John William Godward 2

 

'Yes or No?'
Oil on canvas, 1893
60 1/8 x 33 1/4 inches (153 x 84.5 cm)
Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt



A Pompeian Lady
Oil on canvas, 1891
30 x 18 inches (76.2 x 46 cm)
Private collection



Innocent Amusements
Oil on canvas, 1891
30 x 17 5/8 inches (76.2 x 45 cm)
Private collection



'The Sweet Siesta of a Summer Day'
Oil on canvas, 1891
15 7/8 x 20 inches (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Private collection



His Birthday Gift
Oil on canvas, 1889
20 x 10 inches (50.8 x 25.5 cm)
Private collection



Waiting for an Answer
Oil on canvas, 1889
24 x 13 7/8  inches (61 x 35.5 cm)
Private collection



Sabinella
Oil on canvas, 1912
Private collection



Sappho
Oil on canvas, 1910
Private collection



Tympanistria
Oil on canvas, 1909
Private collection



A Melody
Oil on canvas, 1904
Private collection



Amaryllis
Oil on canvas, 1903
Private collection



Megilla
Oil on canvas, 1921
19 3/8 x 15 1/2 inches (49.5 x 39.4 cm)
Private collection



A Fond Farewell
Watercolour, 1918
Private collection



Ismenia
Oil on canvas, 1908
Private collection



Far Away Thoughts
Oil on canvas, 1892
Private collection



Roman Matron
Oil on canvas, 1905
Private collection



An Auburn Beauty
Oil on canvas, 1895



A Classical Beauty In Profile
Oil on canvas
Public collection



A Classical Lady
Oil on canvas, 1908
Private collection



The Siesta
Oil on canvas
Private collection



He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
Oil on canvas, 1896
Private collection



Oil on canvas, 1908
Private collection



Summer Flowers
Oil on canvas, 1903
Private collection



On the Balcony
Oil on canvas, 1911
Private collection

 

John William Godward (9 August 1861 – 13 December 1922) was an English painter from the end of the Pre-Raphaelite / Neo-Classicist era. He was a protégé of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema but his style of painting fell out of favour with the arrival of painters like Picasso. He committed suicide at the age of 61 and is said to have written in his suicide note that "the world was not big enough" for him and a Picasso.

His already estranged family, who had disapproved of him becoming an artist, were ashamed of his suicide and burned his papers. No photographs of Godward are known to survive.