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William Pars - Figures with a Bull From Parthenon Frieze

Figures with a Bull From Parthenon Frieze

William Pars (English, 1742 – 1782)
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William Pars ARA was an English watercolour portrait and landscape painter, draughtsman, and illustrator.

Pars was born in London, the son of a metal engraver. He studied at "Shipley's Drawing School" (in the Strand), St. Martin's Lane Academy, and also in the Duke of Richmond's Gallery. In 1761, at the age of 17, he exhibited a portrait and miniatures at the Incorporated Society of Artists, and became a member of the Free Society of Artists in 1763. In 1764, he obtained the Society of Arts' medal for an historical painting.

In June 1764, he was selected by the Dilettanti Society to accompany, as draughtsman, Richard Chandler and Nicholas Revett to Greece. The result was published in Ionian Antiquities (4 volumes) which was illustrated from Pars's drawings.

Pars returned to England on 2 December 1766, and soon after accompanied Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston, to the continent, making drawings in Switzerland, the Tyrol, and Rome. In 1769, he contributed seven views from Greece to the first exhibition of the Royal Academy. He was elected an associate in 1770, and in the following year, he sent eight European views, chiefly of Switzerland and the Tyrol, together with one portrait. He contributed regularly (chiefly portraits) to the academy exhibitions till 1776.

In the summer of 1775, he travelled to Rome on a bursary of the Dilettanti Society, where artists such as John Warwick Smith, Francis Towne (a friend of Pars, who took some instruction in drawing from him) John Robert Cozens, and Thomas Jones were working. He remained there till the autumn of 1782, when he died of pleurisy (his wife having died in the city in June 1778).

A selection of Pars' Greek drawings was engraved by William Byrne for the Dilettanti Society; five of his Swiss drawings, including the Mer de Glace, were engraved by William Woollett; and several other drawings were aquatinted by Paul Sandby.

Pars' elder brother Henry Pars (1734–1806) was a draughtsman and metal engraver, becoming the principal of Shipley's Drawing School. His sister Anne showed some talent as a pastellist, as well.

More Artworks by William Pars (View all 16 Artworks)

A View at Lucerne

A View at Lucerne (1775)

William Pars (English, 1742 – 1782)
Measured Drawing of Sculpture in Gymnasium at Ephesus

Measured Drawing of Sculpture in Gymnasium at Ephesus

William Pars (English, 1742 – 1782)
Sketch of Centaurs and Lapiths From a Frieze

Sketch of Centaurs and Lapiths From a Frieze

William Pars (English, 1742 – 1782)
Interior Of The Colosseum, Rome

Interior Of The Colosseum, Rome (c.1775-1782)

William Pars (English, 1742 – 1782)
Landscape with Temple Ruins at Sunium

Landscape with Temple Ruins at Sunium

William Pars (English, 1742 – 1782)
Ancient Aquaducts Near the Capodichino

Ancient Aquaducts Near the Capodichino (c.1780-1782)

William Pars (English, 1742 – 1782)
A Glade in a Wood

A Glade in a Wood

William Pars (English, 1742 – 1782)
A View of Rome Taken from the Pincio

A View of Rome Taken from the Pincio (1776)

William Pars (English, 1742 – 1782)
The Grotto at Posillipo

The Grotto at Posillipo (c.1779-1781)

William Pars (English, 1742 – 1782)
The Secundini Monument at Ighel in the Duchy of Luxembourg

The Secundini Monument at Ighel in the Duchy of Luxembourg

William Pars (English, 1742 – 1782)
Sketch of a Horseman, From the Parthenon Frieze

Sketch of a Horseman, From the Parthenon Frieze

William Pars (English, 1742 – 1782)
The Falls at Powerscourt, Co. Wicklow, Ireland

The Falls at Powerscourt, Co. Wicklow, Ireland

William Pars (English, 1742 – 1782)
Temple of Venus and Rome from the Colosseum

Temple of Venus and Rome from the Colosseum

William Pars (English, 1742 – 1782)
Temple of Jupiter Panhellenios at Aegina

Temple of Jupiter Panhellenios at Aegina (between 1764 and 1766)

William Pars (English, 1742 – 1782)
Sacred Cave of Archidamus

Sacred Cave of Archidamus

William Pars (English, 1742 – 1782)
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