John William Waterhouse

John William Waterhouse is a British Pre-Raphaelite and Symbolist painter, famous for his romantic and sensual representations of women from classical mythology and medieval literature. His work, characterized by a luminous palette, dreamlike atmosphere, and fascination with fatal or tragic female figures - Ophelia, the Lady of Shalott, sirens - blends Victorian academic realism with Pre-Raphaelite aesthetics. Master of visual narrative, he captures moments of transformation, desire, and destiny with poetic intensity and remarkable pictorial beauty.