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

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and

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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

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from 1841 until the year of his death. His brother, John Robert Dicksee, was also a painter, and his children, Sir Francis Dicksee and

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, 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

Ophelia Ophelia () is a character in William Shakespeare's drama ''Hamlet'' (1599–1601). She is a young noblewoman of Denmark, the daughter of Polonius, sister of Laertes and potential wife of Prince Hamlet. Due to Hamlet's actions, Ophelia ultima ...

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, Miranda and

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. A

Juliet Juliet Capulet () is the female protagonist in William Shakespeare's romantic tragedy ''Romeo and Juliet''. A 13-year-old girl, Juliet is the only daughter of the patriarch of the House of Capulet. She falls in love with the male protagonist Ro ...

is in the

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, and At the Opera is in the collection of Leicester Art Gallery. A portrait of Lady Teasdale is in the Adelaide Art Gallery,

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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 ''Christ of the Cornfield'', ''Distant Thoughts'', and paintings of

, Miranda, and

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. He died in London on 6 November 1895.

Gallery

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

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File:Juliet on the Balcony.jpg, ''Juliet on the Balcony,'' 1875,

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File:Juliet oil painting.jpg, ''Juliet,'' 1877,

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

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File:Thomas Francis Dicksee - Ophelia - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Ophelia,''1864,

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

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File:Thomas Francis Dicksee (1819-1895) - Ideal Portrait of Lady Macbeth - WAG 3060 - Walker Art Gallery.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
(ArtMagick) {{DEFAULTSORT:Dicksee, Thomas 1819 births 1895 deaths 19th-century English painters English male painters British genre painters British Orientalist painters 19th-century English male artists