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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:: 25677
The Siren (mk41)
c.1900
32x21in
Courtesy Sotheby's
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Painting ID:: 25680
Nymphs finding the Head of Orpheus (mk41)
1900
58 1/2x39in
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Painting ID:: 25683
Study fro Jason and Medea (mk41)
c.1907
36x24in
J.Nicholson,Beverly Hills,CA
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Painting ID:: 25684
E-cho and Narcissus (mk41)
1903
43x74 1/2in
Livepool,Walker Art Gallery
Echo and Narcissus (mk41)
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Painting ID:: 25686
Wildflowers (mk41)
1903
45x31in
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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: | Nicholas Dipre | Martin Mijtens d.a. | Waldemar Rosler | Katsushika Hokusai | Edward Bower |
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