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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:: 27640
The Unwelcome Companion-A Street Scene in Cairo
mk58
1873
oil on canvas
59x49.5cm
Towneley Hally Art Gallery and Museum,Burnley
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Painting ID:: 27641
La Fileuse
mk58
1874
oil on wood
31.7x25.6cm
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Painting ID:: 27642
Gone.But Not Forgotten
mk58
1873
oil on canvas
31.7x24cm
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Painting ID:: 27643
In the Peristyle
mk58
1874
oil on canvas
67.3x52.1cm
Rochdale Art Gallery
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Painting ID:: 27646
A Sick Child Brought into the Temple of Aesculapius
mk58
1877
oil on canvas
170x208cm
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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: | Jan Veth | Anna Althea Hills | Edward Corbould | Meyer, Jeremiah | Kasparus Karsen |
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