Watts,George Frederick

Watts,George Frederick
Watts, George Frederick. 1817-1904.
British painter noted for his historical works, portraits, and allegories, including Hope (1885).

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  • Watts, George Frederick — ▪ British painter born Feb. 23, 1817, London died July 1, 1904, Compton, Surrey, Eng.       English painter and sculptor of grandiose allegorical themes. Watts believed that art should preach a universal message, but his subject matter, conceived …   Universalium

  • WATTS, GEORGE FREDERICK —    eminent English painter, born in London; is distinguished as a painter at once of historical subjects, ideal subjects, and portraits; did one of the frescoes in the Poets Hall of the Houses of Parliament and the cartoon of Caractacus led in… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

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  • George Frederick Bodley — Infobox Architect image size = (use only if image is smaller than 250px) caption = name =George Frederick Bodley nationality =English birth date =1827 birth place = death date =21 October 1907 death place =Water Eaton, Oxfordshire practice name …   Wikipedia

  • Watts — Watts, George Frederick, engl. Maler, geb. 23. Febr. 1817 in London, gest. 1. Juli 1904 auf seinem Landgut Limnerslease, bildete sich in seiner Jugend, ohne Lehrer und ohne Kopien zu machen, hauptsächlich nach den Elgin Marbles im Britischen… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • George Frederic Watts — George Frederic Watts, OM (23 February, 1817 – 1 July, 1904; sometimes spelled George Frederick Watts ) was a popular English Victorian painter and sculptor associated with the Symbolist movement.Watts became famous in his lifetime for his… …   Wikipedia

  • Watts & Co — Watts Co. is a prominent architecture and interior design company. It is one of the most remarkable survivals of the Gothic Revival of the nineteenth century: a firm founded in 1874 by three leading late Victorian church architects, George… …   Wikipedia

  • George Meredith — Retrato de George Meredith por George Frederick Watts Nacimiento 12 de febrero d …   Wikipedia Español

  • Watts — (spr. wotts), George Frederick, engl. Historien und Porträtmaler, auch Bildhauer, geb. 1817 zu London, gest. das. 1. Juli 1904; anfangs in präraffaelitischer Richtung tätig; Hauptbild: Alfred, die Sachsen gegen die Landung der Dänen aufrufend. –… …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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