Works for Sale
Figure Drawing
| Artist: | WILLIAM EDWARD FROST RA (1810-1877) |
| pencil with watercolour | |
| Dimensions: | 3.50inch wide 5.75inch high |
| (8.89 cm wide 14.60 cm high) | |
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| Description: | WILLIAM EDWARD FROST RA (1810 -1877)
‘Figure Drawing’ pencil with watercolour - 5.75 x 3.5ins William Edward Frost was an English mythological & allegorical painter. Born at Wandsworth in 1810 he entered the Royal Academy in 1829 & in 1839 he won the gold medal. He was greatly influenced by the works of William Etty and, after working as a portrait painter for fourteen years, abandoned the genre to follow in Etty’s footsteps. He was awarded a prize of £100 at the Westminster Hall competition of 1843, for his ‘Nymph Surprised by Faun’s. He was elected ARA in 1846 and RA in 1871 - his diploma picture being entitled 'A Nymph & Cherub' He died in London in 1877. His work can be seen in the V&A Museum, in London. |
| Literature: | Bibl: Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs by E. Benezit |
