William Etty was an English artist best known for his historical 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.
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Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn and his mother Frances Shackerley, Joshua Reynolds, c. 1768-69. By the early 19th century Reynolds's style dominated British art.
Sketches from the Elgin Marbles by William Etty. Aspiring students were expected to draw from classical sculptures as part of the admission process.![The Missionary Boy (1805-06) is thought to be Etty's oldest significant surviving painting.[20][F]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Etty_%E2%80%93_The_Missionary_Boy.jpeg/500px-Etty_%E2%80%93_The_Missionary_Boy.jpeg)
The Missionary Boy (1805-06) is thought to be Etty's oldest significant surviving painting.[20][F]
Miss Mary Arabella Jay (1819), one of the earliest paintings exhibited by Etty at the Summer Exhibition to survive. Etty's style at this time was still heavily influenced by Lawrence.
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William Etty was an English artist best known for his historical 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.
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