The Hour Glass

Evelyn De Morgan's The Hour Glass exemplifies her mastery of Symbolic painting within her broader exploration of spiritual, mythological, and allegorical themes. The work foregrounds the female form, using metaphors that evoke notions of time, mortality, and human existence. De Morgan's style reflects influences from Romanticism, emphasizing emotion and spirituality. Throughout her career, she incorporated feminist ideas and spiritualist content, which are subtly embedded in her allegorical figures. Later in her oeuvre, she engaged with themes of war from a pacifist perspective, aligning her artistic voice with social consciousness.