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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:: 25689
The Rose Bower (mk41)
c.1910
21 1/4x24 1/4in
Courtesy Peter Nahum
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Painting ID:: 25692
Study:Maiidens picking Flowers by a Stream (mk41)
c.1911
37x31 1/2in
Courtesy Peter Nahum
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Painting ID:: 25693
Penelope and thte Suitor (mk41)
1912
51 1/2x75in
Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museum
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Painting ID:: 25694
Study:Maiidens picking Flowers by a Stream (mk41)
c.1911
37x31 1/2in
Courtesy Peter Nahum
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Painting ID:: 25695
The Sorceress (mk41)
c.1911
29 1/4x43in
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: | Frans Ryckhals | Jacques Linard | Carl Jutz | Charles Cooper | Adam Albrecht |
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