Herbert dicksee and biography

English painter

Herbert Thomas Dicksee (14 June 1862 – 20 February 1942)^[1] was an English painter who specialised in oil paintings of dogs, particularly the deerhound.

Herbert Thomas Dicksee was a British painter born in He was best known for his sensitive depictions of animals including dogs, lions and tigers.

Prints and etchings of his best-known paintings were widely distributed by publishers such as Klackner of London, and his work is popular among collectors and dog enthusiasts today.

Dicksee belonged to an illustrious artistic family.

His father was the artist John Dicksee (1817–1905). John's brother Thomas (1819–1895), also a painter, was the father of Sir Frank Dicksee (1853–1928), president of the Royal Academy from 1924 until his death.

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Herbert Thomas Dicksee (14 June – 20 February ) was an English painter who specialised in oil paintings of dogs, particularly the deerhound.

Herbert Dicksee.

Herbert Thomas Dicksee was born in into a family already well known for their contribution to the London art scene.

Herbert Thomas Dicksee was an English painter who specialised in oil paintings of dogs, particularly the deerhound.

(Herbert, meanwhile, had one sister, whose name was Amy.) Dicksee studied art at the Slade School, London, on a scholarship. His first painting was exhibited in 1881.

Dicksee specialised in sympathetic paintings of hounds, such as "After Chevy Chase"[1] and "Silent Sympathy", but he also painted big cats at London Zoo, of which he was a f