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

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and painter of historical,

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subjects often inspired by the works of

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Life and career

Thomas Francis Dicksee was born in London on 13 December 1819 and was the pupil of H. P. Briggs. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1841 until the year of his death. His brother, John Robert Dicksee, was also a painter, and his children,

Sir Francis 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 port ...

and Margaret, 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

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characters

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, Beatrice, Miranda and

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. A Juliet is in the Sunderland Art Gallery, and At the Opera is in the collection of Leicester Art Gallery. A portrait of Lady Teasdale is in the Adelaide Art Gallery, Australia and an ''Ophelia'' (1875) is in the

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, Amherst, Massachusetts. Dicksee would become particularly well known for his depictions of Shakespearean heroines and exhibited a total of seven at the Royal Academy. Other oil paintings have been seen in several auctions including ''

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'', '' Distant Thoughts'', and paintings of Beatrice, Miranda, and Amy Robsart. He died in London on 6 November 1895.

Gallery

File:Thomas Francis Dicksee, Ophelia.jpg, ''Ophelia,'' 1865 File:Ophelia - oil painting.jpg, ''Ophelia,'' 1873, Touchstones Rochdale,

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, Sunderland,

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File:Thomas Francis Dicksee Miranda.jpg, ''Miranda,''1895, auction sold at

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File:Anne Page (Dicksee, 1862).jpg, ''Anne Page'', 1862,

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File:Thomas Francis Dicksee - Ideal Portrait of Lady Macbeth.jpg, ''Ideal Portrait of Lady Macbeth,'' 1870,

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File:Christ of the Cornfield.jpg, ''Christ of the Cornfield'', 1883 File:Thomas Francis Dicksee - Beatrice.jpg, Beatrice, 1883

References

*Christopher Wood, Christopher Newall, Margaret Richardson. ''Victorian Painters: The Text '' (Antique Collectors' Club Ltd, 1995)

External links

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T F Dicksee - biography and works
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