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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:: 27657
Diogenes
mk58
1882
oil on canvas
208.3x134.6cm
Art Gallery of New South Wales,Sydney
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Painting ID:: 27659
The Favourites of the Emperor Honorius
mk58
1883
oil on canvas
119.3x205cm
Art Gallery of South Australia,Adelaide
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Painting ID:: 27661
The Favourites of the Emperor Honorius
mk58
c.1882-3
oil on canvas
94x166.5cm
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Painting ID:: 27663
Consulting the Oracle
mk58
1884
oil on canvas
119.4x198.1cm
Tate.London
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Painting ID:: 27664
Saint Eulalia
mk58
oil on canvas
188.6x117.5cm
Tate.London
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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: | Peter van Bloemen | Eugene Burnand | Caspar van Wittel | Joseph Barney | Konrad Krzyzanowski |
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