Robert Dixon (1780–1815) was an English artist, known for his work in

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painting. He was a member of the

Norwich School of painters The Norwich School of painters was the first provincial art movement established in Britain, active in the early 19th century. Artists of the school were inspired by the natural environment of the Norfolk landscape and owed some influence to the wo ...

Life

The parish records for St Mary Coslany Church,

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, show that Robert Dixon was born on 28 September 1780 and was baptised the following week on 8 October.Robert Dixon in "Archdeacons transcripts for Norwich parishes, 1600-1812", ''FamilySearch''
Robert Dixon
. He was trained at the Royal Academy Schools and in his early twenties became a scenery painter for the Theatre Royal in Norwich. He is known to have turned down an offer to work in London with the stage designer William Capon.Walpole, ''Art and Artists of the Norwich School'', p.150. In 1803

John Crome John Crome (22 December 176822 April 1821), once known as Old Crome to distinguish him from his artist son John Berney Crome, was an English landscape painter of the Romantic era, one of the principal artists and founding members of the Norw ...

and

Robert Ladbrooke Robert Ladbrooke (1768 – 11 October 1842) was an English landscape painter who, along with John Crome, founded the Norwich School of painters. His sons Henry Ladbrooke and John Berney Ladbrooke were also associated with the Norwich School. Ea ...

formed the Norwich Society of Artists, a group that also included Dixon, Charles Hodgson,

Daniel Coppin Daniel Coppin (1771–1822) was an accomplished amateur English painter of landscapes and a collector of art. He was one of the founding members of the Norwich School of painters, and one of three generations of artists from the same family, whi ...

, James Stark and George Vincent. Their first exhibition, in 1805, marked the start of the Norwich School of painters, the first art movement created outside London. He contributed with the Norwich Society of Artists from 1805, but poor health forced to resign his membership from the Society in 1812. He died in 1815, aged 35.Walpole, ''Art and Artists of the Norwich School'', p.151.

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Works by Robert Dixon
in the Norfolk Museums Collections 19th-century English painters English male painters 1780 births 1815 deaths People from Norfolk 19th-century English male artists {{England-painter-stub