William Edward Frost
William Edward Frost (born September 1810 in Wandsworth ( Surrey ), † June 4, 1877 in London ) was an English painter .
William Edward Frost entered London as a student at the Academy in 1829 and initially devoted himself primarily to portraiture . In 1839 he received a medal for his first larger picture, Prometheus Fettered , and later another prize for a thorn-crowned Christ.
Afterwards he turned more towards Etty, the painter of beautiful women, and preferred to depict mythological objects. This is where the paintings that were much admired at the time belong:
- The bacchanal ,
- The dancing nymphs (1844),
- Diana and Actaeon (1846),
- Una and the forest nymphs (1847),
- Euphrosyne ,
- The siren ,
- The disarmed Amor ,
- Andromeda ,
- The rape of Hylas ,
- The spring morning ,
- The graces ,
- Narcissus
and similar mythological representations. His last significant works were A Nymph and Cupid (1874) and A Bacchante . He died on June 8, 1877.
Web links
- William Edward Frost at Google Arts & Culture
- William Edward Frost , entry in the Encyclopædia Britannica 1911 (English)
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| SURNAME | Frost, William Edward |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 1810 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wandsworth ( Surrey ) |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 4, 1877 |
| Place of death | London |