Showing posts with label John William Waterhouse. Show all posts
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

J.W. Waterhouse Retrospective, until 13 September, Royal Academy of Arts, London

J.W. Waterhouse: The Modern Pre-Raphaelite

The Royal Academy of Arts presents a major retrospective exhibition of the Pre-Raphaelite artist, John William Waterhouse RA (1849-1917). The exhibition, which will feature over 40 paintings from both public and private collections and will be accompanied by studies in oil, chalk and pencil; period photographs; sketchbooks; and the volumes of Tennyson and Shelley in which Waterhouse drew sketches.

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The Lady of Shalott, 1888




Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses, 1891. Oil on canvas, 149 x 92 cm




Hylas and the Nymphs, 1896




Circe Invidiosa: Circe Poisoning the Sea, 1892 (The Art Gallery of South Australia)




A Mermaid, 1900


The catalogue (237 pages with 180 illustrations, measuring 29.5 x 24.5cms) that accompanies the exhibition can be purchased from the Royal Adademy of Arts Shop Click Here