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George Frederic Watts

1817–1904

Study for ‘The Court of Death’ c.1896
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Biography

George Frederic Watts (23 February 1817 – 1 July 1904) 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.

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Symbolism Olympians Aesthetic movement

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  • Self-Portrait

    George Frederic Watts
    1864
  • Psyche

    George Frederic Watts
    1880
  • Mammon

    George Frederic Watts
    1884–5
  • The Dweller in the Innermost

    George Frederic Watts
    c.1885–6
  • ‘For he had great possessions’

    George Frederic Watts
    1894
  • Dray Horses

    George Frederic Watts
    c.1863–75
  • The Minotaur

    George Frederic Watts
    1885
  • Death Crowning Innocence

    George Frederic Watts
    1886–7
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  • Self-Portrait

    George Frederic Watts
    1864
  • George Frederic Watts, O.M., R.A.

    Sir Alfred Gilbert
    1888–9

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