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Thomas was the younger brother of fellow artist John Robert Dicksee (1817-1905) and father of Sir Frank Dicksee, President of the RA (1853-1928) & Margaret..
Thomas Francis Dicksee
British artist
Thomas Francis Dicksee | |
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Thomas Francis Dicksee, self-portrait, date unknown | |
Born | (1819-12-13)13 December 1819 London, England |
Died | 6 November 1895(1895-11-06) (aged 75) London, England |
Nationality | English |
Education | H.Thomas Francis Dicksee (–) was a British painter.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 H.
P. Briggs. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1841 until the year of his death.
Thomas Francis Dicksee was a portraitist and painter of historical, genre subjects.His brother, John Robert Dicksee, was also a painter, and his children, Sir Francis Dicksee 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.
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