Francis Dodd (artist)
Appearance
Francis Edgar Dodd | |
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![]() Francis Dodd by Randolph Schwabe, 1916 | |
Born | |
Died | 7 March 1949 | (aged 74)
Education | Glasgow School of Art |
Known for | Painting and printmaking |
Spouse(s) | Mary Arabella Brouncker Ingle (died 1948) Ellen Margaret Tanner |
Elected | Royal Academy of Arts, 1935 |
Francis Edgar Dodd RA (29 November 1874 – 7 March 1949) was a British portrait painter, landscape artist and printmaker.
Biography
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Dodd was born in
Gertrude. At Glasgow, Dodd won the Haldane Scholarship in 1893 and then travelled around France, Italy and later Spain.[2] Dodd returned to England in 1895 and settled in Manchester, becoming friends with Charles Holden, before moving to Blackheath in London in 1904.[2]
During
War Propaganda Bureau, WPB. Serving on the Western Front, he produced more than 30 portraits of senior military figures.[3]
However, he also earned a considerable peacetime reputation for the quality of his watercolours and portrait commissions. He was appointed a trustee of the Royal Academy in 1927 and a full Member in 1935.[4]
From 1911 Dodd lived at Arundel House (51 Blackheath Park) in Blackheath, London SE3, until he killed himself in 1949.[5]
References
- ^ Francis Dodd (1917). Admirals of the British Navy. London: Country Life and George Newnes Ltd.
- ^ a b Mary Anne Stevens (1988). The Edwardians And After, The Royal Academy 1900-1950. Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
- ^ Mallalieu, Huon (19 January 1991). "Home-front battle of the war artists". The Times. p. 17. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
- ^ "Mr. Francis Dodd". The Times. 10 March 1949. p. 7. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
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