George Frederick watts,O.M.,R.A.
1817-1904
English painter and sculptor. He studied at the Royal Academy and in Italy, where he developed an enthusiasm for Renaissance painting and Greek sculpture that greatly influenced his work. He executed several decorative commissions, including his large fresco Justice (Lincoln's Inn, London), modeled after Raphael's School of Athens. Many of his allegorical pictures are in the Tate Gallery, London. The National Portrait Gallery, London, contains a large collection of his portraits of eminent contemporaries. The Metropolitan Museum has his Ariadne in Naxos. Related Paintings of George Frederick watts,O.M.,R.A. :. | Field concert | Woburn Farm | Moonlight, Wolf | Half-length of Female | The Drovers Wife | Related Artists: Jose Mercedes Ortegapainted Dona Ines de Suarez in defending the city of Santiago in 1897 Ludovic Bassarabpainted Nomads in 1868-1933 C.A. Lorentzon
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