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George Frederick watts,O.M.,R.A.
1817-1904
English painter and sculptor. He studied at the Royal Academy and in Italy, where he developed an enthusiasm for Renaissance painting and Greek sculpture that greatly influenced his work. He executed several decorative commissions, including his large fresco Justice (Lincoln's Inn, London), modeled after Raphael's School of Athens. Many of his allegorical pictures are in the Tate Gallery, London. The National Portrait Gallery, London, contains a large collection of his portraits of eminent contemporaries. The Metropolitan Museum has his Ariadne in Naxos.
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Painting ID:: 25416
Portrait of Lady Wolverton,nee Georgiana Tufnell,half length,earing a red dress (mk37)
Oil on panel,in a fine carved giltwood frame
24x20in
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Painting ID:: 25418
Portrait of Lady Wolverton,nee Georgiana Tufnell,half length,earing a red dress (mk37)
Oil on panel,in a fine carved giltwood frame
24x20in
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Painting ID:: 28368
The Irish Famine
1848-9
Oil on canvas 180.4 x 198.1 cm
(71 x 78 in)
Watts Gallery Compton Surrey (mk63)
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Painting ID:: 45874
The Four Horsemen of Apocalypse The Rider on the Black Horse
MK178
UM1878 oil at linen 66.3x53cm
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George Frederick watts,O.M.,R.A.
1817-1904
English painter and sculptor. He studied at the Royal Academy and in Italy, where he developed an enthusiasm for Renaissance painting and Greek sculpture that greatly influenced his work. He executed several decorative commissions, including his large fresco Justice (Lincoln's Inn, London), modeled after Raphael's School of Athens. Many of his allegorical pictures are in the Tate Gallery, London. The National Portrait Gallery, London, contains a large collection of his portraits of eminent contemporaries. The Metropolitan Museum has his Ariadne in Naxos.
. Related Artists to George Frederick watts,O.M.,R.A.: | LE BRUN, Charles | Gottfried Trimborn | Franz Horny | Charles Wild | Gaetano Gandolfi |
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