handwritten label from frame.
Study of a hand holding a brush
Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn
Pencil drawing – study of a hand holding a brush
Study of a Female Head, query Mary Pickering
Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn
Pencil drawing, study of a female head framed in a distinctive reed frame.
Study of feet for ‘The Passing of the Soul at Death’
Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn
These delicate studies of feet demonstrate De Morgan’s innate sense of composition and the attention to detail which she showed in all elements of her works.
Compositional study for Boreas and Oreithyia
Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn
Compositional Study for Evelyn De Morgans painting Boreas and Oreithyia. Evelyn De Morgan (née Pickering), 1896. Charcoal, conté crayon, pastel and gold paint on brown wove paper. This preliminary compositional study conforms to traditional representations of the Greek God of the North Wind, where Boreas is depicted as an aggressive figure with puffed up cheeks, ready to abduct the passive Orethyia. However in Evelyns final painting Boreas is portrayed as a much more tender and sensitive figure. The gap between concept and final treatment suggests the influence that the models commanding appearance had over the project as a whole.
Study of a female torso for ‘The Light Shineth in Darkness and the Darkness Comprehendeth It Not’
Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn
Life studies of a female nude torso, for ‘The Light Shineth in Darkness and the Darkness Comprehendeth It Not’. Charcoal and pastel on light brown paper
The Wrestlers, drawing from the antique, male nudes
Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn
Tonal study in charcoal and graphite on cream wove paper. The Slade was one of the first Schools of Art to allow women artists to study anatomy and life drawing. This detailed drawing from a cast of the original marble from the 3rd Century BC in the Uffizi Gallery, shows the influence of the Greek ideal of beauty on Evelyns classical training.
Female nude study for ‘Evening Star over the Sea’
Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn
Life study of a floating female nude, with outstretched arms and knees bent, for ‘Evening Star over the Sea’, charcoal and pastel on dark grey paper.
Compositional study for ‘The Passing of the Soul at Death’
Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn
Compositional study for ‘The Passing of the Soul at Death’. Pastel on dark grey paper. Pastel compositional studies were an essential part of Evelyn De Morgan’s working process and she would have created one or more for each oil painting.
Double female nude study for an unknown painting
Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn
Life studies of two female nudes, one facing right with head bowed and arms outstretched and one facing forward with hand on bowed head, for an unknown painting. Charcoal and pastel on brown paper.
