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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:: 27647
Scene at Pompeii
mk58
c.1877
Watercolour on paper
31x23.1cm
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Painting ID:: 27648
An Italian Produce Shop
mk58
c.1877
Watercolour on paper
22.9x28cm
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Painting ID:: 27649
Portrait of a Young Woman
mk58
c.1875-8,
oil on canvas
61x50.8cm
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Painting ID:: 27650
The Remorse of Nero After the Murder of his Mother
mk58
1878
oil on canvas
94x168cm
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Painting ID:: 27651
The Household Gods
mk58
1880
oil on canvas
102.6x74.3cm
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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: | Xanthus Russell Smith | Will Frederick Foster | Mathieu le Nain | Juan Martin Cabezalero | Rachel Ruysch |
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