The Sower of the Systems
Artist
George Frederick Watts
(British, 1817 - 1904)
Date1902
Mediumoil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 122.6 × 91.4 cm (48 1/4 × 36 in.)
Framed: 134 × 103.8 × 7.6 cm (52 3/4 × 40 7/8 × 3 in.)
ClassificationsModern
Credit LineGift of Joey and Toby Tanenbaum, 1971; donated by the Ontario Heritage Foundation, 1988
Terms
- Paintings
Object numberL70.7
Status
Not on viewCollections
Exhibition HistoryCosmos: From Romanticism to the Avant-Garde, Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy, March 25, 2000 - July 23, 2000; New Gallery, London, 1903, no.89; Special Loan Collection of Works by the Late George Frederick Watts, R.A., O.M., Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, 1905, no.36; The Sacred and Profane in Symbolist Art, The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Nov. 1-26, 1969, no.17; Le Symbolisme en Europe, Brussels, Musees Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Nov. 1975-Jan. 1976, no. 255; Victorian England in Canada, Saskatoon Gallery & Conservatory Corporation, Oct. 5-31, 1976, no.30; Victorian High Renaissance, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Nov. 19, 1978-Jan. 1979, no.34b (Minneapolis and Brooklyn only); Painters and Poets: An Educational Exhibition of British Art and Liturature 1860-1950, The Art Gallery of Ontario. Feb.23-March 23, 1980, no.70; Symbolist Europe: Paradise Lost:June 6-Oct.15, 1995, Musee des Beaux arts de Montreal
Exhibitions
PC Rotations: Gallery 121 Oct 2015
PC Rotations: Gallery 121 Oct 2012
For installation in Wilder Gallery (#228) as part of First Thursday event and Artist in Residence program.
PC Rotations: Gallery 121 March 2013
PC Rotations: Gallery 121 Dec 2011
PC Rotations: Gallery 121 Dec 2014
From Renaissance to Rodin: Celebrating the Tanenbaum Gift
PC Rotations: Gallery 121 Nov 2011
Mystical Landscapes: Masterpieces from Monet, Van Gogh and more
PC Rotations: Gallery 121 Jan 2015
PC Rotations: Gallery 121 Feb 2014
PC Rotations: Gallery 121 June 2012
Period20th Century
SignedSigned LRC: G Watts
Primary MakerGeorge Frederick Watts
