Omega Workshops
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Omega Workshops was an experimental design enterprise founded in 1913 by members of the Bloomsbury Group, producing avant-garde furniture, textiles, and decorative arts that blurred the boundaries between fine and applied art.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Omega Workshops canonical | 14 |
| Omega Workshops studio | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
arts and crafts organization
ⓘ
decorative arts workshop ⓘ design enterprise ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith | Bloomsbury Group ⓘ |
| aimedTo | blur boundaries between fine art and applied art ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bloomsbury aesthetics
ⓘ
British avant-garde art ⓘ |
| businessModel | artists worked anonymously ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1919 ⓘ |
| employed |
Duncan Grant
ⓘ
Henri Doucet ⓘ Roger Fry ⓘ Vanessa Bell ⓘ Winifred Gill ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt | Omega showroom at 33 Fitzroy Square ⓘ |
| field |
decorative arts
ⓘ
furniture design ⓘ interior design ⓘ textile design ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Duncan Grant
ⓘ
Roger Fry ⓘ Vanessa Bell ⓘ |
| hadCharacteristic |
abstract patterns
ⓘ
bold color schemes ⓘ experimental collaboration between artists and craftsmen ⓘ hand-painted surfaces ⓘ |
| inception | 1913 ⓘ |
| influenced |
British modern design
ⓘ
interwar interior decoration in Britain ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Post-Impressionist color and form ⓘ |
| legacy | early example of artist-run design workshop in Britain ⓘ |
| location |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| movement |
Modernism
ⓘ
Post-Impressionism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Omega textiles for interiors
ⓘ
decorated rooms and interiors in London ⓘ painted Omega chairs and tables ⓘ |
| policy | works sold under the Omega name rather than individual artists’ names ⓘ |
| produced |
avant-garde furniture
ⓘ
ceramics ⓘ decorative screens ⓘ painted furniture ⓘ printed textiles ⓘ |
| reasonForDissolution | financial difficulties after World War I ⓘ |
| soldTo | middle-class and upper-middle-class clientele ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 33 Fitzroy Square, London ⓘ |
Referenced by (15)
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this entity surface form:
Omega Workshops studio