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THE ENCHANTED GARDEN from kendrive ^Pro 16 hours old

[ ... ] of his life, but almost unwittingly imbued it with a deeper meaning. Past the Dantesque guardian at the entrance, the snow is falling on the ...

APOLLO AND DAPHNE from kendrive ^Pro 1 day old

Yesterday Waterhouse presented us with a wood nymph and today he brings us another tree figure - Daphne. The interesting story behind the painting is ...

WOOD NYMPH from kendrive ^Pro 2 days old

One traditional symbolic meaning of the female nude is a Nature spirit. One of these, the Hamadryad, represents a stand of oaks. The Hamadryad is noble, ...

HE JUST GETS BETTER from kendrive ^Pro 3 days old

This painting by Waterhouse illustrates the poem 'Echo and Narcissus by Ovid. Echo was a nymph. She was in love with Narcissus but he became so enamoured ...

DIOGENES from kendrive ^Pro 4 days old

[ ... ] a life which was natural and not dependent upon the luxuries of civilization. Believing that virtue was better revealed in action and not ...

THE MAGIC CIRCLE from kendrive ^Pro 5 days old

"Miracles, magic and the power of prophecy are common themes in Waterhouse's art. This is one of his earlier works, and reflects his fascination with ...

WILL YE NO COME BACK AGAIN? from kendrive ^Pro 6 days old

Painted by Waterhouse in 1900, this picture was given to the Artists War Fund, in support of British casualties of the Boer War, which had begun the ...

MY SWEET ROSE from kendrive ^Pro 7 days old

John William Waterhouse: My Sweet Rose (a.k.a 'The Soul of a Rose') - 1908 "What's in a name? That which we call a rose, By any other name would ...

GATHER YE ROSEBUDS from kendrive ^Pro 8 days old

John William Waterhouse 1909 Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying: And this same flower that smiles to-day To-morrow will ...

IT'S TIME TO CALL IT A DAY from kendrive ^Pro 9 days old

After the Dance John William Waterhouse 1876 The party's over It's time to call it a day They've burst your pretty balloon And taken the moon away It's ...