George Frederic Watts OM RA
(1817-1904)

Died aged c. 87

George Frederic Watts OM RA (23 February 1817, in London – 1 July 1904) was a British painter and sculptor associated with the Symbolist movement. He said "I paint ideas, not things." 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.

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Commemorated on 2 plaques

In memorium George Frederic Watts [full inscription unknown]

Postman's Park, London, United Kingdom where they was

Limnerslease G.F. Watts, O.M., R.A., (1817-1904) the painter and sculptor, lived in this house which was built for him in 1891.

Down Lane, Compton, United Kingdom where they lived (1891)