John William Waterhouse

John William Waterhouse was born in 1849 and died in 1917. He was a famous English painter who was known to people for working in the Pre-Raphaelite style. Yet, his handling of painting is different from Pre-Raphaelite. His famous works include The Lady of Shalott, Hylas and the Nymphs, La Belle Dam Sans Mercie, Ophelia, Saint Cecilia and so on. Lots of his works were about the Femme Fatale: A beauty luring a man and leading him to his death. Thus, from his works, we often can see a bitter-sweet tension between earthly beauty and impending doom. John William Waterhouse painted Greek and Roman subjects in his early career. In the 1880s, his works were characterized with literary themes. His paintings depict classical subjects and characters, and themes from classical literary, such as works of Shakespeare, Dante Alighieri and Tennyson. You can order these John William Waterhouse's paintings without hesitation. They are quite attractive for you to hand on the wall.