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John William Godward Pompeian Lady oil painting


Pompeian Lady
Painting ID::  67854 		Artist: John William Godward
Painting: Pompeian Lady
Introduction: Pompeian Lady, 1895
   
   
     

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
John William Godward He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not oil painting


He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
Painting ID::  67855 		Artist: John William Godward
Painting: He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
Introduction: 1896(1896) Oil on canvas 31 7/8 X 17 5/8 inches (81.2 X 45 cm)
   
   
     

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
John William Godward Campaspe oil painting


Campaspe
Painting ID::  67856 		Artist: John William Godward
Painting: Campaspe
Introduction: Campaspe, 1896
   
   
     

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
John William Godward Venus Binding her Hair oil painting


Venus Binding her Hair
Painting ID::  67857 		Artist: John William Godward
Painting: Venus Binding her Hair
Introduction: Venus Binding her Hair, 1897
   
   
     

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
John William Godward At the Gate of the Temple oil painting


At the Gate of the Temple
Painting ID::  67858 		Artist: John William Godward
Painting: At the Gate of the Temple
Introduction: At the Gate of the Temple, 1898
   
   
     

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
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     English 1861-1922 Godward was a Victorian Neo-classicist, and therefore a follower in theory of Frederic Leighton. However, he is more closely allied stylistically to Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, with whom he shared a penchant for the rendering of Classical architecture, in particular, static landscape features constructed from marble. The vast majority of Godward's extant images feature women in Classical dress, posed against these landscape features, though there are some semi-nude and fully nude figures included in his oeuvre (a notable example being In The Tepidarium (1913), a title shared with a controversial Alma-Tadema painting of the same subject that resides in the Lady Lever Art Gallery). The titles reflect Godward's source of inspiration: Classical civilisation, most notably that of Ancient Rome (again a subject binding Godward closely to Alma-Tadema artistically), though Ancient Greece sometimes features, thus providing artistic ties, albeit of a more limited extent, with Leighton. Given that Classical scholarship was more widespread among the potential audience for his paintings during his lifetime than in the present day, meticulous research of detail was important in order to attain a standing as an artist in this genre. Alma-Tadema was, as well as a painter, an archaeologist who attended historical sites and collected artefacts that were later used in his paintings: Godward, too, studied such details as architecture and dress, in order to ensure that his works bore the stamp of authenticity. In addition, Godward painstakingly and meticulously rendered those other important features in his paintings, animal skins (the paintings Noon Day Rest (1910) and A Cool Retreat (1910) contain superb examples of such rendition) and wild flowers (Nerissa (1906), illustrated above, and Summer Flowers (1903) are again excellent examples of this). The appearance of beautiful women in studied poses in so many of Godward's canvases causes many newcomers to his works to categorise him mistakenly as being Pre-Raphaelite, particularly as his palette is often a vibrantly colourful one. However, the choice of subject matter (ancient civilisation versus, for example, Arthurian legend) is more properly that of the Victorian Neoclassicist: however, it is appropriate to comment that in common with numerous painters contemporary with him, Godward was a 'High Victorian Dreamer', producing beautiful images of a world which, it must be said, was idealised and romanticised, and which in the case of both Godward and Alma-Tadema came to be criticised as a world-view of 'Victorians in togas'. . Related Artists to John William Godward : | Mikhail Vrubel | Marquet, Albert | Anton Domenico Gabbiani | Jan Porcellis | JACOBELLO DEL FIORE |

 

 

 
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