Biography of John William Waterhouse 1849-1917
John William Waterhouse 1849-1917 is in Painters.
On or before 06 Apr 1849 John William Waterhouse was born at Rome, Italy. He was baptised on 06 Apr 1949.
In 1854 John William Waterhouse (age 4) and his family moved back to England.
1872. John William Waterhouse (age 22). "Undine".
Undine: Undine is an elemental being associated with water, stemming from the alchemical writings of Paracelsus.
1873. John William Waterhouse (age 23). "Gone, But Not Forgotten".
1873. John William Waterhouse (age 23). "The Unwelcome Companion: A Street Scene in Cairo".
1874. John William Waterhouse (age 24). "La Fileuse" aka The Spinner.
1874. John William Waterhouse (age 24). "In the Peristyle".
1874. John William Waterhouse (age 24). "Sleep and his Half-brother Death".
1875. John William Waterhouse (age 25). "Miranda". Miranda gazing out to sea watching the ship fail in the storm at the commencement of The Tempest.
Miranda: he was born to Duke Prospero.
1876. John William Waterhouse (age 26). "After The Dance".
1877. John William Waterhouse (age 27). "A Sick Child brought into the Temple of Aesculapius".
1878. John William Waterhouse (age 28). "The Remorse of the Emperor Nero after the Murder of his Mother".
1880. John William Waterhouse (age 30). "Dolce far Niente" aka The Art of Doing Nothing.
1882. John William Waterhouse (age 32). "Diogenes".
Diogenes 412BC 323BC: In 412BC or 404BC he was born. Before 323BC Diogenes 412BC 323BC made a virtue of poverty. He begged for a living and often slept in a large ceramic jar, or pithos, in the marketplace. In 323BC he died.
1883. John William Waterhouse (age 33). "The Favourites of the Emperor Honorius".
Flavius Honorius Emperor: On 09 Sep 384 he was born to Theodosius I Emperor and Aelia Flaccilla Empress. On 15 Aug 423 he died.
In 1883 John William Waterhouse (age 33) and Esther Kenworthy (age 26) were married.
1884. John William Waterhouse (age 34). "Consulting the Oracle".
1884. John William Waterhouse (age 34). Portrait of [his wife] Esther Kenworthy (age 27), the artist's wife.
Esther Kenworthy: In 1857 she was born. In 1883 John William Waterhouse and she were married. In 1944 she died. She was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery.
1885. John William Waterhouse (age 35). "Saint Eulalia".
1886. John William Waterhouse (age 36). "The Magic Circle". The painting was puchased by the Tate Gallery for £650.
Mariamne the Hasmonean 29BC: he was born to Alexander of Judaea 48BC. In 29BC Mariamne the Hasmonean 29BC was executed on the orders of her husband Herod The Great 72BC 4BC.
Herod The Great 72BC 4BC: In 72BC he was born. In 4BC or 1BC he died.
1888. John William Waterhouse (age 38). "The The Lady of Shalott". Part 4 Stanza 3 although not quite consistent with the poem "She loos'd the chain, and down she lay; The broad stream bore her far away,".
1888. John William Waterhouse (age 38). "Cleopatra".
1889. John William Waterhouse (age 39). "Ophelia".
1890. John William Waterhouse (age 40). "A Roman Offering".
1891. John William Waterhouse (age 41). "Ulysses and the Sirens".
Ulysses: Metamorphoses Book 14 Lines 40-67. The lover Glaucus wept. He fled the embrace of Circe and her hostile power of herbs and magic spells. But Scylla did not leave the place of her disaster; and, as soon as she had opportunity, for hate of Circe, she robbed Ulysses of his men. She would have wrecked the Trojan ships, if she had not been changed beforehand to a rock which to this day reveals a craggy rim. And even the rock awakes the sailors' dread.
1891. John William Waterhouse (age 41). "Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses".
1892. John William Waterhouse (age 42). "Circe Invidiosa" aka Circe Jealous.
1892 to 1893. John William Waterhouse (age 42). "Gathering Summer Flowers in a Devonshire Garden".
Hylas: Hylas was a youth who served as Heracles's companion and servant. Heracles made Hylas one of the Argonauts. Hylas was kidnapped by Naiads of the spring of Pegae, Mysia when they fell in love with him.
1893. John William Waterhouse (age 43). From Stanza 5 of The Lady of Shalott Part 3 - she looking at Lancelot.
1893. John William Waterhouse (age 43). "La Belle Dame Sans Merci by John Keats".
1894. John William Waterhouse (age 44). "Ophelia".
In 1895 John William Waterhouse (age 45) was appointed Associate of the Royal Academy.
1895. John William Waterhouse (age 45). "St Cecilia".
1895. John William Waterhouse (age 45). "The Lady of Shalott". Part 3 Stanza 5: "Out flew the web and floated wide; The mirror crack'd from side to side".
1895. John William Waterhouse (age 45). "The Shrine".
1896. John William Waterhouse (age 46). "Hylas and the Nymphs".
1896. John William Waterhouse (age 46). "Pandora". Opening the box - see Hesiod's Works and Days Lines 83 to 108 lines 90-94.
1898. John William Waterhouse (age 48). "Juliet".
1900. John William Waterhouse (age 50). "The Siren".
1900. John William Waterhouse (age 50). "Destiny".
1900. John William Waterhouse (age 50). "The Lady Clare".
1900. John William Waterhouse (age 50). "Nymphs Finding the Head of Orpheus".
Orpheus: Orpheus is a legendary musician and prophet in ancient Greek religion.
1901. John William Waterhouse (age 51). "The Mermaid".
1902. John William Waterhouse (age 52). "The Crystal".
1902. John William Waterhouse (age 52). "The Missal".
1902. John William Waterhouse (age 52). "Windflowers".
1902. John William Waterhouse (age 52). "Boreas" aka the personification of the North Wind.
1903. John William Waterhouse (age 53). "Echo and Narcissus".
Echo: Echo is an Oread who resided on Mount Cithaeron.
1903. John William Waterhouse (age 53). "Psyche Opening the Golden Box". When she was near Olympus, Psyche opened the box of Persephone's beauty, but the only thing inside was the essence of death. Psyche died, but her husband, Eros, who had forgiven her, saved Psyche's life and took her to Olympus. Psyche was made the goddess of the soul. Psyche and Eros had a daughter, Hedone, goddess of physical joy.
Psyche: Psyche is the Greek goddess of the soul. She was born a mortal woman, with beauty that rivaled Aphrodite.
1904. John William Waterhouse (age 54). "Psyche Opening the Door into Cupid's Garden".
1905. John William Waterhouse (age 55). "Lamia".
Lamia: Lamia. A child-eating monster and, in later tradition, was regarded as a type of night-haunting spirit. Lamia was a beautiful queen of Libya who had an affair with Zeus. Upon learning this, Zeus's wife Hera robbed her of her children, the offspring of her affair with Zeus, either by kidnapping or killing them. The loss of her children drove Lamia insane, and in vengeance and despair, Lamia snatched up any children she could find and devoured them.
1907. John William Waterhouse (age 57). "Isabella and the Pot of Basil" from the Keats Poem from the Decameron Day Four Story Five.
1907. John William Waterhouse (age 57). "Jason and Medea". The painting depicts the Colchian princess, Medea, preparing a magic potion for Jason to enable him to complete the tasks set for him by her father, Aeëtes.
1908. John William Waterhouse (age 58). "The Bouquet".
1908. John William Waterhouse (age 58). "Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May".
1908. John William Waterhouse (age 58). "The Soul of the Rose" or "My Sweet Rose".
1909. John William Waterhouse (age 59). "The Soul of the Rose" or "My Sweet Rose".
1909. John William Waterhouse (age 59). "Lamia".
1909. John William Waterhouse (age 59). "Thisbe".
1910. John William Waterhouse (age 60). "Spring Spreads One Green Lap of Flowers".
1910. John William Waterhouse (age 60). "Ophelia".
1911. John William Waterhouse (age 61). "The Charmer".
1911. John William Waterhouse (age 61). "The Sorceress".
1912. John William Waterhouse (age 62). "Penelope and the Suitors".
1914. John William Waterhouse (age 64). "The Annunciation".
1916. John William Waterhouse (age 66). "Tristan and Isolde".
Tristan: Tristan and Iseult is a chivalric romance retold in numerous variations since the 12th century, with a lasting impact on Western culture. The story is a tragedy about the adulterous love between the Cornish knight Tristan (Tristram) and the Irish princess Iseult (Isolde, Yseult). It tells of Tristan's mission to escort Iseult from Ireland for marriage to his uncle, King Mark of Cornwall. On the journey home, the two of them ingest a love potion which brings about the adulterous relationship.
1916. John William Waterhouse (age 66). "I am Half-Sick of Shadows, said the Lady of Shalott". The Lady of Shalott Part 2 Stanza 4.
1916. John William Waterhouse (age 66). "A Tale from the Decameron".
1916. John William Waterhouse (age 66). "Miranda - The Tempest".
On 10 Feb 1917 John William Waterhouse (age 67) died. He was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery.
In 1944 [his former wife] Esther Kenworthy (age 87) died. She was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery.
