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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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Study for Nymphs finding the Head of Orpheus
mk58
c.1900
38 1/4x41in
Courtesy Sotheby s
Painting ID:: 27634
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Study_for_Nymphs_finding_the_Head_of_Orpheus
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c.1900
38 1/4x41in
Courtesy Sotheby s
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Guarda
mk58
1846
oil on canvas
61x51.7cm
Painting ID:: 27635
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Guarda
mk58
1846
oil on canvas
61x51.7cm
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The Death of Cocles
mk58
c.1869
oil on canvas
101.6x126.4cm
Painting ID:: 27636
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The_Death_of_Cocles
mk58
c.1869
oil on canvas
101.6x126.4cm
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Undine
mk58
1872
oil on canvas
25.4x20.3cm
Painting ID:: 27638
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Undine
mk58
1872
oil on canvas
25.4x20.3cm
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The Slave
mk58
1872
oil on canvas
25.4x20.3cm
Painting ID:: 27639
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The_Slave
mk58
1872
oil on canvas
25.4x20.3cm
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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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