John William Waterhouse is best known for embracing the legacy of Pre-Raphaelite artists – a group of English poets, painters, and critics who rebelled against the art establishment and the mechanic approach to art first adopted by Mannerist artists.

The Visit of a Sick Child to the Temple of Aesculapius John William Waterhouse • 1877

2022年5月19日 · The Lady of Shalott is a painting of 1888 by the English painter John William Waterhouse. It is a representation of the ending of Alfred, Lord Tennyson's 1832 poem of the same name. Waterhouse painted three different versions of this character, in …

2020年5月6日 · ‘The Soul of the Rose’ was created in 1908 by John William Waterhouse in Romanticism style. Find more prominent pieces of literary painting at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.

2020年9月17日 · The Siren is a painting by John William Waterhouse. The painting depicts a siren sitting at the edge of a cliff, lyre in hand, staring down at a shipwrecked sailor floating in water, who in turn is staring up at her.

2017年4月11日 · ‘Circe Invidiosa’ was created in 1892 by John William Waterhouse in Romanticism style. Find more prominent pieces of mythological painting at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.

2022年4月19日 · Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses is an oil painting in the Pre-Raphaelite style by John William Waterhouse that was created in 1891. The painting depicts a scene from the Odyssey where the sorceress Circe offers Odysseus (called Ulysses by the Romans) a cup containing a potion with which she seeks to bring him under her spell as she has his crew.

‘Isabella and the Pot of Basil’ was created in 1907 by John William Waterhouse in Romanticism style. Find more prominent pieces of literary painting at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.

2021年5月14日 · ‘Saint Cecilia’ was created in 1895 by John William Waterhouse in Romanticism style. Find more prominent pieces of religious painting at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.

‘The Crystal Ball’ was created in 1902 by John William Waterhouse in Romanticism style. Find more prominent pieces of genre painting at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.