| Method | Etching |
| Artist | James Dobie after John William Waterhouse |
| Published | The Magazine of Art, Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1895 |
| Dimensions | Image 233 x 138 mm, Plate 270 x169 mm, Sheet 315 x 239 mm. |
| Notes |
From the Magazine of Art. The Magazine of Art was an illustrated monthly British journal devoted to the visual arts, published from May 1878 to July 1904 in London and New York by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. It included reviews of exhibitions, articles about artists and all branches of the visual arts, as well as some poetry, and was lavishly illustrated by leading engravers of the period. After John William Waterhouse's 1894 oil on canvas painting. James Dobie (1849 - 1911) was a British engraver who was born in Edinburgh, but worked on the periphery of London for a large part of his career. He was on the most part an etcher of landscape and genre scenes, and exhibited these works at the Royal Academy from 1885, until his death in 1911. He would often, but not exclusively, sign his engravings with 'J.D.' John William Waterhouse (1849 - 1917) was an historical genre painter whose revivalist manner earned him the sobriquet of 'the modern Pre-Raphaelite.' Waterhouse was born of English parents in Rome. He studied under his father, who was a painter and copyist, before enrolling in the Royal Academy schools in 1870. He exhibited at the Society of British Artists from 1872, and at the Royal Academy itself, from 1874. Waterhouse was the most celebrated of the artists who, from the 1880's, sought to reinvigorate the literary themes popularised by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. In 1895, Waterhouse was elected to the status of full Academician. Though very much a Pre-Raphaelite in his choice of Greco-Roman and Arthurian subject matter, Waterhouse did deviate from the Brotherhood's technical approach to painting. Whilst his rendering of certain details was fastidious, his fondness for backgrounds conceived as blocks of colour and tone went against Pre-Raphaelite doctrine. These ultimately derived from the methods of European prototypes such as Jules Bastien-Lepage, which were transmitted to Waterhouse through his acquaintance with members of the Newlyn school. In the twilight of his career, Waterhouse taught at the St. John's Wood Art School, and served on the Royal Academy Council. Condition: Good clean impression. Framed in a decorative period oak frame. |
| Framing | framed |
| Price | £425.00 |
| Stock ID | 50266 |