William Etty RA (10 March 1787 – 13 November 1849) 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.

Mar 6, 2025 · William Etty (born March 10, 1787, York, Yorkshire, Eng.—died Nov. 13, 1849, York) was one of the last of the English academic history painters.

British painter, was born at York, on the 10th of March 1787. His father had been in early life a miller, but had finally established himself in the city of York as a baker of spice-bread.

William Etty (10 March 1787 – 13 November 1849) 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.

(Born York, 10 March 1787; died York, 13 November 1849). English painter, one of the few British artists to specialize almost exclusively in the nude.

Venus is dressed by three young women and accompanied as well by the Graces, one of whom offers strings of pearls and another a wreath of flowers. The sensuous nude bodies set off by brightly colored draperies in the final painting gave offense, and the picture, when first exhibited, was criticized as too erotic.

William Etty RA 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...

Apr 22, 2019 · The seventh son of a Yorkshire baker, William Etty showed a precocious talent and was sent by a wealthy uncle to the Royal Academy Schools in London in 1806. The following year he was made a pupil of Thomas Lawrence, a great influence.

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By 1825 he had been elected Royal Academician, largely because of his success as a history painter. Etty was renowned for his ability to paint sensuous female nudes. Some critics accused him of using the naked form gratuitously, but despite this, Etty’s work remained popular throughout his life.