Out with the old…
A final Calendar Art posting for 2021, ‘Destiny’, painted in 1900 by John William Waterhouse (1849-1917). In Pre-Raphaelite style, he depicts a lady drinking a toast to departing English warriors - a reference to the outbreak of war against the Boers of South Africa in the previous year. The painting was donated to the Artists War Fund, in support of British casualties in the war.
Out with the old…
A final Calendar Art posting for 2021, ‘Destiny’, painted in 1900 by John William Waterhouse (1849-1917). In Pre-Raphaelite style, he depicts a lady drinking a toast to departing English warriors - a reference to the outbreak of war against the Boers of South Africa in the previous year. The painting was donated to the Artists War Fund, in support of British casualties in the war.