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William Etty - The Three Graces

The Three Graces (1830)

William Etty (English, 1787-1849)
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William Etty

William Etty was an English artist best known for his history paintings containing nude figures. He was the first significant British painter of nudes and still lifes. Born in York, he left school at the age of 12 to become an apprentice printer in Hull. He completed his apprenticeship seven years later and moved to London, where in 1807 he joined the Royal Academy Schools. There he studied under Thomas Lawrence and trained by copying works by other artists.

Etty earned respect at the Royal Academy of Arts for his ability to paint realistic flesh tones, but had little commercial or critical success in his first few years in London.
All but one of the works he exhibited at the Royal Academy in the 1820s contained at least one nude figure, and he acquired a reputation for indecency. Despite this, he was commercially successful and critically acclaimed, and in 1828 was elected a Royal Academician, at the time the highest honour available to an artist.

Although he was one of the most respected artists in the country he continued to study at life classes throughout his life, a practice considered inappropriate by his fellow artists. In the 1830s Etty began to branch out into the more lucrative but less respected field of portraiture, and later became the first English painter to paint significant still lifes. He continued to paint both male and female nudes, which caused severe criticism and condemnation from some elements of the press.

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Half-Length Male Nude

Half-Length Male Nude (early 19th century)

William Etty (English, 1787-1849)
Satyr spying on a reclining nymph

Satyr spying on a reclining nymph

William Etty (English, 1787-1849)
Reclining Female Nude

Reclining Female Nude

William Etty (English, 1787-1849)
Seated Academic Nude

Seated Academic Nude

William Etty (English, 1787-1849)
Seated female nude

Seated female nude

William Etty (English, 1787-1849)
The Birth Of Venus

The Birth Of Venus

William Etty (English, 1787-1849)
Standing Female Nude

Standing Female Nude (1810–49)

William Etty (English, 1787-1849)
Pluto Carrying Off Proserpine

Pluto Carrying Off Proserpine

William Etty (English, 1787-1849)
The Dawn of Love

The Dawn of Love

William Etty (English, 1787-1849)
Male Nude

Male Nude

William Etty (English, 1787-1849)
Phaedria and Cymochles

Phaedria and Cymochles (ca. 1830)

William Etty (English, 1787-1849)
Seated female nude study

Seated female nude study

William Etty (English, 1787-1849)
Female nude

Female nude

William Etty (English, 1787-1849)
Pandora Crowned By The Seasons

Pandora Crowned By The Seasons (1824)

William Etty (English, 1787-1849)
Manlius Hurled From The Rock

Manlius Hurled From The Rock (1818)

William Etty (English, 1787-1849)
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