The Englishman William Etty became famous in his homeland for provocative nudes, which in their time were considered immoral and indecent. Repeatedly, his pictures caused a scandal and provoked strong negative reactions of the bourgeois public. His paintings depict scenes from classical mythology whose protagonists were naked, as in "The Judgment of Paris" or "Diana standing by a waterfall".
Etty was born the son of a London baker and began at the age of eleven training as a draftsman, which he received partly from his uncle, who was also a painter. When Etty showed his picture "Cupid and Psyche" to the painter John Opie, he proposed him for the Royal Academy of Arts, where he first worked as a student and later as a teacher. Often Etty had to be accused of painting too offensive pictures and thus not behaving adequately to the practices of the Royal Academy. Etty argued that he was a worshiper of beauty, who never sought to seduce or do immoral things. The beauty of the woman requires her naked figure. The feminine innocence is all the more clearly visible. "To the pure in the heart, all things are pure."
Etty made trips to Italy, the Netherlands and France, where he collected impressions for his last great work "Joan of Arc". After the completion of his last work, Etty moved back to his hometown of York, where he died as a result of an asthma attack, after the Academy had given him a major retrospective.
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.jpg "Nude by William Etty")
.jpg "The Deluge by William Etty")
 - (MeisterDrucke-66998).jpg "Moonlit Nude (oil) by William Etty")
.jpg "The Judgement of Paris by William Etty")
.jpg "Reclining Male Nude, raised right Knee, 1815-45 by William Etty")
 - (MeisterDrucke-161910).jpg "The Lute Player (oil) by William Etty")
.jpg "Study of a Draped Nude by William Etty")
.jpg "Male nude lying down, raised left knee, 1815-45 by William Etty")
.jpg "Nude Lying On A Sofa Against A Red Curtain by William Etty")
.jpg "A Male Nude, seated full-length, by William Etty")
.jpg "Bathing Nude by William Etty")
.jpg "Seated Male Nude, Frontal View by William Etty")
.jpg "A letter from William Etty, 17 January 1844 1904 by William Etty")
.jpg "The Balcony, from the picture in the Vernon Gallery by William Etty")
.jpg "Seated Male Nude, Head resting against Hand, left Foot resting on Block by William Etty")
.jpg "Nude, 19th Century 1934 by William Etty")
.jpg "Cleopatras Arrival in Cilicia, 1821. by William Etty")
.jpg "Pandora Crowned by the Seasons, 1824 by William Etty")
.jpg "Two full-length standing Female Nudes, turned to the right, 1815-45 by William Etty")
.jpg "Venus and her Satellites by William Etty")
.jpg "Two standing Female Nudes by William Etty")
.jpg "The Penitent, from the picture in the Vernon Gallery by William Etty")
.jpg "A Bacchanalian Revel by William Etty")
.jpg "Three standing Female Nudes by William Etty")
.jpg "The Bather, 19th century. by William Etty")
.jpg "Youth on the Prow and Pleasure at the Helm,1830-32, c1915 by William Etty")
.jpg "Standing Male Nude, raised right Arm, right Foot resting on Blocks by William Etty")
.jpg "Study for a Figure Composition by William Etty")
.jpg "The Three Graces. by William Etty")
.jpg "The Lake, c1834 by William Etty")
.jpg "Seated Nude. by William Etty")
.jpg "Study for a Figure Composition - Two Female Nudes by William Etty")
