Neo
Classical painting, Classical Beauty by John Godward painted in 1906, is now available as a giclee
canvas print produced by Art Pictures. This painting is one of many
classical paintings produced by John Godward which Art Pictures have produced as canvas prints.
JOHN WILLIAM
GODWARD. A follower
of Alam-Tadema. This group of artists were could the marble School. His
paintings are almost entirely showing women in classical dress. posing in
robes on marble terraces or walled gardens. This Neo Classical subjects
made him one of the leading exponents in this field. But in the 1920's
this style of art fell out of fashion with the leading collectors and
galleries, however, Godward was not one for easily changing his style. He
continued in this style but did not sell many of his paintings which
finally drove him to suicide. His middle class family which disapproved
of his chosen profession and also disapproved in his paintings could not
come to terms with his suicide and destroyed most of his papers and unfortunately,
probably any photos which featured him, as far as we know there are
no photos showing Godward around today. In total The Royal Academy
exhibited a total of 19 paintings between 1886 to 1916. Today his
paintings often sell in excess of £300,000
Canvas prints produced by Art Pictures
a subsidiary of Cranston Fine Arts. Art Pictures produce over 800 giclee
canvas prints in edition sizes of 50 up to 200, individually produced by
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