The All-Pervading
1890 · Oil on canvas
Dimensions 213.5 × 112 cm
Collection: Art Whisperer
The All-Pervading is an allegorical painting produced between 1887 and 1890 by the English artist George Frederic Watts. Influenced by the Sibyls of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, it symbolises the spirit Watts saw as governing "the immeasurable expanse". He presented it to the Tate Gallery in 1899 and it is now on loan from Tate Britain to the Watts Gallery in Compton, Guildford. He also produced a variant on it as the altarpiece for the Watts Mortuary Chapel.
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About this artwork
The All-Pervading (1890) by George Frederic Watts, oil on canvas, from the Art Whisperer collection.
About George Frederic Watts
George Frederic Watts, (23 February 1817 – 1 July 1904) was an English Victorian painter and sculptor associated with the Symbolist movement. He said "I paint ideas, not things." Watts became famous in his lifetime for his allegorical works, such as Hope and Love and Life.
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