Competition results
Waterhouse was most famous for his paintings of female characters from mythology and literature. Thank you to everyone who entered our competition to win tickets to the exhibition.
As nearly everyone guessed the tragic character from one of England's best known plays who this female is supposed to represent is... Ophelia.
Congratulations to our three winners. Tickets to the exhibtion have been sent. Enjoy!
View over 60 paintings by Waterhouse
The Royal Academy of Arts presents a major retrospective exhibition of the Pre-Raphaelite artist, John William Waterhouse RA (1849-1917). The exhibition, which features over 40 paintings from both public and private collections, includes such highlights as Hylas and the Nymphs, 1896, pictured above. These works are accompanied by studies in oil, chalk and pencil; period photographs; sketchbooks; and the volumes of Tennyson and Shelley in which Waterhouse drew sketches.
The retrospective considers how Waterhouse's paintings reflect his engagement with contemporary issues ranging from antiquarianism and the classical heritage to occultism and the 'New Woman'. It will include almost all the paintings which made him one of the most successful and critically acclaimed artists of the day.
Hylas and the Nymphs, 1896 (oil on canvas), Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) / Manchester Art Gallery, UK / Bridgeman