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1817 Marylebone, London, England - 1904 Compton, Surrey, England. Known for: Symbolist easel and mural painting, sculpture, history, landscape, portraits.
George Frederic Watts, OM, was a popular English Victorian painter and sculptor associated with the Symbolist* movement. Watts became famous in his lifetime for his allegorical works, such as Hope... Read full biography
George Frederic Watts, OM, was a popular English Victorian painter and sculptor associated with the Symbolist* movement. Watts became famous in his lifetime for his allegorical works, such as Hope and Love and Life. These paintings were intended to form part of an epic symbolic cycle called the... Read full biography
George Frederic Watts, OM, was a popular English Victorian painter and sculptor associated with the Symbolist* movement. Watts became famous in his lifetime for his allegorical works, such as Hope and Love and Life. These paintings were intended to form part of an epic symbolic cycle called the "House of Life", in which the emotions and aspirations of life would all be represented in a universal symbolic language. Watts was born in Marylebone, London on the birthday of George Frederic Handel... Read full biography
George Frederic Watts, OM, was a popular English Victorian painter and sculptor associated with the Symbolist* movement. Watts became famous in his lifetime for his allegorical works, such as Hope and Love and Life. These paintings were intended to form part of an epic symbolic cycle called the "House of Life", in which the emotions and aspirations of life would all be represented in a universal symbolic language. Watts was born in Marylebone, London on the birthday of George Frederic Handel (after whom he was named), to the second wife of a poor piano-maker. Delicate in health and with his mother dying while he was still young, he was home-schooled by his father in a conservative interpretation of Christianity as well as via the classics... Read full biography
George Frederic Watts, OM, was a popular English Victorian painter and sculptor associated with the Symbolist* movement. Watts became famous in his lifetime for his allegorical works, such as Hope and Love and Life. These paintings were intended to form part of an epic symbolic cycle called the "House of Life", in which the emotions and aspirations of life would all be represented in a universal symbolic language. Watts was born in Marylebone, London on the birthday of George Frederic Handel (after whom he was named), to the second wife of a poor piano-maker. Delicate in health and with his mother dying while he was still young, he was home-schooled by his father in a conservative interpretation of Christianity as well as via the classics such as the Iliad - the former put him off conventional religion for life, whilst the latter was a continual influen... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesArt Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One)
1990Gerdts, William H421 pages (color)National Portrait Gallery Collection Illustrated Checklist
1985Smithsonian Institution461 pagesThe Daring Young Men The Story of the American Pre-Raphaelites
1953Dickason, David Howard304 pagesMallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge1,130 pagesImpressions of the Art at the Panama Pacific Exposition
1916
(Exhibition catalog)Brinton, Christian203 pages