Friends for Life: William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones

Special Event

Friends for Life: William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones

Day	Saturday
Date	28th September 2024
Time	10:30 - 12:30
Presenter	Claudia Suckling
Cost	£12.00
Room	Main Hall
THIS EVENT IS FULLY BOOKED
Availability	46/50 Places

Event Description
William Morris and Edward Burne Jones first met at Exeter College Oxford in June 1852 and remained friends until Morris’s death in October 1896. In this talk, Claudia Suckling will talk about their friendship, their collaborations, and the way in which their relationship influenced and informed their lives and work. Supported by Rottingdean Heritage
Presenter
Claudia Suckling is an architectural and art historian who has written and presented on topics as diverse as Victorian Artists’ Studio Houses and the workshop practices of Grinling Gibbons. As Chief Executive of the William Morris Society – an organisation dedicated to ensuring the legacy of Morris continues and to preserving and sharing the remarkable collection of his original works that the Society holds – her talk will focus on remarkable and enduring friendship between Morris and Burne Jones and the extraordinary body of work it produced.

Event Description

William Morris and Edward Burne Jones first met at Exeter College Oxford in June 1852 and remained friends until Morris’s death in October 1896. In this talk, Claudia Suckling will talk about their friendship, their collaborations, and the way in which their relationship influenced and informed their lives and work.

Supported by Rottingdean Heritage

Presenter

Claudia Suckling is an architectural and art historian who has written and presented on topics as diverse as Victorian Artists’ Studio Houses and the workshop practices of Grinling Gibbons. As Chief Executive of the William Morris Society – an organisation dedicated to ensuring the legacy of Morris continues and to preserving and sharing the remarkable collection of his original works that the Society holds – her talk will focus on remarkable and enduring friendship between Morris and Burne Jones and the extraordinary body of work it produced.