Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
George Frederic Watts, c. 1879 George Frederic Watts was born in 1817, the son of a London musical instrument manufacturer. [2] His two brothers died in 1823, and his mother in 1826, giving Watts an obsession with death that lasted throughout his life. [2]
The Minotaur, oil on canvas, 188.1 cm × 94.5 cm (74.1 in × 37.2 in), Tate Britain. The Minotaur is an 1885 painting by the English painter George Frederic Watts.It depicts the Minotaur from Greek mythology as he waits for his young sacrificial victims to arrive by ship.
Watts was born in Marylebone in central London on the birthday of George Frederic Handel (after whom he was named), to the second wife of a poor piano-maker. Delicate in health and with his mother dying while he was still young, he was home-schooled by his father in a conservative interpretation of Christianity as well as via the classics such as the Iliad.
Physical Energy was the culmination of Watts's ambition in the field of public sculpture, embodying the artist's belief that access to great art would bring immense benefits to the country at large, Watts conceived Physical Energy as an allegory of human vitality and humanity’s ceaseless struggle for betterment.
Good Mother Gallery recently opened its Los Angeles arm near the 6th Street Bridge after starting in Oakland in 2014 with a community-centric ethos. This new gallery in L.A. is forging connections ...
George Frederic Watts (1817–1904), English Victorian painter and sculptor; George Washington Watts (1851–1921), American manufacturer, financier and philanthropist; George Watts (cricketer) (1867–1949), English cricketer; George Albert Watts (died 1957), mayor of St Pancras, London; George Edward Watts (1786–1860), Royal Navy officer
Hope Second version of Hope, 1886 Artist George Frederic Watts Year 1886 (1886), further versions 1886–1895 Type Oil Dimensions 142.2 cm × 111.8 cm (56.0 in × 44.0 in) Location Tate Britain Hope is a Symbolist oil painting by the English painter George Frederic Watts, who completed the first two versions in 1886. Radically different from previous treatments of the subject, it shows a lone ...
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!