The most serious of Alma-tadema’s followers was John William Godward (1861-1922). All his life he devoted himself only to classical subjects, invariably involving girls in classical robes on marble terraces, but painted with a degree of technical mastery that almost rivals that of Alma-Tadema. . . . Very little is known of Godward’s career, except that by 1922 no one wanted his classical maidens any more, and he committed suicide by putting his head in a gas oven. —Christopher Wood
Works
- Paintings
- Drawings (none on this site)
Bibliography
Spring '84. London: The Fine Art Society, 1974.
Wood, Christopher. Olympian Dreamers/ London: Constable, 1983.
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