William Powell Frith

William Powell Frith RA ( born January 19, 1819 in Aldfield (Yorkshire ); † November 2, 1909 in London) was an English painter.

Life

1835 William Frith came to London and became a student at the Royal Academy of Arts. He soon developed into one of the most important genre painter. At first he treated literary motifs, then substances from life. In 1838 he joined his colleague Richard Dadd, when he founded The Clique.

He was a great favorite of the home crowd to play by its ability to specifically national character of English life in the people as in the higher society with the greatest fidelity and fine humor.

In the lecture, his paintings are elegant, the color effect of a not very discordant, but rather the truth is not always appropriate variegation, a mistake he shares with many of his countrymen.

In addition to the Royal Academy Frith was a member of the Academies of Brussels and Vienna.

Works (selection)

Pictures

  • Derby Day. 1858, London, National Gallery.
  • The lake shore to Ramsgate ( Queen Victoria belonging ),
  • Lord Foppington his adventures telling.
  • The arrest at the railway station. , 1861.
  • The marriage of the Prince of Wales., 1863.
  • Road to Ruin. 1878 ( a cycle of five images ).
  • Race for wealth. 1890 ( a cycle of five images ).
  • My autobiography and Reminiscences. Kessinger Publ, Whitefish, Mon 2010, ISBN 978-1-163-43260-0 ( Nachdr d ed London 1887/88 ).
  • Neville Wallis (ed.): A Victorian canvas. The memoirs of W. P. Frith. Bles Books, London 1957.
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