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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:: 25696
The Danaides (mk41)
1904
60 3/4x43 3/4in
Courtesy Christie's Newy York
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Painting ID:: 25697
Study for Dante and Beatrice (mk41)
c.1915
18 1/2x23in
Courtesy CHristie's
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Painting ID:: 25698
Mrs Charles Schreiber (mk41)
1912
30x25in
The Lord Faringdon
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Painting ID:: 25699
i and Half-sick of shadows said the Lady of Shalott (mk41)
1916
39 1/2x29in
Toronto,Art Gallery of Ontario
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Painting ID:: 25700
Miranda-The Tempest (mk41)
1916
38 1/2x53 1/2in
Courtesy Sotheby's
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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: | Mercier, Philippe | Bachiacca | Jan Provost | Egide Charles Gustave Wappers | Antoni Brodowski |
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