Oil paint on canvas
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/edward-calvert-81" aria-label="More by Edward Calvert" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Edward Calvert</a>
Nude
Presented by the Art Fund 1942
actions: postures and motions
adults
arm / arms raised
back
body
curtain
female
furnishings
nudes
objects
people
sitting
woman
<p>Calvert was a friend of Etty, who was ten years older, and painted with him at the life class at the Royal Academy. This nude is probably a study made there, as an exercise to keep up his skill. It may also have been intended as something to be called on when designing more elaborate figure paintings of historical subjects.The richly coloured oil technique of this nude contrasts strongly with Calvert's earlier work, particularly the well-known tiny prints of romantic figures in landscapes, made in 1828-30, when he was an admirer of William Blake. A group of these is on display in Room 6.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
Nude Study
support: 514 × 378 mm
Presented by the <a href="/search?gid=999999968" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Art Fund</a> 1942
<p>Calvert was a friend of Etty, who was ten years older, and painted with him at the life class at the Royal Academy. This nude is probably a study made there, as an exercise to keep up his skill. It may also have been intended as something to be called on when designing more elaborate figure <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>paintings</span></a> of historical subjects.<br/>The richly coloured oil technique of this nude contrasts strongly with Calvert's earlier work, particularly the well-known tiny <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/print" title="Glossary definition for 'Print'"><span>prints</span></a> of <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/r/romanticism" title="Glossary definition for 'Romanticism'"><span>romantic</span></a> figures in <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/l/landscape" title="Glossary definition for 'Landscape'"><span>landscapes</span></a>, made in 1828-30, when he was an admirer of William Blake. A group of these is on display in Room 6.</p>
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actions: postures and motions adults arm / arms raised back body curtain female furnishings nudes objects people sitting woman