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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:: 61583
The Bouquet
The Bouquet
(a study)
1908
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Painting ID:: 61584
Gather Ye Rosebuds or Ophelia
Gather Ye Rosebuds or Ophelia (a study)
circa 1908
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Painting ID:: 61585
Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May...
Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May...
1908
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Painting ID:: 61586
The Soul of the Rose or My Sweet Rose
The Soul of the Rose or My Sweet Rose
1908
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Painting ID:: 61587
Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May
Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May
1909
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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: | Bacon, Henry | Basilius Besler | willem van de velde the younger | Deak-Ebner, Lajos | Guillaume Seignac |
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