Godward Book

In this book you will find 106 pages of realistic Art Nouveau portraits of women painted by John William Godward. Beautiful images by the quintessential master of this style.

John William Godward was an English painter at the end of the neo-classicist era. He was a protégé of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, but his style of painting fell out of favour with the rise of modern art.

Godward was born in 1861 and lived in Wilton Grove, Wimbledon. He was the son of Sarah Eboral and John Godward (an investment clerk for the Law Life Assurance Society of London). He was the eldest of five children. He was named after his father John and his grandfather William. He was baptised at St Mary's Church in Battersea on 17 October 1861. His parents' overbearing attitude made him withdrawn and shy in adulthood. He committed suicide at the age of 61 and is said to have written in his suicide note that "the world is not big enough for me and a Picasso".

Perfect bound 7x10" / 7,78x25,4 cm with softcover.