John William Godward

Style: Neo-Classicism;

Place: Wimbledon

Born: 1861

Death: 1922

Biography:

John William Godward (9 August 1861 – 13 December 1922) was an English painter from 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. He committed suicide at the age of 61 and is said to have written in his suicide note that "the world is not bi...