J.W. Waterhouse: The Modern Pre-Raphaelite - Update

The exhibit, J.W. Waterhouse:  The Modern Pre-Raphaelite, has finished it's first stop along its three-city tour, and will soon be opening in London.  By October, it will reach North America, when the exhibit will be on view in Montreal.

For those of you who like Waterhouse, but have been sitting on the fence as whether or not to travel to see the show, this list may be the factor which tips the scales.  Here are the paintings on view in the exhibit (G= Groningen Museum, L= London, M= Montreal):

• The Unwelcome Companion (G,M)
• In the Peristyle (G,M)
• Miranda 1875 (G,L,M)
• After the Dance (G,L,M)
• A Sick Child Brought to the Temple of Aesculapius (G,L,M)
• Scene at Pompeii (G,L,M)
• Dolce Far Niente 1879 (G,M)
• Dolce Far Niente 1880 (G,L,M)
• The Household Gods (G,L,M)
• A Flower Stall (G,M)
• Diogenes (G,L)
• The Favourites of Emperor Honorius (G,L,M)
• The Favourites of Emperor Honorius (study) (G,L,M)
• The Favourites of Emperor Honorius (study) (G,L,M)
• Consulting the Oracle (G,L,M)
• St. Eulalia (G,L,M)
• The Magic Circle (G,L,M)
• Mariamne (G,L,M)
• Cleopatra (G,M)
• The Lady of Shalott 1888 (G,L)
• Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses (G,L,M)
• Ulysses and the Sirens (G,L,M)
• Circe Invidiosa (G,L,M)
• A Hamadryad (G,M)
• Landscape sketch for 'A Naiad' (G,L,M)
• Unidentified artist, Programme Cover for 'Pallettaria' (L,M)
• A Naiad (G,L,M)
• La Belle Dame Sans Merci (L)
• The Lady of Shalott (study) (G,M)
• The Lady of Shalott 1894 (G,M)
• St. Cecilia (G,L,M)
• Hylas and the Nymphs (G,L)
• Mariana in the South (G,M)
• Ariadne (G,L)
• A Mermaid (G,L,M)
• A Mermaid Sketch (G,L,M)
• Head of a Girl 1892-1900 (G,L,M)
• Head of a Girl 1892-1900 (G,L,M)
• The Siren (M)
• Destiny (G,L,M)
• Nymphs Finding the Head of Orpheus (G,L,M)
• Windflowers (G,L)
• Echo and Narcissus (G,L)
• Psyche Opening the Golden Box (G,L,M)
• Psyche Opening the Door into Cupid's Garden (G,L,M)
• Lamia 1905 (G,L)
• The Danaïdes 1906 (G,L,M)
• Jason and Medea (G,L,M)
• Medea Sketch (G,L,M)
• The Soul of the Rose (G,L,M)
• Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May 1908 (study) (G,M)
• Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May 1908 (G,M)
• Lamia 1909 (G,M)
• Vanity (M)
• Listening to My Sweet Pipings (G,L,M)
• Circe sketch (G,M)
• Circe Sketch (L)
• Penelope and her Suitors (G,L,M)
• The Love Philtre (study) (G,M)
• I am Half-Sick of Shadows, said the Lady of Shalott (L,M)
• Fair Rosamund sketch (M)
• Miranda 1916 (G,M)
• Tristram and Isolde (G,L,M)
• Dante and Matilda (aka Dante and Beatrice) (G,M)
• A Tale from the Decameron (L)
• The Enchanted Garden (M)
• A Tale from the Decameron Sketch (G,M)
• Head of a Girl 1905 (G,L,M)
• Head of a Woman 1883-1884 (G,L,M)
• Head of a Girl 1903 (G,L,M)
• Head of a Girl 1915-1917 (G,L,M)
• Study for the head of Phyllis in Phyllis and Demophoön (G,L,M)
• Study for the head in The Rose Bower (G,L,M)
• Study, probably for Circe (G,L,M)
• Study for the head of Lamia (G,L,M)
• Study for the head of Lamia (G,L,M)
• Study of a woman for The Decameron (?)
• Study for the portrait of the Marchioness of Downshire (G,L,M)
• Study for The Magic Circle (G,M)

I have already made plans to travel to Montreal to see the exhibit when it opens there this fall, but I wish I could visit the show in London as well.  There are several paintings which will not be coming to North America, and I am saddened that those pieces weren't lent for the entire tour (The Lady of Shalott 1888, Hylas and the Nymphs, The Decameron, Diogenes, La Belle Dame Sans Merci, Ariadne, Windflowers, Echo and Narcissus, and Lamia 1905).  I also wish The Orange Gatherers, The Charmer, any of the Ophelia paintings, and Thisbe were in the exhibit-  basically, I want to see them all!  However, I am happy to see that St. Cecilia has been included in the entire tour, when earlier reports said it would not be lent at all (the painting was sold last year, and it seems the new owner was more amenable to lending it for this retrospective).

J.W. Waterhouse:  The Modern Pre-Raphaelite will be in London, England at the Royal Academy of Arts from June 23, 2009 - September 13, 2009, and in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts from October 1, 2009 - February 7, 2010.

The exhibition catalog is available from Amazon.com.

Many thanks to the site, www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com, for providing this information.