William Edward Frost was an English painter of the Victorian era. Virtually alone among English artists in the middle Victorian period, he devoted his practice to the portrayal of the female nude. Frost was educated in the schools of the Royal Academy. At the beginning of 1829, he established a reputation as a portrait painter before branching into historical and mythological subjects, including the subgenre of fairy painting that was characteristic of Victorian art. In 1839, he won the Royal Academy's gold medal for his Prometheus Bound, and in 1843, he won a prize in the Westminster Hall competition for his Una Alarmed by Fauns (a subject from Spenser's The Faerie Queene). He was elected an associate member of the Royal Academy in 1846 and a full member in 1870. Frost is widely recognized as a follower of William Etty, who preceded him as the primary British painter of nudes in the second quarter of the nineteenth century. Despite the prudishness of the Victorian era, Frost's relatively chaste nudes were popular and his career was financially successful. At their best, Frost's works have a distinctive jewel-like charm, his attractive young women models possessing a pert, self-conscious quality, which makes them more titillating than Etty's powerful studies.
Portrait of a Young Woman at the Seashore - British Victorian art oil painting
By William Edward Frost
Located in Hagley, England
This beautiful oil painting on canvas dates to circa 1840 and is by British Victorian artist William Edward Frost who was noted for his depiction of nudes and feminine beauty. The ov...
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A Young Lady
By William Edward Frost
Located in London, GB
Oil on board, unsigned Image size: 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (14 x 11.5 cm) Original 19th century oval mount and frame Provenance; With Richard Naworth, Blackburn William Edward Frost (September 1810 – 4 June 1877) was an English painter of the Victorian era. Virtually alone among English artists in the middle Victorian period, he devoted his practice to the portrayal of the female nude. Specialising in portraiture from about 1830, Frost painted more than 300 portraits during a 15-year period, and showed some as his first exhibits from 1836. William Edward Frost was born in Wandsworth, then in Surrey, in September 1810. He showed artistic talent from an early age, and was encouraged in this by his father: first by his arranging drawing lessons with a Miss Evatt, a neighbouring amateur, and then, in 1825, by his introducing him to William Etty, who became his mentor. On Etty’s recommendation, he entered Henry Sass’s School for Drawing and Painting at 6 Charlotte Street, in 1826, and spent three years there, while also studying at the British Museum each winter. Frost was educated in the schools of the Royal Academy, beginning in 1829; he established a reputation as a portrait painter before branching into historical and mythological subjects, including the subgenre of fairy painting...
Oil, Board
$1,087
H 18 in W 21 in D 1.5 in
Mountain Lake Forest Landscape Scene - Vintage Art 20th Century Oil Painting
By J Bishop
Located in Preston, GB
Mountain Lake Forest Landscape Scene - Vintage Art 20th Century Oil Painting by J Bishop. Art measures 17 x 14 inches Frame measures 21 x 18 inches Vintage painting, ornate gold f...
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
$2,326
H 18.5 in W 15.5 in
Mid 19th Century English Portrait Young Lady in Pink Scarf Broody Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid 19th Century English Portrait of a Young Lady Oil Painting Oil on canvas, framed Framed: 18.5 x 15.5 inches Canvas: 14 x 12 inches Private collection, England condition: very goo...
Oil
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H 15 in W 21.75 in D 1 in
Göta Lejon Oil Painting on Linen, Realist Style, Signed, 1990s
By Louis Letouche
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Göta Lejon, 1746. by Louis Letouche (French 1924-2015) oil painting on linen canvas, stretched over board framed Framed size: 15 x 21.75 inches Superb oil painting by the well lis...
Oil
$764Sale Price|20% Off
H 14 in W 22 in D 1 in
The Gorch Fock II Tall Ship of the German Navy
By Louis Letouche
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Gorch Fock II by Louis Letouche (French 1924-2015) oil painting on linen canvas, stretched over board framed Framed size: 14 x 22.5 inches Superb oil painting by the well listed French marine artist Louis Letouche (1924-2015). The painting portrays the German navy...
Oil
$3,283
H 25 in W 21 in
Fine Antique Signed Oil Portrait of Japanese Chin Spaniel Dog Standing Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Japanese Chin Spaniel Dog Portrait A. Eisonback (late 19th/ early 20th Century) signed and dated 1910 signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 21 x 25 inches...
Oil
$3,831
H 8.5 in W 7.25 in
Fine Antique British Dog Oil Painting Portrait of Jack Russell Terrier John Emms
By John Emms
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Jack Russell Terrier by John Emms (1843-1912) signed lower right oil painting on board, framed painting: 7.25 x 6.25 inches framed: 8.5 x 7.25 inches condition: overall...
Oil
$1,710
H 30.5 in W 36.5 in D 1.5 in
The Coriolanus Clipper Sailing Ship at Sea - Vintage 20th Century Oil Painting
By J Bishop
Located in Preston, GB
The Coriolanus Clipper Sailing Ship at Sea - Vintage 20th Century Oil Painting by J Bishop. Art measures 32.5 x 26.5 inches Frame measures 36.5 x 30.5 inches This impressive oil p...
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
$2,531
H 13 in W 11 in
Fine Irish Regency Oil Portrait of Lady Artist Jane Austen Elegance c.1820
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of Margaret Cross, (portrait of a lady artist, seated in Regency style, holding an artists sketchbook). Irish School, early 19th century (circa 1820–1835) Oil on panel, oval, in a gilt frame panel: 10 x 8 inches framed: 13 x 11 inches This finely observed Irish Regency portrait depicts Margaret Cross, a woman of notable Anglo-Irish lineage and quiet artistic presence. Rendered in an elegant oval format, the sitter is shown half-length against a dark, restrained ground, her pale muslin dress and composed expression emerging with striking clarity and refinement. Margaret Cross was the daughter of Alexander Cross, Esquire, of Portnelligan, County Armagh, and descended through her mother from the Cote family of Bellamont Forest, County Monaghan, one of Ireland’s established landed families. She later became the wife of Thomas J. Fawcett, Esquire, a barrister-at-law, and the mother of Major William Cross...
Oil
$1,881
H 19.5 in W 18 in
St. Benard Dog Portrait Antique British Signed Oil Painting dated 1919
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Saint Benard Dog Portrait English School, early 20th century by T W Taylor, signed and dated 1919 oil on canvas, framed framed: 19.5 x 18 inches canvas: 14 x 12 inches Provenance: pr...
Oil
$1,900
H 33.25 in W 29.5 in D 2 in
Antique Late 19th Century English Oil on Canvas Painting Female Portrait 1900
Located in Portland, OR
Antique English oil on canvas portrait painting, circa 1900. A very handsome Impressionist portrait of a youthful lady in Edwardian dress. Oil on canvas, signed to the upper left "F ...
Canvas, Oil
$1,080
H 22.5 in W 18.5 in
Traditional British Oil Painting Owl Family in Woodland Nest with Chicks
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Owl Family by P. Welch ( British, 20th Century ) signed oil on board, framed framed: 22.5 x 18.5 inches board: 20 x 16 inches Provenance: private collection, Suffolk, England Con...
Oil
$3,831
H 8.5 in W 7.25 in
Fine Antique British Dog Oil Painting Portrait of Jack Russell Terrier John Emms
By John Emms
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Jack Russell Terrier by John Emms (1843-1912) signed lower left oil painting on board, framed painting: 7.5 x 6.25 inches framed: 8.5 x 7.25 inches condition: overall v...
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H 9 in W 7.5 in D 1 in
19th Century British oil of a nude by water by William Edward Frost
By William Edward Frost
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
William Edward Frost (British, 1810-1877) A bather at the water’s edge Oil on board Signed `W.E. Frost’ (lower right) 9 x 7.1/2 in. (22.7 x 19 cm.)
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H 5.71 in W 4.34 in
William Edward Frost RA - Mid 19th Century Signed Gouache, The Grape Gatherers
By William Edward Frost
Located in Corsham, GB
A very fine mid 19th century figurative painting by William Edward Frost RA (1810-1877) in gouache, titled 'The Grape Gatheres'. Painted on wove paper, the upper corners of which hav...
Gouache