Wani pasion biography

"The son of an artist and copyist, this historical genre painter was born in Rome in 1849. He spent his early years in Italy, beginning to paint with his father, and having returned to England with his family in 1854 he continued to train at home.

In 1870 he entered the Royal Academy Schools and began to exhibit there from 1874. He showed there regularly until his death in 1917 and also supported the Grosvenor and New Galleries and the Liverpool Autumn Exhibitions. After fairly tentative beginnings, Waterhouse rapidly gained assurance in his art, specialising in modern subjects painted in Italy and also some classical themes in the Alma-Tadema vein.

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In 1885 he was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy and by 1895 was a Member. His international reputation was growing as pictures were acquired for prestigious institutions world-wide. One of his images gained a medal at the Paris Exhibition of 1889 and was subsequently acclaimed in Chicago and Brusse