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William Powell Frith
English Painter, 1819-1909
His parents were in domestic employment before taking a hotel in Harrogate in 1826. They encouraged him to become an artist, despite his own desire to be an auctioneer. While at school in Dover, Frith sketched caricatures and copies of Dutch genre scenes (Dover Mus.) that betray his disposition to narratives. His taste did not accord with the academic training he received at Henry Sass's Academy in London (1835-7) and at the Royal Academy Schools (1837). Frith began his career as a portrait painter, using members of his family as models. He first exhibited at the British Institution in 1838, and during the 1840s he established himself with his entertaining historical and literary subjects in the popular tradition of C. R. Leslie, William Mulready and Sir David Wilkie. He was a member of THE CLIQUE, which included Richard Dadd, Augustus Egg, Henry O'Neil and John Phillip.
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Painting ID:: 27658
The Private View of the Royal Academy
mk58
1881
1881-2
oil on canvas
102.9x195.6cm
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Painting ID:: 32798
The Derby Day
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1856-8
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Painting ID:: 70601
A Private View at the Royal Academy
1883
Oil on canvas
60 ?? 114 cm (23 5/8 ?? 44 7/8 in)
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Painting ID:: 71971
Oil painting by English Victorian painter William Powell Frith
Oil painting by English Victorian painter William Powell Frith
1881(1881)
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Painting ID:: 72430
The Sleeping Model
Oil painting by Victorian painter William Powell Frith
1853(1853)
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William Powell Frith
English Painter, 1819-1909
His parents were in domestic employment before taking a hotel in Harrogate in 1826. They encouraged him to become an artist, despite his own desire to be an auctioneer. While at school in Dover, Frith sketched caricatures and copies of Dutch genre scenes (Dover Mus.) that betray his disposition to narratives. His taste did not accord with the academic training he received at Henry Sass's Academy in London (1835-7) and at the Royal Academy Schools (1837). Frith began his career as a portrait painter, using members of his family as models. He first exhibited at the British Institution in 1838, and during the 1840s he established himself with his entertaining historical and literary subjects in the popular tradition of C. R. Leslie, William Mulready and Sir David Wilkie. He was a member of THE CLIQUE, which included Richard Dadd, Augustus Egg, Henry O'Neil and John Phillip.
. Related Artists to William Powell Frith: | Hugh Douglas Hamilton | CAMPEN, Jacob van | Vicente Lopez | Samuel Prout | Sir Francis Drake |
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