Showing posts with label William Etty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label William Etty. Show all posts
Thursday, August 14, 2025

Etty

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This one is by the always impressive William Etty.  
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Wednesday, August 14, 2024

William Etty

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A British art history website recently posted the most comprehensive catalog of the William Etty's work that I have yet seen.  Quite a f...
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Sawing

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The musculature is exceptional in this William Etty painting, Man Sawing.  
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cross

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While there's a cross prominent in this one, the model isn't a typical representation of Christ.  
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Modern observers have asked if this study involved some self-censorship because of the way the crotch is painted.  As The Advocate's art...
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Two Standing Male Nudes

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Two Standing Male Nudes is in the Leeds Museum and Gallery where it is described as a painting and not a study.  William Etty garnered some ...
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Study with boat

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My source called this one "Study of Draped Male Nude with Boat."  There is nothing  like this that I could find in any of the pain...

Prescient?

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The Impressionist movement didn't turn up until about two decades after William Etty's death, but am I the only one to see traces of...

Benaiah

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William Etty's painting Benaiah Slaying Two Lion-like Men of Moab depticts the Israelite warrior and commander fo that name in action.  ...
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Black model

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Mr. Etty used more than one Black model for studies, but I'm not sure how many appeared  in finished works.  In this case I also wonder ...

Odd combination

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This last William Etty work is another that is a bit puzzling.  There is a staff clearly visible, but there is also an implied archery motif...
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Saturday, April 13, 2024

William Etty

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Early 19th C. English painter William Etty called this one "Nude in the Attitude of an Archer." Perhaps that was because he didn...
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Friday, February 2, 2024

William Etty

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Rosy cheeks is what we get in this nice William Etty painting from the early 19th C.  
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Friday, May 21, 2021

Early 19th Century, Part 2 - the Art of William Etty

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William Etty was an English painter active in the early 19th C. and known for his willingness and ability to accurately paint the nude male ...
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Triple study

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Here we see three studies on one canvas.  Several reputable art websites all describe it as a study work, and that leaves me wondering if it...
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Natural

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I'm including this G-rated piece because it shows so well Etty's gift for capturing the natural contours of the male body.  Note how...
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Light

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This is another example of Etty's fine derriere work, and I initially didn't know if the dramatic lighting is as he did it or "...
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Puzzler

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This Etty work puzzles me.  There appears to be a second man mostly outside our field of view who is grabbing the primary subject by the hai...
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Friday, September 4, 2020

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A certain life model I know in the UK will probably like this study by William Etty. 
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Friday, July 3, 2020

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This William Etty unfinished piece probably represents a wounded comrade motif.
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