Etty is tremendous, a real Victorian eccentric, he must have painted more naked ladies than any artist in history. "Finding God's most glorious work to be Woman, that all human beauty had been concentrated in her, I resolved to dedicate myself to painting God's most glorious work, more finely than ever had been done." My favourite is this one in the Tate, "Musidora: the Bather 'At the Doubtful Breeze Alarmed' ". Worth it just for the title.
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Date: 2007-09-04 09:07 am (UTC)