Artist
John Watson
John Watson is a Rococo painting artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Brooklyn Museum.
John Watson always painted his sitters with a straight face, even when the sitter was a wigged colonial governor who’d just lost a fight with his own teeth. He loved a good brass button and a plain background—no fluff, just a face that stares back like it knows you’ve been caught daydreaming. Hunt down his 1726 portrait of Governor Lewis Morris in a quiet corner of the Met and you’ll see what he meant: power doesn’t need lace to announce itself.
Works by John Watson
Collections represented
Museum
The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. At 560,000 square feet (52,000 m2), the museum is New York City's second largest and contains an art collection with…