Widely regarded as a genius and as the greatest painter of the Victorian age, George Frederic Watts (1817–1904) was a ceaseless experimenter throughout his seventy-year career. He was not only the finest and most penetrating portraitist of his age but also a sculptor, landscape painter, and symbolist. This beautifully illustrated book encompasses the work of his entire career, from his early self-portrait in 1834 and first exhibited painting in the Royal Academy in 1837 to his most iconic work, Hope, and the remarkable, almost abstract painting, Sower of the Systems, completed in 1903. In addition, the book includes historic photographs and archival materials, especially concerning the establishment in 1904 of the Watts Picture Gallery in Compton, Surrey, for the permanent exhibition of his art. Essays by leading scholars examine the artist’s output, life, reception, and legacy.

G. F. Watts

Arts & Photography

Bryant, Barbara

Bills, Mark

History & Criticism

Yale University Press

Dickens and the Artists Dickens and the Artists

Published to accompany a major touring exhib ition from January 1999 to September 1999, this book focuses on the collection of Victorian art built up by Merton Russe ll-Cotes and now held in the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and M useum, Bournemouth. '

A Victorian Salon: Paintings from the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum

Waterfield, Giles

Frick Art & Historical Center

Dahesh Museum

Olding, Simon

Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum

City Art Museum, Helsinki

Lund Humphries Pub Ltd

Illustrated from a leading collection of Victorian art, this text introduces key themes within Victorian art through a variety of essays by leading scholars in the field. Most introductory books on Victorian art have sought to cover the tremendous ground of the period through general surveys of key movements and forms of art. This book deals rather with themes that were relevant to the period, revealing a broad scope of expression and opinion within each.

Art in the Age of Queen Victoria : A Wealth of Depictions

With a rich selection of illustrations from the extensive and largely unpublished collection of satirical and caricature images in the Museum of London, The Art of Satire tells the story of visual satire in London, a city in which caricature flourished like no other. After exploring the significance of London as a subject and as the centre of production, the book, chronologically surveys satirical images of London life, from Hogarth's London to the age of Victoria considering the eclectic and vibrant tradition that continues into the twentieth century. The book encompasses new research and uses historical and literary sources to place the satire of London in the wider context of English satire as a whole.

The Art of Satire: London in Caricature

Philip Wilson Publishers

This is a guide to the symbolism of the glorious Arts and Crafts patterns that decorate the interior and exterior of Compton Cemetary Chapel.

Watts Chapel: A Guide to the Symbols of Mary Watts' Arts and Crafts Masterpiece

Architecture

This book tells the story of the impact G.F. Watts (a major nineteenth-century artist) and his wife Mary Watts had on Compton, a small village in Surrey. Compton later became their artists’ retreat and where they built the Watts Gallery, the Compton Pottery, and the extraordinary Cemetery Chapel.

An Artist's Village: G.F. and Mary Watts in Compton

Francis 'Frank' Montague Holl (1845–1888) was one of the great painters of the Victorian era, notable for his tragic social realism as well as his penetrating portraits. Although highly respected in his lifetime, his early death meant that he never fully received the acclaim that his work merited. His great subject pictures, often on bleak themes, were frequently criticized for their darkness but found great favor with the public. His portraits can be seen on a par with those of Watts and Millais, and he was an influence on Van Gogh who greatly admired his work. This book represents the first retrospective of this significant artist. Exploring in parallel the subject paintings and the portraits, it considers the importance of Holl's output and his continued relevance today.

Frank Holl: Emerging from the Shadows

Funnell, Peter

Sellars, Jane

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