Ernest Procter (22 March 1885–21 October 1935) was an English designer, illustrator and painter, and husband of the famous British artist Dod Procter. He was actively involved with the Newlyn School, partner of the Harvey-Procter School and an instructor at the

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Personal life and education

Ernest Procter was born into a

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family in

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. His father Henry Richardson Procter was an eminent scientist and a

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professor who specialised in leather chemistry. He was also a

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.''Ernest Procter''
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Procter, like his father, attended school first in

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at the Quaker

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. From 1907 to 1910 he was a student of

Stanhope Forbes Stanhope Alexander Forbes (18 November 1857 – 2 March 1947) was an Irish artist and a founding member of the influential Newlyn school of painters. He was often called 'the father of the Newlyn School'.Newlyn, Cornwall Newlyn () is a seaside town and fishing port in south-west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 ''Land's End'' It is the largest fishing port in England. Newlyn lies on the shore of Mount's Bay and for ...

. He contributed to the school's publication, ''The Paper Chase'' in 1908 and 1909, was an assistant to Stanhope and Elizabeth Forbes, and was a successful, well-respected student. At Forbes' Procter met his future wife Doris "Dod" Shaw; They were "amongst the Forbes' star pupils." In 1910 and 1911 Procter studied in Paris at Atelier Colarossi. Dod Shaw was also a student at Atelier Colarossi. Ernest and Dod were both influenced by

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and

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and the artists that they met in France, such as

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and

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. In 1912 Procter married Dod at the church of

Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Paris The Church of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul (, ) is a church in the 10th arrondissement of Paris dedicated to Saint Vincent de Paul. It gives its name to the Quartier Saint-Vincent-de-Paul around it. It was built between 1824 and 1844 on the site where ...

.''Dod Procter''
Cornwall Artists. 3 October 2012. They had a son together named Bill and stayed in Paris until 1918. In 1918 Procter and his wife returned to Newlyn, where they primarily lived from that point onward. On 21 October 1935, after years of high blood pressure, Procter died of a

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, while travelling.

First World War

During the First World War Procter was a

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, serving with the

Friends' Ambulance Unit The Friends' Ambulance Unit (FAU) was a volunteer ambulance service, founded by individual members of the British Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), in line with their Peace Testimony. The FAU operated from 1914 to 1919, 1939 to 1946 and ...

Dunkirk Dunkirk ( ; ; ; Picard language, Picard: ''Dunkèke''; ; or ) is a major port city in the Departments of France, department of Nord (French department), Nord in northern France. It lies from the Belgium, Belgian border. It has the third-larg ...

from April 1916 until February 1919. File:Ernest Procter - Etaples, The Convoy Yard - Imperial War Museum.jpg, ''

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, The Convoy Yard'', Imperial War Museum File:Ernest Procter - Nissen Huts, St Omer - Imperial War Museum.jpg, ''

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s, St Omer'', Imperial War Museum File:Ernest Procter - The Interior of a Garage, Boulogne - Imperial War Museum.jpg, ''The Interior of a Garage,

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'', Imperial War Museum File:Ernest Procter - The Interior of the BRCS and Order of St John Garage, Boulogne - Imperial War Museum.jpg, ''The Interior of the BRCS and

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Garage, Boulogne'', Imperial War Museum

Career

After the war Dod and Ernest Procter returned to Newlyn, where Ernest was a member of the Newlyn Society of Artists. In 1920 Ernest and Harold Harvey established the Harvey-Procter School. They taught painting of still life, figures and landscapes in watercolour and oil. He and his wife, accepted a commission to decorate the Kokine Palace, Rangoon, in 1919 and 1920. Procter created in 1931 what he called Diaphenicons, which were "painted and glazed decorations that provided their own light source."

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exhibited these works. The

appointed him Director of Studies in Design and Craft in 1934.

Works

Procter's works included portraits and landscapes.

Paintings

* ''All the Fun of the Fair''Ernest Procter
Art Magick. Retrieved 3 October 2012. * ''Aphrodite'' * ''Delphiniums'', 1907** ''Earth, Water, Fire, Air'', 1928 * ''Feather leaves'', 1934, a painted ceramic plate, Penlee House Gallery and Museum. * ''Helston Flora Dance'', 1926 * ''Mother & Child'', 1924 * ''Malo Gate, Dunkirk'', 1924 * ''Night and Evening'' * ''Porthgwarra'', oil on canvas, Penlee House Gallery and Museum. * ''Rising Tide'', 1936, Penlee House Gallery and Museum. * ''Spring Hawthorn'' * ''The Edge of the Shadow'', 1921, for a Royal Academy Exhibition * ''The Four Elements'' * ''The Mischievous Boy'' * ''The Road to Sancreed'' * ''The Terrace'', 1921 * ''The Zodiac'', 1925, oil on canvas, Tate''The Zodiac.''
Tate. Retrieved 3 October 2012. * ''Those Who Dare'' * ''Versailles'', 1921

Portraits

* Sir

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, 2nd Bt''Ernest Procter.''
National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 3 October 2012. * Sir Thomas Beecham Conducting '' A Mass of Life'' at the

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, 1929 *

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* Group including Frederick Delius and Philip Arnold Heseltine * Sir

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Church or other commissions

* St Mary's Church altar screen, Chapel Street, Penzance – which in 1985 was destroyed during a fire * Kokine Palace decorations, Rangoon, 1920 with his wife Dod. *

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: ** Depicted

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and St Neot for the St Hilary Church

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Melissa Hardie.
100 Years in Newlyn: Diary of a Gallery
'. Hypatia Publications; 1 June 1995. . p. 1915. Note: previous page to where this link lands, ironically not a page 1914. **

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of the

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of the Dead for the St Hilary Church ** ''Visitation'', 1933, St Hilary Church ** ''Deposition'', 1935, St Hilary Church ** Dod also made works for the St Hilary Church. Ernest and Dod's works are still on view at the church.

World War I

* ''Étaples, The Convoy Yard'', 1918, pencil and watercolour, Imperial War Museum, Gift of the British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem, 1920 * ''Nissen Huts, St Omer'', chalk and gouache, Imperial War Museum, Gift of the British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem, 1920 * ''The Interior of a Garage, Boulogne'', pastel drawing, Imperial War Museum, Gift of the British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem, 1920 * ''The Interior of the BRCS and Order of St John Garage, Boulogne'', pastel drawing, Imperial War Museum, Gift of the British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem, 1920

Book illustrations and other works

* ''Crowns Mine, Botallack'', pencil drawing. Penlee House Gallery and Museum. * ''In Newlyn (untitled)''. Penlee House Gallery and Museum. * ''No Breakfast for Growler'', 1901, book illustrations. Penlee House Gallery and Museum. * ''Young Witches at Play in the Night Sky'', pastel drawing. Penlee House Gallery and Museum.''Young Witches at Play in the Night Sky''.
Penlee House Gallery and Museum. Retrieved 3 October 2012.

Museums and galleries

His works are part of collections at the

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, Newcastle, Penlee House Gallery and Museum, and Worthing / Adelaide.

Memberships

He was a member or affiliated to the following organisations: *

Associate of the Royal Academy The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House in Piccadilly London, England. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its ...

(ARA), from 1932 * International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Engravers (IS), from 1925 *

New English Art Club The New English Art Club (NEAC) is a society for contemporary artists that was founded in London, England, in 1886 as an alternative venue to the Royal Academy. The NEAC holds an annual exhibition of paintings and drawings at the Mall Galleries ...

(NEAC), from 1929 * Newlyn Art Gallery (NAG), also called the Passmore Edwards Art Gallery, Newlyn, Cornwall * Newlyn Society of Artists (NSA), Newlyn, Cornwall – member from 1924 to 34, trustee 1928 to 34

Exhibitions

Procter's work was exhibited: * 1904 +: Newlyn Art Gallery (NAG) – starting 1904, first sale 1909 * 1913: Fine Art Gallery * 1916 +: International Society * Leicester Galleries *

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(49) * Leicester Galleries (99) Memorial exhibitions in 1936: * Leicester Galleries * Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle Posthumous: * 1985: Painting in Newlyn 1900-1930, Newlyn Art Gallery (NAG) & Barbican Art Gallery * 1987: Looking West, Paintings inspired by Cornwall * 1989: A Century of Art in Cornwall, CCC centenary, Truro * 1990: Dod Procter RA and Ernest Procter ARA, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle * 1992: Royal West of England Academy, Bristol: Artists from Cornwall

Gallery

File:Ernest Procter - The Zodiac - Tate.jpg, Ernest Procter, ''The Zodiac'', 1925, oil paint on canvas, Tate Museum File:Ernest Procter - Porthgwarra - Penlee Museum.jpg, Ernest Procter, ''Porthgwarra'', oil on canvas, Penlee House

Notes

References

External links

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