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The revival of Pictorialism
Leonard Misonne (Belgium 1870-1943) Original Pictorialism, a brief history In 1861, William Morris in the U.K. founded the furniture company Morris, Marshall, Faulkner, and Company. This company was to counter the banal and mechanical direction interior decorating and furniture making was going. Many British furniture makers and home decorators at the time were fed up with the industrialization of that industry at the expense of the centuries old dedication and craftsmanship. In their eyes, it became all about money and speed. Morris, Marshall, Faulkner, and company is considered the start of the Arts and Crafts Movement, which is still active today. It is safe to say that pictorialism started…