Here we have a framed and signed Herbert Dicksee (1862-1942) etching called 'Shaldon Lane' 1916
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Described as follows - HERBERT DICKSEE etching A Shaldon Lane Frost & Reed, edition of 100, artists proof signed in pencil , plate destroyed. Measures 28cm x 37cm excluding mount slip & frame. This is one of the 100
picture size without frame is 28x37cm (framed 42x52cm)
Herbert Thomas Dicksee was an English painter who specialised in oil paintings of dogs, particularly the deerhound. 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 (18171905). John's brother Thomas (18191895), also a painter, was the father of Sir Frank Dicksee (18531928), president of the Royal Academy from 1924 until his death. Dicksee studied art at the Slade School, London, on a scholarship. His first painting was exhibited in 1881.
His etchings were produced to a really high standard, he would replicate his sketches by etching onto the printing plate , paying excellent detail to light and shade , to produce almost photographic quality.
Herberts paintings were usually done from life , he had numerous pet dogs which often featured in his etchings, including several pugs and bull terriers , a bloodhound and a French bulldog named Shaver.
Many of Dicksees works , especially those made during the war , depicted the dogs accompanying melancholy young ladies. His most frequent model was the actress Gladys Cooper.
Herbert Dicksee exhibited 51 works at the Royal Academy from 1885 ( Watercress Beds ) to 1904 ( The Wishing Pool ). Herbert married Ella Crump in 1896 , they had two children, Maurice ( who was killed in World War one )and their daughter Dorothy. Herbert Dicksee died in 1942 in Hampstead , England , as part of his will Dorothy was instructed to have most of his etching plates destroyed.
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