Originally published in 2004. Once the most popular Victorian artist, G. F. Watts was also a complex and elusive figure. Influenced by evolutionary theory, he r

George Frederic Watts (1817–1904) was a titanic figure in nineteenth-century British art. The father of British Symbolism and portrait painter of his age, he

"Watts (1817-1904)" by William Loftus Hare George Frederic Watts OM RA was a British painter and sculptor associated with the Symbolist movement. He said "I pai