Frank Bernard Dicksee
Sir Francis Bernard Dicksee (27 November 1853 – 17 October 1928) was an English Victorian painter and illustrator, best known for his pictures of dramatic literary, historical, and legendary scenes. He also was a noted painter of portraits of fashionable women, which helped to bring him success in his own time.
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Frank Bernard Dicksee
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- Born
- 1853. · London.
- Died
- 1928. · London.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom.
- Occupation
- painter and illustrator.
- Fields
- history.
- Honours
- Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order and Knight Bachelor.
- Languages
- English.
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Sir Francis Bernard Dicksee (27 November 1853 – 17 October 1928) was an English Victorian painter and illustrator, best known for his pictures of dramatic literary, historical, and legendary scenes. He also was a noted painter of portraits of fashionable women, which helped to bring him success in his own time.
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The recorded working language is English. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are history. Positions recorded include President of the Royal Academy of Arts. Work by Frank Bernard Dicksee is recorded in the collections of Tate, National Gallery of Victoria, Southampton City Art Gallery, National Gallery and Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery. Distinctions recorded are Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order and Knight Bachelor.
Dicksee's father, Thomas Dicksee, was a painter who taught Frank as well as his sister Margaret from a young age. The family lived in Fitzroy Square, Bloomsbury. Dicksee enrolled in the Royal Academy Schools in 1870 and achieved early success. He was elected to the academy in 1891 and became its president in 1924. He was knighted in 1925, and named to the Royal Victorian Order by King George V in 1927. In 1921 Dicksee exhibited at the first exhibition of the Society of Graphic Art in London. Dicksee painted The Funeral of a Viking (1893; Manchester Art Gallery), which was donated in 1928 by Arthur Burton in memory of his mother to the Corporation of Manchester. Victorian critics gave it both positive and negative reviews, for its perfection as a showpiece and for its dramatic and somewhat staged setting, respectively. The painting was used by Swedish Viking/Black metal band Bathory for the cover of their 1990 album, Hammerheart. A book on Frank Dicksee's life and work with a full catalogue of his known paintings and drawings by Simon Toll was published by Antique Collector's Club in 2016.
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Frank Bernard Dicksee
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1853
Frank Bernard Dicksee born at London.
1928
Frank Bernard Dicksee died at London.
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- 1.Fitzroy Square Pages 52-63 Survey of London: Volume 21, the Parish of St Pancras Part 3: Tottenham Court Road and Neighbourhood. Originally published by London County Council, London, 1949. British History Online.
- 2."Francis Bernard Dicksee (1853–1928)" Phryne.
- 3.Society of Graphic Art. List of Members. Catalogue of the First Annual Exhibition of the Society of Graphic Art. 45–48. January 1921.
- 4.Toll, Simon. Frank Dicksee 1853-1928 : his art and life. ACC Art Books. 2016. 9781851498314.
- 5.Dicksee by J. P. Mayall from Artists at Home, published 1884
- 6.Image Collections. www.nga.gov.
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