Walter Crane, 1845-1915

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Biographical materials

• Introduction
• Walter Crane on his childhood and early influences
• Walter Crane’s own history of his work with ceramics
• Walter Crane’s own history of his work with textiles & wallpaper

Textiles and wallpaper

• Flora's Retinue
• Bon Voyage
• The Peacock Garden
• The Meadow
• The Senses Table-cloth
• The British Empire
• The Margarete
• Renaissance Revival Freize of Putti and Mythological Beasts (attributed)

Tiles and other ceramics

• Nox
• Sol
• Aurora
• Luna
• Hiems
• Seven Pieces of Lustre Ware Pottery

Map

• Imperial Federation Map of 1886

Drawings used in his treatises on design

• Study for The Laidley Worm of Spindleston Heugh
• Invitation to an exhibition at the Fine Art Society
• Headpiece: Jousting knights combined with illuminated capital “A”for “Design”
• Pictorial Oak
• Oak Tree in Design
• Daisy, from Nature
• Daisy, decoratively applied.
• Counterbalancing and radiating lines in the human figure
• Figure to show the value of radiating lines in the design of drapery
• Radiating curves shown in wing of a bird and shell
• Pattern systems derived from square and circle
• Adaptation of figure to space (1)
• Adaptations of figures to space (2-3)
• Adaptation of figure to space (4-8)
• Figures to illustrate the value of variety in silhouettes [two nudes]
• Figures to illustrate the value of variety in silhouettes [Man with scythe]
• Tail-piece

Work in other media

• Paintings
• Illustration
• Book Design
• Sculpture

Writings

• “Design. Part I [Basic principles of design]”
• “Design. Part II [The human figure in design]”

Bibliography

Crane, Walter. “Design in Two Parts. Part I.” Magazine of Art 16 (1893): 79-83. Internet Archive version of a copy in the University of Toronto Library. Web. 29 August 2014.

Spencer, Isobel. Walter Crane. New York: Macmillan, 1975.

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