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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:: 27652
Dolce Far Niente
mk58
1879
oil on canvas
49.5x36.5cm
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Painting ID:: 27653
Water Pets
mk58
1875
oil on canvas
64.7x142.2cm
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Painting ID:: 27654
Dolce Far Niente
mk58
1880
oil on canvas
50x95.5cm
Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery,Scotland
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Painting ID:: 27655
Head of a Model
mk58
c.1879
oil on canvas
40.6x31.1cm
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Painting ID:: 27656
The flower Stall
mk58
1880
oil on canvas
57.8x79.3cm
Laing Art Gallery,Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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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: | Abraham Evertsz. van Westerveld | Franz Kops | Alexander von Wagner | Antonio Carnicero | Barocci, Federico |
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