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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:: 40714
Derby Day
mk156
1856-1858
Oil on canvas
101x223cm
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Painting ID:: 56255
the railway station
mk247
1862,oil on canvas,46x101 in,117x256 cm,royal holloway college,egham,surrey,uk
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Painting ID:: 64357
derby day, c.
1855
london, the tate gallery
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Painting ID:: 73385
For Better For Worse
Oil painting by English Victorian painter William Powell Frith
Date 1881
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Painting ID:: 74115
Sleeping Model
Description William Powell Frith - The Sleeping Model.JPG
English: Oil painting by Victorian painter William Powell Frith
Date 1853
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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: | Alexandre-Francois Caminade | Alessandro Magnasco | James Duncan | Johan Carl Neumann | Peale, Raphaelle |
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