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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:: 27713 The Enchanted Garden
mk58
1915-16
oil on canvas
mounted on board
35.2x50.5cm
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Painting ID:: 27714 Dante and Beatrice
mk58
c.1914-17
oil on canvas
mounted on wood
49.5x62.2cm
Dahesh Museum of Art ,
New York
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Painting ID:: 27715 The Mystic Wood
mk58
c.1914-17
oil on canvas
98x146.2cm
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Painting ID:: 28042 La Belle Dame sans Merci
1893
oil on canvas 110.5 x 81 cm
(43 1/2 x 32 in)
Hessisches Landesmuseum,Darmstadt (mk63)
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Painting ID:: 51822 The Crystal Ball
mk221
1902
Oil on canvas
120.7x78.7cm
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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: | Felix-Auguste Clement | Jules Aviat | Pieter Wouwerman | Koller, Rudolf | Auguste Alexandre Hirsch |
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