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Watts Gallery reopened in June 2011 after a major scheme of works, including extension, refurbishment and restoration. Visitors can now experience the Watts collection in the historic galleries displaying the original decorative schemes. Over one-hundred paintings by G. F. Watts are on permanent display at the Gallery.
Alexander Constantine Ionides and his wife and children, by George Frederic Watts, 1841 (Watts Gallery) – Aglaia is the fourth figure from the left. Of Greek descent, she was the elder daughter of businessman and art collector Alexander Constantine Ionides, who had immigrated to London from Constantinople (present day Istanbul) in 1827. [2]
Constantine Alexandre Ionides (George Frederic Watts, 1880) Alexander Constantine Ionides and his wife and children, by George Frederic Watts, 1841 (Watts Gallery) - Constantine Alexander is the first child on the left, with his arms round his mother's neck.
The Watts Gallery, Compton [10] One of Compton's most decorated residents by his profession was the artist who was primarily a painter, George Frederic Watts , who lived his later life at a house he called "Limnerslease", [ 11 ] close to which is the early 20th century Watts Gallery , dedicated to his work.
Richard Jefferies agreed to sit for Jon Edgar for a portrait using local Compton clay quarried from the foundations of the Brickfields pottery of Mary Wondrausch.The portrait was unveiled at the re-opening of the Watts Gallery in June 2011 and forms part of the Compton Triptych [2] unveiled at The Human Clay exhibition, Lewis Elton Gallery, University of Surrey in November 2011.
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Watts said it was a symbol of "that restless physical impulse to seek the still unachieved in the domain of material things". The original plaster maquette is at the Watts Gallery, and there are four full-size bronze casts: one in London, one in Cape Town, one in Harare and one soon to be sited at Watts Gallery - Artists' Village in Compton ...
That's Not My... is a series of baby and toddler children's books written by Fiona Watt, illustrated by Rachel Wells and published by Usborne Publishing. Every book focuses on a different subject, which have included animals, vehicles and people. The first book in the series was That's Not My Puppy... which was published in 1999. Each two-page ...