After the Deluge
George Frederic Watts · 1886
Why it's great
A dark and empty ocean stretches to the horizon, with strange curls of cloud and one small ray of sun. Watts painted it as the end of the great Flood from the Bible, with no people in sight. It's a mysterious picture of nature before humans. It looks almost modern.
Where to see it
📍 Watts GalleryCompton, United Kingdom
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George Frederic Watts was born in London and trained as a sculptor and painter. He painted portraits of the great and the good, as well as symbolic works on big themes like Hope and Love. In his later years he lived in the English village of Compton, where his gallery still stands. He died in 1904.
