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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:: 27685
The Lady of Shalott
mk58
1894
oil on canvas
142.2x86.3cm
Leeds City Art Gallery
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Painting ID:: 27686
Saint Cecilia
mk58
1895
oil on canvas
123.2x200.7cm
The Andrew Lloyd Webber Art Foundation
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Painting ID:: 27687
Flor and the Zephyrs
mk58
1897
oil on canvas
110x206cm
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Painting ID:: 27688
Flor and the Zephyrs
mk58
c.1896-7
oil on canvas
104.1x203.8cm
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Painting ID:: 27689
The Awakening of Adonis
mk58
1899
oil on canvas
95.9x188cm
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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: | Sebastian Stosskopff | Jacob van Schuppen | Gustave Courbet | Mandyn, Jan | Carlos de Haes |
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