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04.04.2025 – 04.01.2026

Evelyn De Morgan: The Modern Painter in Victorian London

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One of the most remarkable artists of her generation, Evelyn De Morgan, returns to Guildhall Art Gallery this year in a major exhibition that premieres two newly restored artworks.

Step into the world of Evelyn De Morgan (1855 – 1919), a pioneering artist whose richly coloured paintings reflect themes of feminism, spirituality, and a passionate rejection of war and materialism. Admired by Oscar Wilde and fellow artist William Holman Hunt, her work remains as powerful as ever.

The exhibition at Guildhall Art Gallery showcases rarely seen images from the De Morgan Foundation’s collection. It invites visitors to immerse themselves in De Morgan’s artistic process, explore her illustrious career, and uncover the cultural influences that shaped her work.

In partnership with the De Morgan Foundation.

What to expect

The exhibition will introduce Evelyn De Morgan as an artist, offering insights into her artistic process and technique, before delving into her developing career and focusing on her engagement with cultural events in London, such as attending theatrical performances, and sermons.

Studies that she made while studying at the Slade School of Art in her late teens will be displayed alongside paintings from her exhibitions at Grosvenor Gallery, New Gallery, and Fine Art Society will be on display. The exhibition will also include a series of paintings made in response to the horrors of the First World War, which De Morgan exhibited at her Fulham studio in 1916 to raise money for the Red Cross.

Student conservators from the Courtauld Institute of Art were invited by the De Morgan Foundation to restore two paintings, which will be shown for the first time to the public, along with a faithful recreation by contemporary artist Paul Francis Walker of two paintings which were lost in an art warehouse fire in 1991.

De Morgan’s enduring legacy will provide the focus for the third section of the exhibition, which will outline the history of the De Morgan Foundation and include ceramics by William De Morgan, Evelyn’s husband, and pictures of the collection at Old Battersea House.

Time: Daily 10am to 5pm.

Admission: Pay What You Can. You can pay as much or as little as you like for your ticket or visit for free. Income from this exhibition will help the Gallery to put on new public exhibitions and support their education and conservation programmes.

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