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William Powell Frith
1819-1909 English painter. 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 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. His friendship with Charles Dickens began with commissions for paintings of Dolly Varden (London, V&A) and Kate Nickleby (untraced) in 1842.
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Painting ID:: 28269
Life at the Seaside (Ramsgate Sands)
1854
oil on canvas 76.2 x 153.7 cm
(30 x 60 1/2 in)
Royal Collection (mk63)
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Painting ID:: 28279
Derby Day
1856-8
Oil on canvas 101.6 x 223.6 cm
(40 x 88in)
Tate Gallery London (mk63)
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Painting ID:: 28280
The Railway Station
1862
Oil on canvs 116.7 x 256.2
(46 x 101in)
Royal Holloway College,University of London Egham,Surrey (mk63)
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Painting ID:: 28292
The Salon d'Or Homburg
1871
Oil on canvas 125 x 260 cm
(49 1/4 x 102 1/2 in)
Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design (mk63)
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Painting ID:: 28293
Retribution
1878
Oil on canvas 30.8 x 39.4 cm
(12 1/8 x 15 1/2 in)
Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery (mk63)
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William Powell Frith
1819-1909 English painter. 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 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. His friendship with Charles Dickens began with commissions for paintings of Dolly Varden (London, V&A) and Kate Nickleby (untraced) in 1842.
. Related Artists to William Powell Frith: | George Rowlandson | George Bernard O Neill | Alonzo Cano | Jackson Pollock | Bruyn, Barthel the Elder |
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