GEORGE
FREDERICK WATTS, O.M., R.A.
1817 - 1904
Born
in London, Watts studied at Royal Academy Schools and in Italy
(1842-7) under the patronage of Lord and Lady Holland. He
is best known as a painter of portraits and ambitious moral
allegories both of which were highly admired during his lifetime.
In 1902 he was awarded the newly established Order of Merit.
His last home, at Compton, near Guildford is now the Watts
Gallery.
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