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John William Waterhouse 1849 - 1917

John William Waterhouse was born on April 6, 1849 in Lazio Italy, and died at age 67 years old on February 10, 1917 in London, Greater London County, England United Kingdom.

John William Waterhouse

April 6, 1849

Lazio, Italy

February 10, 1917

London, Greater London County, England, United Kingdom

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Introduction

Famous English Artist John William Waterhouse Painter John William Waterhouse RA 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. His artworks were known for their depictions of women from both ancient Greek mythology and Arthurian legend. Born: April 6, 1849, Rome, Italy Died: February 10, 1917, London, United Kingdom On view: Tate Britain, Art Gallery of South Australia, MORE Periods: Romanticism, Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Neoclassicism Spouse: Esther Kenworthy Waterhouse (m. 1883–1917) Education: Royal Academy of Arts Parents: Isabella Waterhouse, William Waterhouse
04/6

1849

Birthday

April 6, 1849

Birthdate

Lazio Italy

Birthplace

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Ethnicity & Family History

English.
Early Life & Education

John William Waterhouse (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. His artworks were known for their depictions of women from both ancient Greek mythology and Arthurian legend. Born in Rome to English parents who were both painters, Waterhouse later moved to London, where he enrolled in the Royal Academy of Art. He soon began exhibiting at their annual summer exhibitions, focusing on the creation of large canvas works depicting scenes from the daily life and mythology of ancient Greece. Many of his paintings are based on authors such as Homer, Ovid, Shakespeare, Tennyson, or Keats. Waterhouse's work is currently displayed at several major British art galleries, and the Royal Academy of Art organised a major retrospective of his work in 2009.
Professional Career

Artist.
Personal Life & Family

He was a romantic.
02/10

1917

Death

February 10, 1917

Death date

Unknown
Cause of death

London, Greater London County, England United Kingdom
Death location

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Obituary

Obituary featured in the London Times, 12th February 1917 August 24, 2008 at 6:16 AM Mr. J. W. Waterhouse, R.A. AN ECLECTIC PAINTER Mr. John William Waterhouse, R.A., died at his house in St. John's Wood on Saturday, after a long illness, in his 68th year. The first of his paintings exhibited at the Royal Academy was "Sleep and his half-brother Death" in 1874, and since then there have been few Academies without one or two of his works. He was elected an Associate in 1885, the year of one of his best-known paintings, the "St. Eulalia." "The Magic Circle," painted in 1886, which was purchased for £650 for the Chantrey Bequest Collection, and "The Lady of Shalott," which was exhibited at the Academy in 1888, were others of his most popular works. He became an R.A. in 1895. His painting, "Hylas and the Nymphs," shown at the Royal Academy in 1897, passed into the possession of the Corporation of Manchester, and by them was lent for exhibition in Glasgow in 1901 and at the Franco-British Exhibition seven years later. At other loan exhibitions in Whitechapel, Manchester, the City of London Guildhall, and at Earl's Court examples of his work have been on view from time to time. His wife several times exhibited paintings of floral subjects at the Royal Academy. Mr. Waterhouse was an eclectic painter. He painted pre-Raphaelite pictures in a more modern manner. He was, in fact, a kind of academic Burne-Jones, like him in his types and his moods, but with less insistence on design and more on atmosphere. His art was always agreeable, for he had taste and learning as well as considerable accomplishments. He painted always like a scholar and a gentleman and he was a great artist.

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