Written soon after the painter’s death in 1904 at the age of eighty-seven, this brief study traces George Frederick Watts from his early portraits and his ambitions for monumental public painting to the allegorical canvases of his old age. Hare considers Watts as a teacher as much as an artist, reading pictures such as the Shuddering Angel as pleas for compassion.
A compact introduction for anyone curious about Watts and the high moral seriousness of Victorian art. Download the free EPUB.