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Who painted “‘I am half sick of shadows’ said the Lady of Shalott”?

“‘I am half sick of shadows’ said the Lady of Shalott” was painted by John William Waterhouse in 1916. Where to see it: Art Gallery of Ontario.

"I am half sick of shadows" said the Lady of Shalott — John William Waterhouse

Pre-Raphaelite

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John William Waterhouse: red-haired, pale women from myth and Arthurian legend, beside water or among flowers, painted with Pre-Raphaelite clarity.

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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