Boreas (painting)

Painting by John William Waterhouse

Boreas

Artist| John William Waterhouse
Year| 1903
Medium| Oil on canvas
Location| Private collection

Boreas is an oil painting in the Pre-Raphaelite style created in 1903 by John William Waterhouse.

## Subject

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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.[1]

## Provenance

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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, £848,500 ($1,294,000 USD).[1]

## See also

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* List of paintings by John William Waterhouse

## References

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1. ^ a b "Boreas". jwwaterhouse.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2007.

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List of paintings

Paintings|

* The Unwelcome Companion: A Street Scene in Cairo (1873)
* Sleep and His Half-Brother Death (1874)
* The Favourites of the Emperor Honorius (1883)
* Consulting the Oracle (1884)
* Saint Eulalia (1885)
* The Magic Circle (1886)
* The Lady of Shalott (1888)
* Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses (1891)
* Ulysses and the Sirens (1891)
* Circe Invidiosa (1892)
* The Lady of Shalott Looking at Lancelot (1894)
* Ophelia (1894)
* Hylas and the Nymphs (1896)
* Pandora (1896)
* Mariana in the South (1897)
* A Mermaid (1900)
* The Siren (c. 1900)
* The Crystal Ball (1902)
* Boreas (1903)
* Echo and Narcissus (1903)
* Jason and Medea (1907)
* Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May (1908)
* Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May (1909)
* The Sorceress (1915)
* I Am Half-Sick of Shadows, Said the Lady of Shalott (1915)

Related|

* Esther Kenworthy Waterhouse (wife)
* Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

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