Artist

George Frederick Watts (English, 1817–1904)

Works (2)

A Lamplight Study: Herr Joachim

1868

Time, Death and Judgment

1866

1817

FebGeorge Frederic Watts was born in Marylebone, London on February 23, 1817.¹

1837

Watts first exhibited at the Royal Academy Exhibition in 1837.¹

1843

Watts won a first prize in the competition for murals for the new Houses of Parliament at Westminster in 1843.¹

1859

Watts completed 'Justice, A Hemicycle of Lawgivers' on the east wall of the Great Hall of Lincoln's Inn in 1859.¹

1886

Watts remarried in 1886 to Mary Fraser Tytler, a Scottish designer and potter.¹

1897

Watts donated 18 of his symbolic paintings to Tate Britain in 1897.¹

1902

Watts was elected as one of the original members of the Order of Merit (OM) in 1902.¹

1904

JulGeorge Frederic Watts died in London on July 1, 1904, at the age of 87.¹