About the artist
1817–1904
Born on 23rd February 1817 and died on 1st July 1904, George Frederic Watts was a well known British artist, both in painting and sculpting. He was closely linked with the Symbolist movement and was known to say, "I paint ideas, not things." Watts gained recognition during his lifetime for his symbolic works like Hope, Love and Life. He intended these artworks to be part of a grand symbolic sequence titled "House of Life". This series aimed to depict life's emotions and goals using a universally understood symbolic language.
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