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1847 In Art
Events from the year 1847 in art. Events *Salon indépendent established in Paris. *William Dyce is commissioned to decorate the Queen's Robing Room at the newly completed Palace of Westminster. Works *John Wilson Carmichael – :File:Carmichael 01.jpg, ''HMS ''Erebus'' and ''Terror'' in the Antarctic'' *Thomas Cole – ''Indian Pass Tawahus'' *Thomas Couture – '':File:THOMAS COUTURE - Los Romanos de la Decadencia (Museo de Orsay, 1847. Óleo sobre lienzo, 472 x 772 cm).jpg, Romans of the Decadence'' *Jean-Léon Gérôme – ''The Cock Fight'' *Solomon Hart – Milton Visiting Galileo when a Prisoner of the Inquisition' *John Rogers Herbert – '':File:Savioursubject.JPG, Our Saviour Subject to His Parents in Nazareth'' *Edward Hicks – '':File:Edward Hicks - Penn's Treaty.jpeg, Penn's Treaty'' *Robert Huskisson – The Midsummer Night's Fairies' *Charles Lees (painter), Charles Lees – '':File:'The Golfers' by Charles Lees, 1847, oil on canvas, National Galleries of Scotla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Dyce
William Dyce (; 19 September 1806 in Aberdeen14 February 1864) was a Scottish painter, who played a part in the formation of public art education in the United Kingdom, and the South Kensington Schools system. Dyce was associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and played a part in their early popularity. Life Dyce was born on the 19 September 1806 at 48 Marischal Street in Aberdeen, the son of Dr William Dyce of Fonthill and Cuttlehill FRSE (1770–1835) and Margaret Chalmers of Westburn (1776–1856). His uncle was General Alexander Dyce FRSE (died 1834). His older brother was Prof Robert Dyce FRSE. After studying at Marischal College, Dyce early showed an aptitude for design and began his artistic career at the Royal Academy schools in Edinburgh and London. He travelled to Rome for the first time in 1825, and while there he studied the works of Titian and Poussin. He returned to Aberdeen after nine months, and painted several pictures, including ''Bacchus nursed by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
