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George Frederic Watts
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Fan account of George Frederic Watts, an English Victorian painter and sculptor associated with the Symbolist movement.
1817-1904
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The Genius of Greek Poetry https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/230054
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
December 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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William Ewart Gladstone https://www.wikiart.org/en/george-frederick-watts/william-ewart-gladstone
William Ewart Gladstone
December 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Time, Death and Judgment https://www.artic.edu/artworks/16557/
George Frederick Watts exhibited this painting at the Royal Academy, London, in 1865 as Design for a Larger Picture. He later executed a number of versions of the same subject, which was identified by Mrs. Watts as Time bearing a scythe and pressing forward through the stream of life hand in hand with his mate, Death. The figure of Judgment follows behind, holding a sword. In the last half of his career, Watts, a celebrated Romantic painter, favored allegories like Time, Death, and Judgment, which were influenced by his studies of the heroic forms of the Renaissance artist Michelangelo and the warm palette of Titian. Bequest of Charles L. Hutchinson
December 22, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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All Pervading https://www.wikiart.org/en/george-frederick-watts/all-pervading
All Pervading
December 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Sir (William Matthew) Flinders Petrie https://www.wikiart.org/en/george-frederick-watts/sir-william-matthew-flinders-petrie
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders Petrie
December 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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John Passmore Edwards https://www.wikiart.org/en/george-frederick-watts/john-passmore-edwards
John Passmore Edwards
December 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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Mammon https://www.wikiart.org/en/george-frederick-watts/mammon-1885
Mammon
December 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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All Pervading https://www.wikiart.org/en/george-frederick-watts/all-pervading-1
All Pervading
December 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Clytie https://www.artic.edu/artworks/186048/
Clytie, a Greek water nymph, was turned into a sunflower by the gods. The Victorian sculptor George Frederick Watts used this subject as a meditation on transformation, blending male and female elements in this bust, much as Michelangelo had done in his sculptures. Watts’s composite approach gives the work a powerful and experimental quality, which is enhanced by the presence of mold marks. Plaster casts were made from piece molds that left mold lines after casting. Normally these would have been smoothed away, but Watts chose to leave them here. The presence of these lines in the cast invites comparison with bronzes by Watts’s younger contemporary Auguste Rodin, in which mold lines are also preserved. Lacy Armour Endowment; through prior gift of George F. Harding Collection
December 20, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Julia Margaret Cameron https://www.wikiart.org/en/george-frederick-watts/julia-margaret-cameron-1852
Julia Margaret Cameron
December 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Portrait of Emily, Lady Tennyson https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/296959
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gifts for Special Uses Fund
December 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Mrs George Augustus Frederick Cavendish Bentinck and her Children https://www.wikiart.org/en/george-frederick-watts/mrs-george-augustus-frederick-cavendish-bentinck-and-her-children
Mrs George Augustus Frederick Cavendish Bentinck and her Children
December 19, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Portrait of William Morris https://www.wikiart.org/en/george-frederick-watts/portrait-of-william-morris-1870
Portrait of William Morris
December 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Miss Georgina Treherne https://www.wikiart.org/en/george-frederick-watts/miss-georgina-treherne
Miss Georgina Treherne
December 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Physical Energy https://www.wikiart.org/en/george-frederick-watts/physical-energy
Physical Energy
December 18, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Portrait of Thomas Carlyle https://www.wikiart.org/en/george-frederick-watts/portrait-of-thomas-carlyle
Portrait of Thomas Carlyle
December 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Paulo And Francesco https://www.wikiart.org/en/george-frederick-watts/paulo-and-francesco-1
Paulo And Francesco
December 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Nude Studies Of Long Mary https://www.wikiart.org/en/george-frederick-watts/nude-studies-of-long-mary
Nude Studies Of Long Mary
December 17, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Love And Life https://www.wikiart.org/en/george-frederick-watts/love-and-life
Love And Life
December 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Physical Energy https://www.wikiart.org/en/george-frederick-watts/physical-energy-1878
Physical Energy
December 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Minotaur https://www.wikiart.org/en/george-frederick-watts/minotaur
Minotaur
December 16, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Creation https://www.wikiart.org/en/george-frederick-watts/creation
Creation
December 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Happy warrior https://www.wikiart.org/en/george-frederick-watts/happy-warrior
Happy warrior
December 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Ellen Terry At The Piano https://www.wikiart.org/en/george-frederick-watts/ellen-terry-at-the-piano
Ellen Terry At The Piano
December 15, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Frederic Leighton, Baron Leighton https://www.wikiart.org/en/george-frederick-watts/frederic-leighton-baron-leighton
Frederic Leighton, Baron Leighton
December 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM