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George Frederick Watts

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Smithsonian

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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.80.10
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

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George Frederic Watts was a British painter and sculptor associated with the Symbolist movement. Watts became famous in his lifetime for his allegorical works, such as Hope and Love and Life. These paintings were intended to form part of an epic symbolic cycle called the "House of Life", in which the emotions and aspirations of life would all be represented in a universal symbolic language.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (4)

Self-Portrait

1877 · wood engraving

Cleveland Museum of Art

A Lamplight Study: Herr Joachim

1868 · Oil on canvas

94 × 58.6 cm (37 × 23 in.); Framed: 98.2 × 76.9 × 5.8 cm (38 5/8 × 30 1/4 × 2 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Clytie

1868 · Plaster

H.: 89 cm (35 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Time, Death and Judgment

1866 · Oil on canvas

91.5 × 72 cm (36 × 28 5/16 in.); Framed: 122.9 × 102.6 × 7.7 cm (48 3/8 × 40 3/8 × 3 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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4 published of 4 catalogued · 4 with image

Art Institute Chicago
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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Self-Portrait
1877 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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