Waterhouse is an adept at blending feminine beauty and mystery. Here he depicts the goddess Circe amidst shades of greens and blues, creating a world that draws us in and mesmerizes. If you really look at this painting, you can feel yourself transported into Circe’s world: you can hear the water echoing through a secluded grotto. [...]
Link: The Royal Academy has announced a 2009 exhibit of 40 Waterhouse paintings. Sketches and drawings will be shown as well. June 27 – Sept. 13. From the Royal Academy website: “The exhibition will consider how Waterhouse’s paintings reflect his engagement with contemporary issues ranging from medievalism and the classical heritage to spiritualism and the [...]
Ophelia is a captivating character, one that many of the Pre-Raphaelites and other Victorian artists drew inspiration from. For those unfamiliar with Ophelia, she is Hamlet’s innocent young love interest in one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays (Hamlet). Hamlet loved Ophelia – but after his meeting with the ghost of his father (Act I) he [...]
Destiny, painted by John William Waterhouse In my previous post (Magic in Pre-Raphaelite and Symbolist Art) a visitor (Hi, Sally!) asked about the model used in Waterhouse’s The Crystal Ball and that stunning red dress. I love Waterhouse and his image of women. But I do not know much about the models he used. So, [...]
William Blake’s Hecate, painted in 1795 Magic was usually depicted as very dark, evil. Until the Pre-Raphaelites came upon the scene. Then it was beautiful, mystical. Well, you can see what I mean in these images that conjure up (pardon the pun) mystical and powerful sorceresses. John William Waterhouse, The Magic Circle (note how intense [...]
In an earlier post, I shared with you the recently redesigned johnwilliamwaterhouse.com. The works of John William Waterhouse are instantly recognizable for their beautiful, ethereal women — all of whom have that indescribable “Waterhouse” quality. A quality that I can’t quite put my finger on or describe, but they all have it. I suppose it [...]
Stunning new video making connections between the art of John WIlliam Waterhouse and the stage stars of his era. I love the feminine beauty of bygone stars of stage and screen. It is a refreshing change from today’s over exposed, over siliconed, over botoxed, so tan that they have become orange “starlets” (who are usually [...]
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