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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:: 27628
The Lady of Shalott
mk58
1888
60 1/4x78 3/8in
London,Tate Gallery
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Painting ID:: 27629
Study of a Garden on Capri
mk56
c.1889
pencil on paper
Victoria and Albert Museum,London
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Painting ID:: 27630
Circe Invidiosa
mk58
1892
oil on canvas
180.7x87.4cm
Art Gallery of South Australia,Adelaide
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Painting ID:: 27631
Sleep and his Half-Brother
mk58
Death
1874
28x36cm
Courtesy Sotheby s
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Painting ID:: 27632
Sketch for A Mermaid
mk58
1892
oil on canvas
33.5x19.5cm
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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: | Bartolomeo Manfredi | Simon Hollosy | Alice Mary Havers | Alexej von Jawlensky | William Ludwell Sheppard |
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