John William Waterhouse
(1849— 1917)
The Soul of the Rose 1908 Oil on canvas, Private collection
Windflowers
Thisbe Thisbe Oil on canvas,1909 Private collection
The Necklace Oil on canvas, 1909 Private collection
Ophelia Oil on canvas,1894 119 x 71 cm Private collection
Waterhouse_Gather_ye_rosebuds While ye may Oil on canvas, 1908 Private collection
Juliet Oil on canvas, 1898 70 x 46.5 cm Private collection
5월에 장미꽃을 모으는 소녀들 1909년캔버스에 유채 101 x 82.5 cm 개인소장
Boreas Oil on canvas 1902 Private collection
The Flower Picker Watercolour and bodycolour, 1900 22.86 x 15.24 cm
Private collection
Gone, But Not Forgotten 1873
Ariadne Oil on canvas, 1898 (91 x 151 cm) Private collection
Crystal Ball Oil on canvas, 1902 Private collection
Narcissus Oil on canvas, 1912 94 x 62 cm Private collection
John William Waterhouse (baptised 6 April 1849; died 10 February 1917) was an English painter known for working in the Pre-Raphaelite style.
He worked several decades after the breakup of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, which had seen its heyday in the mid-nineteenth century, leading him to have gained the moniker of "the modern Pre-Raphaelite".[1] Borrowing stylistic influences not only from the earlier Pre-Raphaelites but also from his contemporaries, the Impressionists,[1] his artworks were known for their depictions of women from both ancient Greek mythology and Arthurian legend.
Born in Italy to English parents who were both painters, he 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.
Later on in his career he came to embrace the Pre-Raphaelite style of painting despite the fact that it had gone out of fashion in the British art scene several decades before.
Although not as well known as earlier Pre-Raphaelite artists such as Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais and William Holman Hunt, 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