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John William Waterhouse
English Pre-Raphaelite Painter, 1849-1917
English painter. His father was a minor English painter working in Rome. Waterhouse entered the Royal Academy Schools in London in 1870. He exhibited at the Society of British Artists from 1872 and at the Royal Academy from 1874. From 1877 to the 1880s he regularly travelled abroad, particularly to Italy. In the early 1870s he had produced a few uncharacteristic Orientalist keepsake paintings, but most of his works in this period are scenes from ancient history or classical genre subjects, similar to the work of Lawrence Alma-Tadema (e.g. Consulting the Oracle, c. 1882; London, Tate). However, Waterhouse consistently painted on a larger scale than Alma-Tadema. His brushwork is bolder, his sunlight casts harsher shadows and his history paintings are more dramatic.
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Painting ID:: 27645
After the Dance
mk58
1876
oil on canvas
76.2x127cm
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Painting ID:: 23526
The Lady of Shalott (nn03)
1888
Oil on canvas 153 x 200 cm
60 1/2 x 78 3/4 in Tate Gallery London
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Painting ID:: 25629
St Cecilia (m41)
1895
Courtest Sotheby's
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Painting ID:: 25630
A Flower Stall (mk41)
1880
22x31in
Newcastle-upon-Tyne,Laing Art Gallery
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Painting ID:: 25631
An Eastern Reminiscence (mk41)
1874
Courtesy Peter Nahum
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John William Waterhouse
English Pre-Raphaelite Painter, 1849-1917
English painter. His father was a minor English painter working in Rome. Waterhouse entered the Royal Academy Schools in London in 1870. He exhibited at the Society of British Artists from 1872 and at the Royal Academy from 1874. From 1877 to the 1880s he regularly travelled abroad, particularly to Italy. In the early 1870s he had produced a few uncharacteristic Orientalist keepsake paintings, but most of his works in this period are scenes from ancient history or classical genre subjects, similar to the work of Lawrence Alma-Tadema (e.g. Consulting the Oracle, c. 1882; London, Tate). However, Waterhouse consistently painted on a larger scale than Alma-Tadema. His brushwork is bolder, his sunlight casts harsher shadows and his history paintings are more dramatic.
. Related Artists to John William Waterhouse: | James Abbot McNeill Whistler | Eanger Irving Couse | Arvid Ahlberg | Carl jun. Oesterley | MAZZOLA BEDOLI, Girolamo |
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