J.W.Waterhouse

"Ophelia"

"Guthering Rosebunds"

"The soul of the rose"

"Sleep and his half brother Death"

"Sweet summer"

"The awakening of Adonis"

"Anemone"

"Lamia"

"Lady of Shalot"

"Psyche opening the door to the Cupid΄s garden"

"Danaides"

The painter, John William Waterhouse, 6 April 1849 – 10 February 1917

He was an English painter known for working in the Pre - Raphaelite style. Born in Italy to English parents who were both painters, he later moved to London, where he enrolled in the Royal Academy of Art.

He worked several decades after the breakup of the Pre - Raphaelite Brotherhood, which had seen its heyday in the mid-nineteenth century, leading to his sobriquet "the modern Pre-Raphaelite". Borrowing stylistic influences not only from the earlier Pre-Raphaelites but also from his contemporaries, the Impressionists, his artworks were known for their depictions of women from both ancient Greek mythology and Arthurian legend.

Waterhouse's favorite subjects were  Ophelia and Lady of Shalot. He painted them in different versions and series. Unfortunately, he could not finish the series of Ophelia paintings because he was gravely ill with cancer by 1915. He died two years later, and his grave can be found at Kensal Green Cemetery in London.