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John William Waterhouse. Part 2.
Marriage and women destined to suffer. Portrait of the Artist’s Wife by John William Waterhouse (1885) In 1883 John William Waterhouse married Esther Maria Kenworthy, a noted flower painter. She was...
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John William Waterhouse. Part 3
Sorceresses and a tale from Homer. Despite Waterhouse marrying his wife Esther in a Church of England church and attending services there, he continued to be fascinated by the occult and magic rituals....
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John William Waterhouse. Part 4.
Dolce Far Niente, Tennyson and Herrick John William Waterhouse (c.1886) In the last blog on John William Waterhouse I looked at his paintings which focused on sorcery, sorceresses and Homer’s famous...
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John William Waterhouse. Part 5.
Sirens, mermaids, nudes and controversy In my last look at John William Waterhouse’s life and artwork I am reverting to his love of mythological subjects and his love of women regaled in verse by...
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