William Powell Frith

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William Powell Frith was a prominent 19th-century English painter best known for his large-scale Victorian genre scenes depicting bustling contemporary life with rich narrative detail.

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William Powell Frith canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Victorian painter ⓘ
human ⓘ
painter ⓘ
activeInPeriod 19th century ⓘ
artisticStyle Victorian narrative realism ⓘ
realism ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
educatedAt Royal Academy Schools ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName Frith ⓘ
fieldOfWork Victorian genre scenes ⓘ
contemporary life painting ⓘ
crowd scenes ⓘ
painting ⓘ
genre genre painting ⓘ
history painting ⓘ
narrative painting ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
hasPartInCollection National Portrait Gallery, London ⓘ
Royal Collection ⓘ
Tate ⓘ
influencedBy British genre painting tradition ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Royal Academy of Arts ⓘ
middleName Powell ⓘ
movement Victorian art ⓘ
name William Powell Frith ⓘ
notableFor depictions of bustling contemporary life ⓘ
large-scale Victorian genre scenes ⓘ
rich narrative detail in paintings ⓘ
notableWork A Private View at the Royal Academy, 1881 ⓘ
Derby Day ⓘ
Ramsgate Sands (Life at the Seaside) ⓘ
linked to: Ramsgate Beach

The Marriage of the Prince of Wales ⓘ
The Race for Wealth ⓘ
The Railway Station ⓘ
The Road to Ruin ⓘ
occupation artist ⓘ
painter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Aldfield ⓘ
England ⓘ
North Yorkshire ⓘ
near Ripon ⓘ
placeOfDeath England ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
positionHeld Royal Academician ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

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Victorian art → hasNotableArtist → William Powell Frith ⓘ
William Powell Frith → name → William Powell Frith ⓘ