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The influence of Owen Jones (1809–1874) on Victorian decoration was profound. His view that architecture was incomplete without colour was revolutionary during the 1830s and 1840s when colour was, in the words of Jones's obituarist, 'as much feared as the smallpox'. His great opportunity to put his ideas into practice came in 1851 when he supervised the painted decoration of the Crystal Palace. Jones's most important publication was 'The Grammar of Ornament' (1856), a compendium of colours and ornament from all the historic civilisations of the world that was exhaustively quarried by both his contemporaries and successors for ideas for decoration and the use of colour. He was awarded the Royal Institute of British Architects's Royal Gold Medal in 1857.
The Royal Institute of British Architects
London
Title
Owen Jones (1809–1874), RA
Date
1856
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 136 x W 95 cm
Accession number
PCF56
Acquisition method
commissioned by the RIBA
Work type
Painting
The Royal Institute of British Architects
66 Portland Place, London, Greater London W1B 1AD England
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