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| Founders Of The Arts & Crafts Movement 1870 - 1900 | ART AND WORKMANSHIP |
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Morris
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Craftsman Styles Politically, it was a period of Nationalism as the United States began its ascendency as a world power. William Morris Greene & Greene |
The Decorative Arts, An Address Delivered Before the Trades' Guild of Learning by William Morris, (Dec. 4, 1877) |
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| Art And The Handicraftsman By Oscar Wilde |
New England
Artisans Guild: Arts & Crafts Movement Furniture, Craft and Design |
Arts
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Modern Life And Progress by William Morris (Dec. 4, 1877) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| English
Arts & Crafts Landmarks Kelmscott, Wightwick Manor |
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Gustav Stickley (1858-1942) Gustav Stickley believed that power tools were useful for freeing the crafts person to concentrate more fully on the art of joinery and quality of the work. His contribution to the Arts and Crafts movement was to popularize the idea of blending interior design with architecture so that a home and it's contents were of one accord. His magazine, The Craftsman, was so enthusiastically received that even today the Arts & Crafts style of architecture is often referred to as "Craftsman", although, only a house originating from plans published by Stickley through his magazine can be a true Craftsman Home. It is not certain how Gustav Stickley developed his ideas. He traveled to Europe and around the U.S., viewing the architectural styles of Josef Hoffmann, Ashbee, C. F. A. Voysey and M. H. Baillie-Scott, as well as Will Bradley interiors and the houses of the Prairie School movement, led by Frank Lloyd Wright. Stickley also appears to have learned a great deal from his brief associations with architects E. G. W. Dietrich and Harvey Ellis. The Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893 included a building by K.K. Cutter of Spokane, Washington which has been described as a hybrid of Swiss chalet and log cabin, with interior furnishings similar to later American Arts & Crafts popularized by Gustav Stickley. It may be presumed that Stickley was influenced by the exposition of 1893, but it is certain his travels to Europe in 1898 inspired him to return and establish a furniture workshop called United Crafts, the beginning of the Stickley line of furniture. Over the next 20 years demand increased for Craftsman Homes and Stickley furniture, but so did the competition and imitation. The A & C Movement became so well established that everyone had a choice: Americans on a budget built Sears and Aladdin "kit" homes; the wealthy had Greene and Greene, Frank Lloyd Wright and others to fulfil their Arts & Crafts dreams; and to the American middle class it was Stickley and his Craftsman Home plans. David Cathers, in his book, The Furniture of the Arts and Crafts Movement, divides Stickley's furniture work into periods that can be applied to his house desins as well: •The Experimental period is 1900-1903; •The First Mission period, 1904-1907; •The Mature period, 1909-1915; •The Final Mission period, 1916.
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