Painter

English, Female, Illustrator, Painter

Adelaide Claxton

English painter and illustrator who developed a popular line in ghost paintings during the 1870s. Later in her life she turned her attention to corrective garments such as Claxton’s Ear Caps.

Belgian, Male, Painter, Sculptor

Antoine Wiertz

Belgian Romantic painter and sculptor. His output, featuring such macabre scenes as violent suicide and premature burial has persuaded some critics to consider it the work of a madman.

English, Male, Painter

John William Waterhouse

English artist known primarily for his depictions of women set in scenes from myth, legend or poetry. He is the best known of that group of artists who from the 1880s revived the literary themes favoured by the Pre-Raphaelites.

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