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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:: 25653
The Lady of Shalott (mk41)
1894
56x34in
Leeds,City Art Gallery
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Painting ID:: 25656
Ophelia (mk41)
1894
49x29in
Courtesy Chrisie's
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Painting ID:: 25658
Hylas and the Nymphs (mk41)
1896
38 1/2x64in
Manchester City Art Gallery
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Painting ID:: 25660
Ariadne (mk41)
1898
36X59 1/2in
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Painting ID:: 25662
Destiny (mk41)
1900
27x21 1/2in
Burnley,Towneley Hall Art Gallery
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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: | Hendrick van Anthonissen | George Bernard O Neill | Andrea Lilio | Arthur Bowen Davies | Edward Henry Fahey,RI |
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