George Frederic Watts

1817–1904

*Study for ‘The Court of Death’* c.1896
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Historic and Modern British Art: Sensation and Style: 1870–1910

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3 artworks by George Frederic Watts

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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. He said "I paint ideas, not things." 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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