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Study for ‘The Angel of Death I’, male
Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn
Study of an unknown male
Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn
Study of an unknown female
Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn
Study for female head – face tilted
Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn
Study of an old beggar man from ‘St. Christina Giving her Father’s Jewels to the Poor’, male
Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn
The Worship of Mammon
Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn
As a spiritualist Evelyn was obsessed with the opposing concepts of materialism and spiritual wellbeing and she returns to this theme in several of her paintings. The most overt representation being in her painting, The Worship of Mammon, which she painted in 1909
Mammon is the God of worldliness….
The Storm Spirits
Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn
In this painting the element of rain, thunder and lightning are personified as strong, beautiful female spirits, causing chaos and turbulence In the sea below them. To the left, dressed in yellow, is the spirit of Rain pouring grey water from a never-ending vial. To the right, Lightning – a red-win…
Boreas and Oreithyia
Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn
Evelyn continually revisited the theme of mythology during the first three decades of her working career, no doubt this was in part due to the theme being equally popular with the art market of the day.
In this painting Boreas, the Greek god of the north wind, is represented as usual as a winged…
The Angel of Death I
Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn
The theme of death was an increasingly common theme in Evelyns oeuvre as time went by. The Angel of Death I is the most overt representation of the subject and demonstrates Evelyns spiritualist belief that death is to be welcomed and not feared.
Evelyn depicts the Angel of Death, who is symboli…
The Poor Man who Saved the City
Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn
In this painting a poor man sits dejectedly, whilst behind him the people of the city, bedecked in bright coloured robes celebrate its salvation. There are brambles at the feet of the poor man, symbolising the thorns and pains of his life as a poor man, compared to the richness behind him. At the po…
