Artist of the Day, September 11, 2023: John William Waterhouse, an English painter, romanticism style (#1902)

 John William Waterhouse (1849 – 11917) 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 paintings are known for their depictions of women from both ancient Greek mythology and Arthurian legend. A high proportion depict a single young and beautiful woman in a historical costume and setting, though there are some ventures into Orientalist painting and genre painting, still mostly featuring women.

Born in Rome to English parents who were both painters, Waterhouse later moved to London, where he enrolled in the Royal Academy of Art Schools. 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 displayed in many major art museums and galleries, and the Royal Academy of Art organized a major retrospective of his work in 2009.

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1916 The Enchanted Garden,  c. 1916

Miranda - The Tempest, c. 1916

I Am Half-Sick of Shadows, Said the Lady of Shalott, c. 1915

The Sorceress, c. 1913

Penelope and the Suitors, c. 1912

 Thisbe, c. 1909

Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May, c. 1909

The Soul of the Rose, c. 1908

Echo and Narcissus, c. 1903

Boreas, c. 1903

Windflowers, c. 1902

The Crystal Ball, c. 1902

The Siren, c. 1900

 Nymphs Finding the Head of Orpheus, c. 1900

A Mermaid, c. 1900

 Pandora, c. 1898

Juliet, c. 1898

Ariadne, c. 1898

 Mariana in the South, c. 1897

 The Lady of Shalott Looking at Lancelot, c. 1894

 Ophelia, c. 1894

 The Naiad, c. 1893

La Belle Dame sans Merci, c. 1893

 Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses, c. 1891

 Cleopatra, c. 1887

The Magic Circle, c. 1886

 Saint Eulalia, c. 1885

In the Peristyle, c. 1874

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