Welcome! This website is an appreciation of the life and work of the British painter John William Waterhouse (1849-1917). It has been designed to act as a resource aimed to promote Waterhouse's work, and to aid in the shared research of his artistic career, the models, and personal life. It is targetted both towards the casual admirer of Waterhouse pictures, plus those who are interested in doing their own research into various aspects of Waterhouse's life.

The website johnwilliamwaterhouse.com is a 'labour of love': it opened in January 2000, as an extension of the J.W. Waterhouse section on the ArtMagick website (opened in 1996).

The primary objectives of this website are to:

• Offer an online archive of Waterhouse's works (paintings, drawings, sketches, studies);
• Provide biographical information, reproduction of out-of-print articles, along with articles created from original, previously unpublished research;
• Keep track of newly discovered paintings;
• Offer news of upcoming art auctions, exhibitions and events;
• Provide details of new books and scholarly articles;
• Give pointers on where to view Waterhouse's pictures in person;
• Provide a community for fellow admirers of Waterhouse to get in touch with one another;
• Provide a message board / forum for Waterhouse related questions.

Articles

Unless credited otherwise, all content on this website was written by Julia Kerr (site editor/owner), with assistance from the people listed on the Credits page. I'm not an art historian and errors will inevitably creep in: if you spot any inaccuracies, please either leave a comment at the bottom of the article in question, or email me.

Contributed Articles

• The Mysterious Models of John William Waterhouse (Cathy Baker)
• A Waterhouse Sketch Discovered (Scott Thomas Buckle)
• Waterhouse Symposium (Scott Thomas Buckle)
• Waterhouse's Rape of Persephone (Peter Trippi)

Citing this Website

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Copyright

Works by J.W. Waterhouse are in the public domain. For commercial licensing, please contact Bridgeman Art Library or Art Resource.

Frequently Asked Questions

The FAQ section is a work in progress - it aims to offer a useful set of Q&A for questions often posed by visitors to this website.

Advertising

In order to help support the ongoing cost of maintaining this website (e.g. web hosting costs, ongoing research, purchase of source materials), there are adverts appearing at the top of each page. However, as adverts can sometimes be rather intrusive, they have been limited so that only non-members will see them. If you are a registered member, and are logged in, the adverts will not appear. The adverts are served via the Adbrite and Google Adsense networks.

Technology

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