George Frederic Watts

George Frederic Watts OM RA
Watts c. 1870
Born	(1817-02-23)23 February 1817 Marylebone, Middlesex, England
Died	1 July 1904(1904-07-01) (aged 87) London, England
Nationality	English
Education	William Behnes Royal Academy Schools
Known for	Painting, sculpture
Notable work	Hope Love and Life Physical Energy
Movement	Symbolist
Spouses	Ellen Terry ​ ​ (m. 1864; div. 1877)​ Mary Fraser Tytler ​ (m. 1886)​
Awards	Order of Merit
Patron(s)	Alexander Constantine Ionides
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George Frederic Watts OM RA (23 February 1817 – 1 July 1904) was a British painter and sculptor associated with the Symbolist movement. Watts became famous in his lifetime for his allegorical works, such as Hope and Love and Life. These paintings were intended to form part of an epic symbolic cycle called the "House of Life", in which the emotions and aspirations of life would all be represented in a universal symbolic language.