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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:: 25701
A Tale from The Decameron (mk41)
1916
40x62 1/2in
Birkenhead,Lady Lever Art Gallery
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Painting ID:: 25702
Tristram and Isolde (mk41)
c.1916
41 3/4x30 1/2in
Courtesy Whitford &Hughes
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Painting ID:: 25703
The Enchanted Garden (mk41)
1916
44x63 1/2in
Birkenead,Lady Lever Art Gallery
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Painting ID:: 25704
Fair Rosamund (mk41)
1917
38x2/ 1/2in
Courtesy Christie's
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Painting ID:: 27660
The Favourites of the Emperor Honorius
mk58
c.1882-3
oil on canvas
mounted on board
20x28cm
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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: | William Stott of Oldham | Lambert Lombard | Antoine Roux | Pignoni, Simone | Thomas Lyde Hornbrook |
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