Sea monsters surround our damsel in distress as Evelyn de Morgan illustrates both personal and global perils in the midst of the First World War. SOS.
De Morgan was a pacifist and, within her artwork, expressed her fears towards the effects of war, in particular with the onset of the Second Boer War and later with World War I, (1914-1916), The construction of parables could be regarded as her method of combining anti-war messages with her broad spiritual beliefs, the same way her palette might constitute a bridge to the superconscious. A 100 years ago, in May 1919, De Morgan passed away. And, although 2019 marks the centenary of her death, her paintings are perhaps more relevant than ever. She was a woman working as a painter in the nineteenth century. Thus, she was one of very few female artists to succeed in the 1800s, something that only a handful of women did, with names like Rosa Bonheur and Suzanne Valadon coming to mind. Additionally, De Morgan depicted women as resilient, strong subjects with their own desires, as sources of both good and evil, not categorising them as damsels in distress or mischievous witches - Carla Valois Lobo
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