Monday, June 8, 2009

Model who posed for The Lady of Shalott sat in small north London courtyard

[The studio where John Waterhouse worked survives and is now the home of textile artist, Pauline Caulfield. Photograph: Felix Clay]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/jun/08/lady-shalott-waterhouse-model-courtyard

3 comments:

Jo Potter said...

How amazing to see where Waterhouse use to work. If only the walls could talk in that studio!:)
It would be great if you could go back in time and see what it use to look like when he lived there.
A courtyard seems to be a very boring place to create such a great work, like The Lady of Shalott!
By the way, thank you for your nice comment about Zigsa. He does look quite regal on the mat!:)

Grace said...

If you watch the Waterhouse documentary here:

http://player.omroep.nl/?aflID=8573842

there's a segment where the guy visits the back yard where Waterhouse might have painted it. It's fascinating!!!

Grace

Hermes said...

Thank you Grace I'll do that later. Appreciate the link. I've found a picture of him in his studio for tomorrow.