School of Art

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School of Art
Aberystwyth University
Buarth Mawr
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 1NG

Tel: +44 (0)1970 622460

Fax: +44 (0)1970 622461

Email: artschool@aber.ac.uk


Display artist/maker:

William Etty (school of)

Born: 1787, UK, England, York   Died: 1849, York

Painter. Started as an apprentice in printing works. Studied at the Royal Academy Schools, 1807, and under his uncle Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) for a year. He visited Italy between 1822 and 1824 but was based mainly in London. He painted historical and mythological subjects and, particularly, the female nude. His works of the latter subject were occasionally criticised for alleged indecency

Objects in the collections associated with this artist/maker

[Study of a nude female] OP36 Oil Paintings




 
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