Painting for the Nation: G.F. Watts at the Tate

18 June 2011 - 1 January 2012
Exhibitions Gallery

Between 1897 and 1938 the Tate Gallery had a permanent room devoted to the works of G.F. Watts. His major bequest of paintings to the gallery was gratefully accepted by the nation who found these symbolist masterpieces as uplifting moral statements that offered spirituality to an increasingly secular audience.

Drawing from this rich collection, the exhibition evokes the Tate room through the display of many of his major works.