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George Frederic Watts, who was interested in the Elgin Marbles from an early age, first worked in the studio of the sculptor William Behnes and then turned to portraits and later to history painting.. George Frederick Watts, R.A." Magazine of Art 20 (January 1897), p. 208. Roger Fry. Letter to Sir Purdon Clarke. December 11, 1905 [see Ref.
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George Frederic Watts RA (1817-1904) [ Victorian Web Home โ> Visual Arts โ> Decorative Arts โ> Victorian Painters โ Paintings by Watts] G. F. Watts on the faรงade of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, near the Brompton Avenue entrance.] Introduction Born in London, son of a piano maker and tuner.
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George Frederic Watts, OM, RA (London 23 February 1817 - 1 July 1904) was an English Victorian painter and sculptor associated with the Symbolist movement. He said "I paint ideas, not things." Watts became famous in his lifetime for his allegorical works, such as Hope and Love and Life.
Frederick Watts Paintings Gallery in Chronological Order
G.F. Watts (1817-1904) has been variously described as one of the 'heroic failures of British art' and 'shallow and pretentious'. He fell out of favour for many years and was sidelined as a late Victorian oddity - an artist who neither fitted into the Pre-Raphaelites mould nor that of the more strident 19th-century moralists.
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George Frederick Watts RA (1817-1904) was a very important Victorian artist, whose work appeals in a similar way to that of the Classicists such as Leighton and Albert Moore, or that of some of the Pre-Raphaelites. Watts in fact knew most of the Pre-Raphaelites, and was an important influence on the younger ones.
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George Frederic Watts OM RA (23 February 1817 - 1 July 1904) was a British painter and sculptor associated with the Symbolist movement. He said "I paint ideas, not things." [1] Watts became famous in his lifetime for his allegorical works, such as Hope and Love and Life.
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George Frederick Watts, (born Feb. 23, 1817, Londonโdied July 1, 1904, Compton, Surrey, Eng.), English painter and sculptor of grandiose allegorical themes.
Frederick Watts, O.M., R.A. (18171904)Portrait of Norah Lindsay Portrait, Portrait
George Frederic Watts (1817-1904) (and assistants) (Born London, 23 February 1817; died London, 1 July 1904). English painter and sculptor. In 1843 he won a prize in the competition for the decoration of the Houses of Parliament; no commission resulted from this, but he used the prize money to visit Italy, where the great Renaissance masters.
Frederick Watts Paintings Gallery in Chronological Order
George Frederic always spelled his first name with a 'k' and I wonder why the rest of us don't. Probably he was named after Handel since both were born on February 23rd, though a few years apart. Watts's father was a piano maker โ not a rich man's trade โ and they lived in the poorer parts of St Marylebone in London where he was born in.
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Hope, Frederick Watts, 18171904 Painting by Litz Collection Fine Art America
George Frederic Watts was born in London in 1817, the son of a musical instrument manufacturer. His two brothers died in 1823 and his mother in 1826, giving Watts an obsession with death throughout his life.
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N01634 Summary Display caption Summary In Greek mythology the Minotaur, half-man, half-bull, was appeased by annual human sacrifices. Every year, seven youths and seven virgins were shipped from mainland Athens to the Island of Crete to be devoured by the monster.
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George Frederic Watts 553 artworks Symbolist, Olympian Classical Revivalist painter and sculptor Born 2/23/1817 - Died 7/1/1904 Born in Marylebone, London, United Kingdom Died in Guildford, United Kingdom Artworks Biography Relationships Library Images of the Artist Products Depicted Places Title Medium Type Country Sort by From year To year
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George Frederick Watts; Clytie, 1868 George Frederick Watts; Explore Further. Most Similar European painting England 1817-1904 More More options. Most Similar European painting England 1817-1904 Related artworks. Pilots, Port of Pasajes, Spain, c.1891.
NPG 1406; Frederic Watts Portrait Extended National Portrait Gallery
British Painter and Sculptor Born: February 23, 1817 - London, England Died: July 1, 1904 - Compton, Surrey, England Movements and Styles: Symbolism George Frederic Watts Summary Accomplishments Important Art Biography Influences and Connections Useful Resources "I paint ideas, not things.
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A Victorian painter and sculptor associated with the Symbolist movement, George Frederic Watts used art to communicate "ideas, not things." In this sculpture, he conveys the torment of desire by representing the mythological ocean nymph Clytie as she is metamorphosed into a sunflower at the command of the sun god Apollo, object of her unrequited affection.