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John William Waterhouse

1849–1917 · United Kingdom · Pre-Raphaelite, Symbolism, Impressionism

John William Waterhouse (baptised 6 April 1849 – 10 February 1917) was an English painter known for working first in the Academic style and for then embracing the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood's style and subject matter. Wikipedia

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Red-haired, pale women from myth and Arthurian legend, beside water or among flowers, painted with Pre-Raphaelite clarity.

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Works

• “The Lady of Shalott”, 1888 — National Gallery
• “Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses”, 1891 — Gallery Oldham
• “Hylas and the Nymphs”, 1896 — Manchester Art Gallery
• “Ulysses and the Sirens”, 1891 — National Gallery of Victoria
• “Echo and Narcissus”, 1903 — Walker Art Gallery
• “Circe Invidiosa”, 1892 — Art Gallery of South Australia
• “The Magic Circle”, 1886 — National Gallery
• “Sleep and his Half-brother Death”, 1874
• “The Sorceress”, 1911
• “The Siren”, 1900s
• “Ophelia”, 1894
• “A Mermaid”, 1900 — Royal Academy of Arts
• “Pandora”, 1896
• “Boreas”, 1903
• “The Favourites of the Emperor Honorius”, 1883 — Art Gallery of South Australia
• “Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May”, 1909
• “Jason and Medea”, 1907
• “"I am half sick of shadows" said the Lady of Shalott”, 1916 — Art Gallery of Ontario
• “Saint Eulalia”, 1885 — National Gallery
• “The Lady of Shalott looking at Lancelot”, 1894 — Leeds Art Gallery
• “The Crystal Ball”, 1902
• “Consulting the Oracle”, 1884 — National Gallery
• “La Belle Dame Sans Merci”, 1893 — Hessian State Museum Darmstadt
• “Miranda”, 1875
• “The Soul of the Rose”, 1903
• “Mariana in the South”, 1897 — Leighton House
• “The Remorse of the Emperor Nero after the Murder of his Mother”, 1878
• “The Unwelcome Companion: A Street Scene in Cairo”, 1872 — Towneley Hall Art Gallery and Museum
• “Undine”, 1872
• “Ariadne”, 1898
• “Destiny”, 1900 — Towneley Hall Art Gallery and Museum
• “The Spinner”, 1874
• “Gone, But Not Forgotten”, 1873
• “After The Dance”, 1876
• “In the Peristyle”, 1874 — Touchstones Rochdale
• “A Sick Child brought into the Temple of Aesculapius”, 1877
• “Two Little Italian Girls by a Village”, 1875
• “Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May”, 1908
• “Cleopatra”, 1888
• “A Tale from the Decameron”, 1916 — Lady Lever Art Gallery

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