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William Etty

William Etty Biography (British, 1787-1849)
William Etty was born the son of a baker in York. Though he had no artistic influences, Etty expressed an interest in art from an early age. His Uncle, a wealthy banker, encouraged the young Etty to pursue a career as a painter. In 1798 William Etty took a position as a printers apprentice then in 1807 he enrolled at the Royal Academy Schools where he began to exhibit in 1811. His first success did not come until 1821 with Cleopatra's Arrival in Sicily.

Etty was a follower of the Italian masters of the Renaissance and traveled to Rome for two years where his admiration grew. His subjects are mainly classical and mythological, commonly depicting female nudes. The sensual nature of his paintings scandalized the Victorian public of the day and was often accused of being indecent. Many considered his work to be unfashionable but due to the death of his uncle in 1809 Etty became independent financially and was able to choose his own subjects.

Etty was elected ARA in 1824 and RA in 1828. William Etty died in his hometown of York in 1849.

Museums: William Etty may be found at the Tate Gallery, London or Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.

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The Deluge
The Deluge Giclee Print

Study of a Nude Female Sleeping
Study of a Nude Female Sleeping Giclee Print

Nude Female Figure
Nude Female Figure Giclee Print

The Bather
The Bather Giclee Print

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Window in Venice During a Fiesta - William Etty

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William Etty Selected Paintings & Works

- Diane
- Musidora
- A chieftain
- A female nude standing before a balustrade
- A Female Resting in a Wooded Landscape with a Tower Beyond
- A male figure, from the life
- A Man's head
- A Shepherd in a wooded Landscape
- A study of a girl
- A Study of a pheasant
- A study of female water-carrier
- A Woman and Child in a Lake Landscape
- Academy study
- Achtaeon, der overrasker Diana, kopi efter Tizian
- Andromeda
- Andromeda chained to the Rocks
- Ariadne
- Ariadne at Naxos
- Bacchus
- Badende
- Bather
- Bathing nude in front of the Riverbank
- Birth of Venus 1837
- Bridesmaids
- Britomart Redeems Faire Amoret
- Brydekamp
- Cupid and Psyche
- David, a Study
- David, head and shoulders, a study
- David, standing full lenght holding a catapult
- Daydreams
- Diana
- Die Schwestern
- Etude de jeune femme à la robe bleue
- Eve repentant
- Figure Study
- Flemish Courtship
- Flora
- Friends
- Frokost i det grönne
- Galatea
- Gil reading
- Guardsman Higgins
- Head and shoulders of a nude man
- Jesus fällt unter der Last des Kreuzes
- Kneeling female Nude
- Lady Bathing
- Lady Godiva
- Lady Macbeth
- Landscape with a View of a Lake Landscape with Figures
- Leda and the Swan
- Male athlete
- Manlius hurled from the Rock
- Master Hardcastle
- Minna
- Mother and Children in a Landscape
- Musidora: the Bather at the Doubtful breeze Alarmed
- Nach dem Bade
- Nature unveiling Herself 1842
- Nymph and Satyr
- Peace and War, after Peter Paul Rubens
- Phaedria and Cymochles on the Idle Lake
- Pluto carrying off Proserpine
- Pluto Carrying off Proserpine
- Portait of a Lady
- Portrait of a girl
- Portrait of a girl, half langth, in a white smock
- Portrait of a Lady, Three-Quarter Length, Standing, Wearing a Dress 1828
- Portrait of an Indian boy
- Portrait of Elizabeth Singleton Rebecca, her sister
- Portrait of Life Guards-man John Shaw
- Portrait of Mrs Catherine Etty, seated bust-length
- Portraits of Rebecca Singleton and Elizabeth, her sister
- Psyche and Cupid with Venus
- Reclining Nude by a Waterfall
- Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness
- Sappho
- Seated Tajik in an Interior with his Shield and Scabbard at his Side
- Sketch for a Note of Thanks from the Artist to H.Burton, Esq
- Sketch of a Nymph and young Faun dancing 1837
- St John the Baptist in the Wilderness
- Study of a young Boy
- Study of a Youth
- Study of the Head of Shylock
- Study of two Men wrestling
- The Bather
- The bathers
- The Hermit
- The lute player 1833
- The Prodigal Son
- The reading girl
- The Rose of Love
- The Slave
- The Storm
- The students
- The Temptation of Eve
- The Toilet of Venus
- The Virgin and Infant Saviour with Saints, after Rubens
- The Wrestlers/Study of a Man with a Staff
- The Young John the Baptist
- Three quarter length Study of draped female Figure
- Venus and Cupid
- Venus and her Satellites
- Venus and Neptune
- Venus Reclining, Holding an Arrow, Looking Towards a Full Moon
- Water Nymphs
- Weiblicher Rückenakt
- Woman reading 1821
- Woodland Nymph
- Young Woman reclining on a fur Rug
- Youth at the Prow and Pleasure at the Helm

Candaules King of Lydia Shews his Wife by Stealth to Gyges One of his Ministers as She Goes to Bed - William Etty

The Bather - William Etty

Woman Asleep - William Etty

Hero and Leander - William Etty

Britomart Redeems Fair Amoret - William Etty

The Storm - William Etty

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William Etty English painter, most renowned for his paintings of nudes. Etty was born at York and followed the wishes of his father to serve a seven... more »

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