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Hylas and the Nymphs is an 1896 oil painting by John William Waterhouse.The painting depicts a moment from the Greek and Roman legend of the tragic youth Hylas, based on accounts by Ovid and other ancient writers, in which the enraptured Hylas is abducted by Naiads (female water nymphs) while seeking drinking water.
Image Name Year Current Location Ref A Flower Stall: 1880: Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne: Dolce Far Niente: 1880: Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery, Kirkcaldy, Scotland: The Household Gods
Waterhouse was born in the city of Rome to the English painters William and Isabella Waterhouse in 1849, in the same year that the members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, including Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais and William Holman Hunt, were first causing a stir in the London art scene. [3]
Evans was born at Eton on 4 December 1798 to Samuel Evans, a landscape painter originally from Flintshire who had settled at Windsor.Samuel Evans was selected to teach drawing to the daughters of George III, and eventually became a drawing master at Eton College.
Echo and Narcissus is a 1903 oil painting by John William Waterhouse.It illustrates the myth of Echo and Narcissus from Ovid's Metamorphoses.. John William Waterhouse (1847–1917) was an English painter who, because of his style and themes, is generally classified as a Pre-Raphaelite.
A 5th-century BC Greek vase in the British Museum with illustrations of Sirens similar to those in Ulysses and the Sirens. The work depicts a scene from the ancient Greek epic the Odyssey, in which the Sirens attempt to use their enchanting song to lure the titular hero Odysseus and his crew towards deadly waters.
Paintings by John William Waterhouse (1849-1917) — Pre-Raphaelite English painter. Pages in category "Paintings by John William Waterhouse" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.
William Alexander (10 April 1767 – 23 July 1816) was an English painter, illustrator and engraver. [1] The hallmarks of his work, usually executed in watercolours, were clearness and harmony of colour, simplicity and taste in composition, grace of outline, and delicacy of execution. [2] He accompanied the Macartney Embassy to China in 1792.