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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:: 27680
The Temptation of Sir Percival
mk58
1894
oil on canvas
132x157.5cm
Leeds City Art Gallery
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Painting ID:: 27681
A Hamadryad
mk58
1893
oil on canvas
160x61cm
Plymouth Art Gallery
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Painting ID:: 27682
A Naiad
mk58
1893
oil on canvas
60x127cm
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Painting ID:: 27683
Gathering Flowers in a Devonshire Garden
mk58
c.1892-3
oil on canvas
76.2x50.7cm
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Painting ID:: 27684
The Loggia
mk58
c.1890-3
oil on canvas
43.2x28cm
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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: | James Walter Robert Linton | Wojciech Stattler | Dirck Bouts | Olivier, Johann Heinrich Ferdinand | DOLCI, Carlo |
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