20 facts about the artist william morris?

Facts about William Morris:

--- A direct influence on postwar authors such as J. R. R. Tolkien.

--- An English textile designer, artist, writer, and utopian socialist associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and the English Arts and Crafts Movement.

--- His best-known works include The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems (1858), The Earthly Paradise (1868–1870), A Dream of John Ball (1888), the utopian News from Nowhere (1890), and the fantasy romance The Well at the World's End (1896).

--- A major contributor to reviving traditional textile arts and methods of production

--- One of the founders of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings

--- He helped to establish the modern fantasy genre

--- The 1896 Kelmscott edition of the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer is considered a masterpiece of book design.

--- Known for Wallpaper and textile design / Fantasy author / medievalist / Socialist

--- Although not trained as an architect, William Morris had a profound influence on building design.

--- William Morris was also a painter, poet, political publisher, typeface designer, and furniture-maker.

--- William Morris attended Marlborough and Exeter College, Oxford University.

--- Made the Red House (1859), Armoury & Tapestry Room (1866)

--- Morris was against the aggressive foreign policy of Conservative Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli and he supported Liberal Party leader William Gladstone.

--- He began writing for the Socialist Party and participated in socialist demonstrations.

--- William Morris founded Morris & Co whose designs came to embody the ideas of the Arts and Crafts Movement.

--- William Morris's own designs for fabrics, wallpapers and numerous other products were to prove a massive influence in Britain

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