Exhibitions Revive The Arts And Crafts Movement
The original Arts and Crafts movement started in 1895, with key names in America such as Elbert Hubbard and Gustav Stickley holding exhibitions and publishing magazines that touted the movement as a way to bring art in the middle-class home. They offered customers a complete lifestyle based on the philosophy of simple design and quality materials. After World War II, the style was largely forgotten until a 1972 Princeton exhibition.
"Gustav Stickley and the American Arts and Crafts Movement", organized by the Dallas Museum of Art, is the first nationally touring exhibition to focus on the career of Stickley, one of the leading figures of the American Arts and Crafts movement. The exhibition examines Stickley's contributions to the American Arts and Crafts movement and provides new insights into the artistic, commercial, and social context of his entry into the Arts and Crafts realm.