John William Godward Head of a Girl, 1896, oil on canvas, private collection. John William Godward was an English painter of the Pre-Raphaelite / Neo-Classicist era. He was a protege of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema but his style of painting fell out of favour with the arrival of painters like Picasso. He committed suicide at the age of 61 and is said to have written in his suicide note that “the world was not big enough” for him and a Picasso. His family, who had disapproved of him becoming an artist, were ashamed of his suicide and burned all his papers.

John William Godward

Head of a Girl, 1896, oil on canvas, private collection.

John William Godward was an English painter of the Pre-Raphaelite / Neo-Classicist era. He was a protege of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema but his style of painting fell out of favour with the arrival of painters like Picasso. He committed suicide at the age of 61 and is said to have written in his suicide note that “the world was not big enough” for him and a Picasso. His family, who had disapproved of him becoming an artist, were ashamed of his suicide and burned all his papers.

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