George Frederic Watts (1817-1904) is best known as a painter, the 'portraitist to the Nation' and the creator of large-scale symbolist pictures. However, from the 1860s until his death in 1904, he began to dedicate substantial amounts of time to working on sculpture.
A Fragmented Legacy: G F Watts and Sculpture draws inspiration from the fascinating, if fragmentary, sculpture collection at Watts Gallery - Artists' Village, which was saved from the artist's London and Surrey studios following his death.
Visit the exhibition in person here: https://www.wattsgallery.org.uk/whats-on/g-f-watts-sculpture-fragmented-legacy/
George Frederic Watts (1817–1904)
Bronze
H 11 x W 34 x D 14 cm
Watts Gallery – Artists' Village
The Head of Medusa c.1846–1947
George Frederic Watts (1817–1904)
Alabaster
H 30 x W 38 x D 32 cm
Watts Gallery – Artists' Village
'Long Mary' c.1860
George Frederic Watts (1817–1904)
Oil on panel
H 53.3 x W 66 cm
Watts Gallery – Artists' Village
Clytie late 1860s
George Frederic Watts (1817–1904)
Oil on panel
H 61 x W 51 cm
Watts Gallery – Artists' Village
Study of Orpheus for 'Orpheus and Eurydice'
George Frederic Watts (1817–1904)
Plaster
H 44 x W 30 x D 23 cm
Watts Gallery – Artists' Village
Orpheus and Euridice 1868–1872
George Frederic Watts (1817–1904)
Oil on canvas
H 66 x W 38.1 cm
Watts Gallery – Artists' Village
Study for 'Love and Life' c.1880–1884
George Frederic Watts (1817–1904)
Gesso duro
H 64.4 x W 55.3 x D 41.2 cm
Watts Gallery – Artists' Village
Love and Life 1880s
George Frederic Watts (1817–1904)
Oil on canvas
H 66 x W 43.2 cm
Watts Gallery – Artists' Village
George Frederic Watts (1817–1904)
Plaster & wood
H 27 x W 22.5 x D 12.5 cm
Watts Gallery – Artists' Village
George Frederic Watts (1817–1904)
Oil on canvas
H 36.2 x W 30.5 cm
Watts Gallery – Artists' Village
George Frederic Watts (1817–1904) and Joseph Edgar Boehm (1834–1890)
Bronze & granite
H 152 x W 140 cm
Tennyson (1809–1892) c.1898
George Frederic Watts (1817–1904)
Gesso grosso
H 53 x W 35 x D 40 cm
Watts Gallery – Artists' Village
Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
George Frederic Watts (1817–1904)
Bronze & ashlar
H 250 x W 180 x D 170 cm
Small Plaster Study for 'Hugh Lupus' c.1870
George Frederic Watts (1817–1904)
Plaster & metal armature
H 90 cm
Watts Gallery – Artists' Village
Physical Energy 1904
George Frederic Watts (1817–1904) and A. B. Burton (active 1874–1939) and Pethick Brothers
Bronze & granite
H 300 x W 380 x D 145 cm
