Reclining Female Nude
Reclining Female Nude by British Painter William Etty (1787 – 1849); known for the depiction of nudes in his historical paintings
This is a beautiful classical art painting nude of a young woman with her back towards the viewer reclining on a white cloth covered seat with a backrest, that also has part of a large hanging red drape lying across the backrest of the seat.
Her back is unsupported, as the weight of the upper portion of her body is bearing down on her shoulder and left arm that is situated on the top of the backrest; with her head facing some green plants that are situated by the hanging drape.
The lower part of her body is supported by her folded left leg that has her thigh on the edge portion of the seat, while the foot of her right leg is firmly positioned on the ground, that is also cover with the with cloth.
This reclining nude artwork is a retouched digital art old masters reproduction of a public domain image that is available as a wall decor art print.
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William Etty was born in York, a cathedral city and unitary authority area, at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss, in England.
At the age of 12 years in 1799 he left school to become an apprentice printer in Hull, a port city and unitary authority in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
Upon completion of his apprenticeship in 1807 he moved to London where he joined the Royal Academy Schools; training under British Portrait Painter Thomas Lawrence (1769 – 1830), copying artwork of other artist, gaining considerable respect in his ability to paint realistic flesh tones.
Then in 1821 William’s nude painting, Cleopatra’s Arrival in Cilicia drew great acclaim, moving him into the artistic spotlight; which prompted him to create several other historical scenes with nudes; and though he had become a commercial success, he acquired a reputation of indecency due to all the nudity in his art.
Во 1821 William’s was elected as a Royal Academician; which at the time was the highest honor that could be given to an artist; and even with the prestige and acclaim he had earned, William continued to study at life classes throughout his life; which was consider inappropriate by his fellow artist for the level of his stature.
William Etty is consider to be the first significant British painter of nudes and still life’s; which is the highly detailed and correct anatomical drawing of the human figure.
