However, by the time of his death he was wealthy and respected. He was often attacked for the alleged indecency of his work, The Times considering it ‘entirely too luscious for the public eye’. Etty's paintings are often of mythological or historical subjects, sometimes on an ambitious size, but he also made life studies throughout his career, and these are now probably his most admired works. William Etty was English painter, one of the few British artists to specialize almost exclusively in the nude. Genre: Art & Architecture,Books,Arts & Entertainment,.
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