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.
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
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furniture design → interior design → textile design → |
| foundedBy |
Duncan Grant
→
Roger Fry → Vanessa Bell → |
| hadCharacteristic |
abstract patterns
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bold color schemes → experimental collaboration between artists and craftsmen → hand-painted surfaces → |
| inception | 1913 → |
| influenced |
British modern design
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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"
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| movement |
Modernism
→
Post-Impressionism → |
| notableWork |
Omega textiles for interiors
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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
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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 → |
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