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William Edward Frost Art

English, 1810-1877

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.

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Artist: William Edward Frost
William Edward Frost, 19th Century British Classical Watercolour Drawing of Echo
By William Edward Frost
Located in London, GB
WILLIAM EDWARD FROST, RA (1810-1877) Echo Signed l.r.: W E Frost RA Watercolour and pen and ink Unframed 16.5 by 10.5 cm., 6 ½ by 4 ¼ in. (mount size 29.5 by 22.5 cm., 11 ½ by 9 i...
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Mid-19th Century Realist William Edward Frost Art

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Watercolor

William Edward Frost (1810-1877) - Mid 19th Century Watercolour, Classical Nude
By William Edward Frost
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour study depicting a classical woman on a plinth. Unsigned. Presented in a white card mount. On paper.
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Mid-19th Century William Edward Frost Art

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Watercolor

Portrait of a Young Woman at the Seashore - British Victorian art oil painting
By William Edward Frost
Located in London, GB
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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19th Century Realist William Edward Frost Art

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Oil

19th Century British pen, watercolour drawing of a nude by William Edward Frost
By William Edward Frost
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
William Edward Frost RA (British, 1811 – 1877) Female nude Pen and ink and watercolour 7.1/4 x 4 in. (18.2 x 10 cm.) Provenance: The Maas Gallery, London. No. 13863
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19th Century Academic William Edward Frost Art

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Paper, Ink, Pen, Watercolor

A Young Lady
By William Edward Frost
Located in London, GB
Oil on board 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...
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19th Century English School William Edward Frost Art

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Board, Oil

19th Century British pen and ink drawing of a nude by William Edward Frost
By William Edward Frost
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
William Edward Frost RA (British, 1811 – 1877) Female nude Pen and ink 7 x 4.3/8in. (17.8 x 11 cm.) Provenance: The Maas Gallery, London. No. 13889
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19th Century William Edward Frost Art

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Ink, Pen

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