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Two double-page engravings of contemporary paintings published in The Illustrated London News Magazine and entitled as follows: "Love-Tales" - by Cesare Laurenti (see below) dated December 8, 1888 "Consulting the Oracle" - by J.W. Waterhouse (see color copy below) dated May 31, 1884 - see the original painting below Good condition - minor marks to the borders - see scans. Blank or unrelated text to the reverse. Central folds as issued. Page size 16 x 22 inches. These are original antique prints and not reproductions . Great collectors item for the art historian - see more of these in Seller's Other Items . John William Waterhouse From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John William Waterhouse Waterhouse, circa 1886. Born April 6, 1849 Rome , Papal States Died February 10, 1917 (aged 67) London , England, United Kingdom Nationality British Works Hylas and the Nymphs The Lady of Shalott Ophelia Movement Pre-Raphaelite Spouse(s) Esther Kenworthy Waterhouse Parent(s) William and Isabella Waterhouse John William Waterhouse RA (April 6, 1849 – February 10, 1917) was an English painter known for working in the Pre-Raphaelite style. He worked several decades after the breakup of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood , which had seen its heyday in the mid-nineteenth century, leading to his sobriquet "the modern Pre-Raphaelite". [1] Borrowing stylistic influences not only from the earlier Pre-Raphaelites but also from his contemporaries, the Impressionists , [1] his artworks were known for their depictions of women from both ancient Greek mythology and Arthurian legend . Born in Italy to English parents who were both painters, he later moved to London, where he enrolled in the Royal Academy of Art . He soon began exhibiting at their annual summer exhibitions, focusing on the creation of large canvas works depicting scenes from the daily life and mythology of ancient Greece. Later on in his career he came to embrace the Pre-Raphaelite style of painting despite the fact that it had gone out of fashion in the British art scene several decades before. Although not as well known as earlier Pre-Raphaelite artists such as Dante Gabriel Rossetti , John Everett Millais and William Holman Hunt , Waterhouse's work is currently displayed at several major British art galleries, and the Royal Academy of Art organised a major retrospective of his work in 2009. Contents [ hide ] 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Early career 1.3 Later career 2 Gallery 2.1 1870s 2.2 1880s 2.3 1890s 2.4 1900s 2.5 1910s 3 See also 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External links Biography [ edit ] Early life [ edit ] Waterhouse was born in the city of Rome to the English painters William and Isabella Waterhouse in 1849, in the same year that the members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, including Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais and William Holman Hunt, were first causing a stir in the London art scene. [2] The exact date of his birth is unknown, though he was baptised on 6 April, and the later scholar of Waterhouse's work, Peter Trippi , believed that he was born between 1 and 23 January. [3] His early life in Italy has been cited as one of the reasons why many of his later paintings were set in ancient Rome or based upon scenes taken from Roman mythology . In 1854, the Waterhouses returned to England and moved to a newly built house in South Kensington , London, which was near to the newly founded Victoria and Albert Museum . Waterhouse, or 'Nino' as he was nicknamed, coming from an artistic family, was encouraged to get involved in drawing, and often sketched artworks that he found in the British Museum and the National Gallery . [4] In 1871 he entered the Royal Academy of Art school, initially to study sculpture, before moving on to painting. Early career [ edit ] Waterhouse's early works were not Pre-Raphaelite in nature, but were of classical themes in the spirit of Alma-Tadema and Frederic Leighton . These early works were exhibited at the Dudley Gallery , and the Society of British Artists , and in 1874 his painting Sleep and his Half-brother Death was exhibited at the Royal Academy summer exhibition . [5] The painting was a success and Waterhouse would exhibit at the annual exhibition every year until 1916, with the exception of 1890 and 1915. He then went from strength to strength in the London art scene, with his 1876 piece After the Dance being given the prime position in that year's summer exhibition. Perhaps due to his success, his paintings typically became larger and larger in size. [5] Later career [ edit ] In 1883 he married Esther Kenworthy , the daughter of an art schoolmaster from Ealing who had exhibited her own flower-paintings at the Royal Academy and elsewhere. They had two children, but both died in early childhood. In 1895 Waterhouse was elected to the status of full Academician. He taught at the St. John's Wood Art School , joined the St John's Wood Arts Club, and served on the Royal Academy Council. Sleep and his Half-brother Death , 1874 One of Waterhouse's most famous paintings is The Lady of Shalott , a study of Elaine of Astolat , who dies of grief when Lancelot will not love her. He actually painted three different versions of this character, in 1888, 1894, and 1916. Another of Waterhouse's favorite subjects was Ophelia ; the most famous of his paintings of Ophelia depicts her just before her death, putting flowers in her hair as she sits on a tree branch leaning over a lake. Like The Lady of Shalott and other Waterhouse paintings, it deals with a woman dying in or near water. He also may have been inspired by paintings of Ophelia by Dante Gabriel Rossetti and John Everett Millais . He submitted his Ophelia painting of 1888 in order to receive his diploma from the Royal Academy. (He had originally wanted to submit a painting titled "A Mermaid", but it was not completed in time.) After this, the painting was lost until the 20th century, and is now displayed in the collection of Lord Lloyd-Webber . Waterhouse would paint Ophelia again in 1894 and 1909 or 1910, and planned another painting in the series, called "Ophelia in the Churchyard". Waterhouse could not finish the series of Ophelia paintings because he was gravely ill with cancer by 1915. He died two years later, and his grave can be found at Kensal Green Cemetery in London. [6] Gallery [ edit ] In total he produced 118 paintings. 1870s [ edit ] Undine 1872 Gone, But Not Forgotten 1873 The Unwelcome Companion--A Street Scene in Cairo 1873 La Fileuse 1874 In the Peristyle 1874 Miranda 1875 A Sick Child brought into the Temple of Aesculapius 1877 The Remorse of the Emperor Nero after the Murder of his Mother 1878 1880s [ edit ] Dolce far Niente 1880 Diogenes 1882 The Favourites of the Emperor Honorius 1883 Consulting the Oracle 1884 Saint Eulalia 1885 Magic Circle 1886 The Lady of Shalott 1888 Cleopatra 1888 Ophelia 1889 1890s [ edit ] A Roman Offering 1890 Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses 1891 Ulysses and the Sirens 1891 Danaë 1892 Circe Invidiosa 1892 A Naiad or Hylas with a Nymph 1893 La Belle Dame sans Merci 1893 A Female Study 1894 The Lady of Shalott Looking at Lancelot 1894 Ophelia 1894 The Shrine 1895 Saint Cecilia 1895 Pandora 1896 Hylas and the Nymphs 1896 Juliet 1898 Cesare Laurenti (painter) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia La meraviglia in attesa, 1891-1897 ( Fondazione Cariplo ) Cesare Laurenti ( Mesola , Ferrara , Nomvember 6, 1854 – Venice , 1936) was an Italian painter. Biography [ edit ] Laurenti moved to Padua at the age of 18 to work as an engraver, and under the guidance of the sculptor Luigi Ceccon . He was supported by the Count Leopoldo Ferri in this regard, and was able to meet the art critic Pietro Selvatica . In 1875, he married Annina Levi. In 1876, he moved to continue his training at the Accademia di Belli Arti in Florence. [1] He arrived in Florence in 1876, and trained under Giuseppe Ciaranfi . He moved to Naples two years later and worked under Domenico Morelli . Having returned to Padua in 1881, he finally settled in Venice . [2] After early works of genre painting, he developed a personal approach aimed at expressing the range of human feelings through intense female figures. He painted in oil, pastels, and watercolors. In 1883, at a Rome exhibition, he displayed After the Journey (pastel); Trai fiori ; and A priest . At the National Expostion of Venice, he displayed a pastel portrait; In Pescheria ; and a painting titled Frons Animi Interpres . [3] A paraphrase of Luigi Chirtani's comments notes: Women kneeling in pews, one likely young, a hiding face in praying hands, the other old, sits next with reckless and provocative expression . [4] The various awards Laurenti won, include the Prince Umberto Prize at the first Milan Triennale in 1891. The new century also saw a change in style, as the artist began treating Symbolist themes and further developed the study of Renaissance art commenced during his Florentine period, now under the influence of Art Nouveau . He took part in the Venice Biennale on a regular basis from 1895 to 1909, with a solo show of his work in 1907. A highly respected decorator and architect, he designed the new fish market at the Rialto , inaugurated in 1908, and produced some of the sculptural elements himself.