Boreas (Waterhouse painting)

Infobox Painting


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title= Boreas
artist= John William Waterhouse
year= 1903
type=Oil on canvas
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"Boreas" is an oil painting in the Pre-Raphaelite style created in 1903 by John William Waterhouse.

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The painting is titled Boreas, after the Greek god of the north wind and it shows a young girl buffeted by the wind. The 1904 Royal Academy notes described the subject of the painting as::"In wind-blown draperies of slate-colour and blue, a girl passes through a spring landscape accented by pink blossom and daffodils". [http://www.jwwaterhouse.com/view.cfm?recordid=50 Boreas] at JWWaterhouse.com.]

Provenance

"Boreas" was put up for sale in the mid-1990s after having been lost for 90 years - causing quite a sensation in the art community. The painting achieved a record price for Waterhouse at that time, achieving a price £848,500 ($1,293,962).

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