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Standing female Nude in ‘Venus Pudica’ Pose

Artist: Adam, Patrick William, RSA · 1854-1929

Standing female Nude in ‘Venus Pudica’ Pose

Adam was a student at the RSA Life School annually from 1874-5 to 1878-9 inclusive. He shared the Stuart Prize in 1877 with E Kirkpatrick and T Wilson…

Adam was a student at the RSA Life School annually from 1874-5 to 1878-9 inclusive. He shared the Stuart Prize in 1877 with E Kirkpatrick and T Wilson and in 1878 took the prize for the best painting from the life as well as the Maclaine Watters Medal, for the present work. The Visitors to the RSA Life School during his time were; K MacLeay; J M Barclay and G P Chalmers (1874-5); K MacLeay; J M Barclay and G P Chalmers (1875-6); K MacLeay; J M Barclay and W McTaggart (1876-7); K MacLeay; W McTaggart and G Hay (1877-78) and K MacLeay; W McTaggart and G Hay (1878-9).