FREDERICK WILLIAM (WATERS) WATTS (1800-1862) Biography

Provenance

George Graziado, Jr. (1919-2000) founder of The Imperial Bank of California; sold to:
Comerica Bank; to 2004

Exhibition History

Royal Academy, London, 1843, number 488

Description / Expertise

Frederick Waters Watts, renowned for his landscape paintings, lived in Hampstead at the same time as John Constable and knew him. Although he was greatly influenced by Constable's work and imitated many elements of Constable's style, he maintained his own distinctive composition and colouring. As a result, during his own lifetime and after his death, his reputation was eclipsed by that of Constable's. Since the early 1970's his work has enjoyed a well-deserved revival. He is represented in many major art galleries.

Frederick Waters Watts exhibited mainly at the British Institution (1823-62), at the Royal Academy (1821-60), at the Society of British Artists and at the New Watercolour Society.