William Edward Frost (1810–1877) - Mid 19thC Sepia Ink Three Women In Mourning

Description

A compelling pen and ink drawing by the well listed Victorian paint, William Edward Frost, known for his female nude studies. The scene shows three women in deep states of mourning, collectively experiencing grief. The drawing has been presented in a contemporary wood frame with layered card mount. There is a label at the revers with the artist's name. On wove.

Condition

The condition is typical for a picture of this age including some discolouration. Some light creasing to the paper. The frame is in fine condition.

Size

14 x 17cm (5.5" x 6.7")

Artist Biography

William Edward Frost (September 1810 – 4 June 1877) was an English paint of the Victorian era. Virtually alone among English artists in the middle Victorian period, he devoted his practice to the portrayal of the female nude.
Frost was educated in the schools of the Royal Academy, beginning in 1829; he established a reputation as a portrait paint before branching into historical and mythological subjects, including the subgenre of fairy painting that was characteristic of Victorian art. In 1839 he won the Royal Academy's gold medal for his Prometheus Bound, and in 1843 he won a prize in the Westminster Hall competition for his Una Alarmed by Fauns (a subject from Spenser's The Faerie Queene). He was elected an associate member of the Royal Academy in 1846, and a full member in 1870.
Frost is widely recognized as a follower of William Etty, who preceded him as the primary British paint of nudes in the second quarter of the nineteenth century. Despite the prudishness of the Victorian era, Frost's relatively chaste nudes were popular, and his career was financially successful.