J W WATERHOUSE

 J.W. Waterhouse was one of the most successful painters of the Victorian age, with many of his paintings becoming archetypal Victorian images. The author, Hobson, a practicing painter and teacher, gives an artist's appreciation of Waterhouse as a master of Romantic Classicism. The brilliance of John W. Waterhouse's technique, and the haunting beauty of his wistful female models, has ensued his lasting popularity. During his lifetime, Waterhouse was acclaimed as one of England's finest artists, and his painting of Ophelia, The Lady of Shallot and Pandora remain one of the archetypal victorian images. Out of Print. Condition: Fine Plus. Light edge wear.