William Morris was an outspoken proponent of the Arts and Crafts Movement and did not believe in artistic genius. Morris instead believed that beauty lay in craftsmanship and that everyone could learn to create beauty and have the ability to come to surround themselves with beautiful objects.
Woman III, by Willem De Kooning sold in 2006 for $137.5 million. As one of the most expensive paintings ever sold, Woman III, represents the huge rejection of Morris' philosophy in the art world today, and also the ever growing gap between the income of the average person, and that of the mega-wealthy, especially in the United States.
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