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	Art Passions: William Morris Art
		William Morris patterns have been popular since the end of the 19th century and have never lost their appeal.
		In addition to the William Morris art prints available at Artsy Craftsy, there are a limited number of prints and several tapestries available.
		Morris designs for textile, stained glass, bookplates, tapestries, calligraphy, wallpapers, paintings, drawings, furniture, more.
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	WILLIAM HOLMAN HUNT - LoveToKnow Article on WILLIAM HOLMAN HUNT
		He returnee with William IlL, but the family failed to recover their property Holman Hunts father was the manager of a city warehouse with tastes superior to his position in life.
		Hunt was placed in a city office, but he employed his leisure in reading, drawing and painting, and at sixteen began an independent career as an artist.
		Holman Hunts next great religious picture was The Shadow of Death (exhibited separately in 1873), an imaginary incident in the life of our Lord, who, lifting His arms with weariness after labor in His workshop, throws a shadow on the wall as of a man crucified, which is perceived by His mother.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HU/HUNT_WILLIAM_HOLMAN.htm (1608 words)

	William James - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William James was born in New York, son of Henry James, Sr.
		William James, with his younger brother Henry James (who became a prominent novelist), received an eclectic trans-Atlantic education, developing fluency in both German and French languages along with a cosmopolitan character.
		He was appointed instructor in physiology for the spring 1873 term, instructor in anatomy and physiology in 1873, assistant professor of psychology in 1876, assistant professor of philosophy in 1881, full professor in 1885, endowed chair in psychology in 1889, return to philosophy in 1897, and emeritus professor of philosophy in 1907.
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	WILLIAM MORRIS HUNT - LoveToKnow Article on WILLIAM MORRIS HUNT (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Hunt was drowned at the Isles of Shoals on the 8th of September 1879.
		His brother, RICHARD MoRass HUNT (1828-1895), the famous architect, was born in Brattleboro, Vermont, on the 31st of October 1828.
		His talent was eminently practical; and he was almost equally successful in the ornate style of the early Renaissance in France, in the picturesque style of his comfortalale villas, and the monumental style of the Lenox Library.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HU/HUNT_WILLIAM_MORRIS.htm (682 words)

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		Hunt was the son of a Vermont congressman.
		The aversion of many Easterners to French art was regarded by Hunt to be an "unpardonable conceit" and to balance the record, he encouraged and supported a bevy of younger American artists as well as numerous patrons and collectors in the Boston area.
		Hunt preached a gospel of directness, simplicity, harmony of effect, and a willingness to accept the relative beauty of even the most common subjects.
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		Morris, William (1834-1896), English poet, designer, and socialist reformer, who, in an increasingly industrialized age, urged a return to medieval...
		Hunt, William Morris (1824-1879), American painter, born in Brattleboro, Vermont, and educated at Harvard University.
		Davis, William Morris (1850-1934), American geographer, geologist, and meteorologist, who founded the science of geomorphology, the study of...
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	New York Architecture Images- Richard Morris Hunt
		Richard Morris Hunt was the first American to study at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and, after his return to New York, he became the most prominent architect in the city.
		Hunt became exposed to the idea of architecture in Europe when his mother took her family there to visit for a year -- they would stay for more than a decade.
		Hunt modeled the architecture on the richly ornamented style of the French Renaissance and adapted elements, such as the stair tower and the steeply pitched roof, from three famous early-16th-century châteaux in the Loire Valley: Blois, Chenonceau, and Chambord.
	www.nyc-architecture.com /ARCH/ARCH-RichardMorrisHunt.htm (1570 words)

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		William Morris Hunt was born in Brattleboro, Vermont, and descended from a long line of illustrious Vermonters, including his father, Jonathan Hunt, who served as a judge and one of Vermont's representatives to congress.
		When Hunt settled in Boston in 1862, it was his enthusiasm for the Barbizon painters that led Bostonians to be among the earliest patrons and collectors of their paintings and of Millet's work in particular.
		Hunt was a versatile artist and worked in many media, producing portraits, landscapes, and drawings as well as the large murals of "Anahita, Flight of Night" for the Capitol building in Albany, New York.
	www.benningtonmuseum.com /vewebsite/exhibit1/e10013a.htm (307 words)

	William M. Hunt - Permanent Collection - Springfield Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: )
		William Morris Hunt's legacy as a painter does not equal the accomplishments he achieved during his lifetime.
		Hunt studied painting at Couture's studio and was a prize pupil.
		Hunt enjoyed popularity with certain artists in France and was happy in the beauty and artistic atmosphere of Paris.
	www.spfld-museum-of-art.org /collection/hunt.html (356 words)

	Class and Leisure at America's First Resort: Newport, Rhode Island, 1870-1914
		His brother, William Morris Hunt, was a successful portrait and landscape painter.
		Hunt received several residential commissions from the Vanderbilt family, including Cornelius Vanderbilt II's mansion at 742-746 Fifth Avenue (1879-1883) in New York City and The Breakers (1893-1895) in Newport, Rhode Island.
		Hunt was one of the founders of the American Institute of Architects.
	xroads.virginia.edu /~MA01/Davis/newport/biographies/rmhunt.html (306 words)

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		William Morris Hunt was born in 1824 to a prominent Brattleboro family whose home was located on the site of the present Thai Garden Restaurant, at the corner of High and Main streets.
		Hunt, a passionate horseman, was one of his admiring patrons.
		Brooks Memorial Library owns several artworks by Hunt, including the large oil painting "The Prodigal Son" and the plaster high-relief sculpture "The Flight of Night: Horses of Anahita." A book about the artist's life and work, "William Morris Hunt" by art scholar Sally Webster, is available at the library.
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	Class and Leisure at America's First Resort: Newport, Rhode Island, 1870-1914
		William Morris Hunt (1824-1879) was a successful portrait and landscape painter who brought the French Barbizon School to America.
		Hunt was born in Brattleboro, Vermont, to a wealthy and prominent family of legislators.
		His brother, Richard Morris Hunt, was a successful architect.
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	William Morris Hunt Online
		William Morris Hunt at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
		William Morris Hunt in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Database
		William Morris Hunt at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C. Springfield Museum of Art, Ohio
	www.artcyclopedia.com /artists/hunt_william_morris.html (335 words)

	William Morris Hunt ( - ) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
		William Morris Hunt, American, 1824-1879 Sketch for the State Capitol at Albany (Discoverer) 1878 Oil
		William Morris Hunt, American, 1824-1879 Sketch for the State Capitol at Albany (Flight of Night)
		William Morris Hunt, American, 1824-1879 Fortune at the Helm 1878 Charcoal on tan paper 210.8
	www.wwar.com /masters/h/hunt-william_morris.html (1374 words)

	William Morris -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		A poet and painter, William Morris was first of all a practical, working artist.
		Hunt was born on March 31, 1824, in Brattleboro, Vt. He was the brother of architect Richard Morris Hunt.
		William Morris Stewart was born on Aug. 9, 1827, in Galen, N.Y. He was an expert on mining law and represented some of the largest companies in the West.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9275942?tocId=9275942 (591 words)

	The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Hunt, William Morris @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: )
		HUNT, WILLIAM MORRIS [Hunt, William Morris] 1824-79, American painter, b.
		As teacher and painter, Hunt exerted a widespread influence upon American art.
		He is thought to be the first American master to admit female students into his classes.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1E1:HuntWilM&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (194 words)

	William Morris Artworks and Fine Art at arthistorynet.com
		Portrait of Agnes Elizabeth Claflin 1873 William Morris Hunt oil on canvas mounted on fiberboard
		William Morris Hunt, American, 1824-1879 Along the River early 1850s Oil on paperboard 49.85 x
		William Morris Hunt, American, 1824-1879 By the River early 1850s Oil on panel 27.62 x
	www.absolutearts.com /masters/m/morris-william.html (895 words)

	William Morris Hunt
		HUNT, William Morris, artist, born in Brattleboro, Vermont, 31 March, 1824; died in Appledore, Isles of Simals, New Hampshire, 8 September, 1879.
		Hunt executed two ambitious allegorical mural paintings for the state capitol at Albany, entitled "The Flight of Night" and "The Discoverer." His "Talks on Art" were taken down and published by one of his pupils, Miss Helen M. Knowlton (2 vols., Boston, 1875).
		He is a member of various associations of architects, and was made a chevalier of the Legion of honor in 1884.
	www.famousamericans.net /williammorrishunt (533 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Hunt William Morris
		Morris, William (1834-96), English poet, artist, and socialist reformer, who urged a return to medieval traditions of design, craftsmanship, and...
		Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910), English painter, who, together with Dante Gabriel Rossetti and John Everett Millais, was a founder in 1848 of the...
		Morris, William : pictures of artworks by Morris
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	Publisher description for Library of Congress control number 90020040 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Although William Morris Hunt (1824-1879) is included in all standard surveys of American art, this is the first modern study of the influential Boston painter who played a leading role during an important watershed period in American art.
		Hunt, himself, worked in many modes--sculpture, genre, portraiture, lithography--and at the end of his life made a lasting contribution to the fields of American landscape and mural painting.
		Hunt was also the author of the well-known Talks on Art (1875).
	www.loc.gov /catdir/description/cam024/90020040.html (278 words)

	The Kelmscott Press. (from William Morris) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The Kelmscott Press was started in 1891, with the printer and type designer Emery Walker as typographical adviser, and between that year and 1898 produced 53 titles in 66 volumes.
		Morris designed three type styles for his press: Golden type, modelled on that of Nicolas Jenson, the 15th-century French printer; Troy type, a gothic font on the model of the early German printers of the 15th century; …
		The hero of the Dutch struggle against Spanish rule was William the Silent, one of the wealthiest noblemen in Europe.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-5030 (587 words)

	William Morris Hunt
		William Morris opens a $22 million 'spec' office building in saturated Beverly Hills.
		William Morris, Edward Burne-Jones and 'The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam'.
		William Morris failed to reach `workers' but speaks volubly to his artistic heirs.
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		Hunt was born in 1912, the only son of the only son of the famed nineteenth-century painter, and bears his paternal grandfather's name.
		Hunt went to St. Georges School, a boarding school in Newport, Rhode Island, where he excelled in academics and played the violin and cello.
		Hunt was older than many of the people involved with shaping the festival and he found the role of mentor very gratifying.
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	Art Passions: William Morris Art
		William Morris patterns have been popular since the end of the 19th century and have never lost their appeal.
		Morris designs for textile, stained glass, bookplates, tapestries, calligraphy, wallpapers, paintings, drawings, furniture, more.
		I bought several based on William Morris lettering (such as that in the logo).
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	William Morris
		The work of Morris is characterized by an emphasis on decorative elements, especially on those that he thought to be characteristic of the art of the Middle Ages.
		On the one hand there were the comparatively simple, plain and utilitarian designs as exemplified by the Sussex chair and the ladderback chair; and on the other, pieces which were ornate in the extreme, with elaborate decoration and painted panels of pre-Raphaelite subjects by Burne-Jones, Madox Brown, or Rossetti.
		In 1857 he had designed and made for himself an oak table, which he stained green: this kind of colored finish was adopted by the firm and applied to many of the simpler pieces and became a distinguishing feature.
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		Bostonian painter, teacher, and lecturer William Morris Hunt studied in Paris from 1846 to 1852 with Thomas Couture and under his influence “developed a preference for making quick sketches in a flash of inspiration, rather than using intermediate studies” for the under drawing.
		Joseph Foxcroft Cole was encouraged by William Morris Hunt to go to France, where Cole then studied with Daubigny and Corot and emerged with a Tonalist style that in his later years became lighter in tone and more Impressionistic.
		According to William Gerdts, whose source was Texas Impressionist Dawson Dawson-Watson (1864-1939), Emma Richardson Cherry (1859-1954), who later settled in Texas, was the first American woman artist at Giverny, arriving in 1888 and staying into 1889.
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		Born in Vermont, Hunt moved to New Haven with his mother and brother, the future architect Richard Morris Hunt, when he was eight.
		The first art lessons for the brothers were given by an Italian artist boarding in their mother’s house.
		One of the first American artists to discover the work of Millet and the other Barbizon painters, Hunt introduced influential Bostonians to the Barbizon School, which helped establish the romantic aesthetic in the United States.
	mattatuckmuseum.org /collections/art/hunt.htm (137 words)

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		Hughes, William Morris (1862-1952), Australian politician who served as prime minister of Australia from 1915 to 1923.
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		Marble House in Newport, Rhode Island was designed between 1889-92 by Richard Morris Hunt for William Kissam Vanderbilt, grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt.
		The house, an eleven million dollar summer cottage, was given by William Kissam Vanderbilt as a birthday present to his spouse, Alva Erskine Smith Vanderbilt.
		In addition, the use of strong colors such as deep blue, ruby red and green glass painted with an opaque brown pigment was a common technique of stained glass craftsmanship demonstrated at the time.
	www.uwm.edu /Dept/ArtHistory/StainedGlass/border.htm (181 words)

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