william etty Nymph Angling
Darya
07/22/2022
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The Allegoric Nudes of William Etty, The Devil

07/22/2022
1 min
4

He was disappointed in teachers and travels; swore himself never to marry and lived with his niece, whom he forced to devote herself to taking care of him; attended student classes in his forties. People gathered to watch him painting and called the artist Il Diavolo for his speed and accuracy; the English press condemned him for pictures considered immoral and pornographic; He produced one of the most accurate copies of the famous Titian painting regarded by his contemporaries as impossible to copy. This all is about the British artist William Etty (1787-1849), who worked in the genre of history painting, which dominated at that time.

William Etty, self-portrait,

Fig. 1. William Etty, self-portrait, 1823 (Wikipedia.org)

william etty A Young Woman Reclining on a Fur Rug Fig. 2. A Young Woman Reclining on a Fur Rug (fineartamerica.com)

 william etty Academic study of a male nude

Fig. 3. Academic study of a male nude (fineartamerica.com)

william etty The Deluge

Fig. 4. The Deluge (fineartamerica.com)

william etty Hero and Leander

Fig. 5. Hero and Leander, 1829 (Wikipedia.org)

william etty The Three Graces

Fig. 6. The Three Graces (fineartamerica.com)

william etty Male nude with arms stretched

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