Thomas Francis Dicksee

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Thomas Francis Dicksee
Thomas Francis Dicksee, self-portrait, date unknown
Born(1819-12-13)13 December 1819
Died6 November 1895(1895-11-06) (aged 75)
London, England
NationalityEnglish
EducationH. P. Briggs.

Thomas Francis Dicksee (1819–1895) was a British painter. He was a

portraitist and painter of historical, genre
subjects often inspired by the works of
Shakespeare
.

Life and career

Thomas Francis Dicksee was born in London on 13 December 1819 and was the pupil of

, likewise became painters. In The Dictionary of Victorian Painters, Herbert Dicksee is given as his son also, but according to the City of London School, where Herbert taught, he was the son of John Robert Dicksee.

Thomas Dicksee also produced a series of portraits of family members, and also painted idealised portraits, including the

He died in London on 6 November 1895.

Gallery

References

  1. ^ Ophelia (1875, oil on canvas - "Five College Museums")
  2. ^ Ross Anderson, ''A Brush with Shakespeare, The Bard in Painting, 1780–1910'', exh. cat., Montgomery, Alabama, 1986, p. 51
  3. ^ "Thomas Francis Dicksee (1819-1895)".
  4. ^ "Thomas Francis Dicksee (British, 1819-1895)".
  5. ^ "Thomas Francis Dicksee (1819-1895)".
  6. ^ "(#622) Thomas Francis Dicksee R.A." Sothebys.com. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Thomas Francis Dicksee (1819-1895)".
  • Christopher Wood, Christopher Newall, Margaret Richardson. Victorian Painters: The Text (Antique Collectors' Club Ltd, 1995)

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