Sir frank dicksee biography

  Francis Bernard Dicksee was born in London on the 27th November , the son of Thomas Francis Dicksee (), painter and illustrator, and his wife Eliza nee Bernard.

His uncle was John Robert Dicksee (), another painter of some note, as was his sister Margaret (), and brother Herbert Thomas (). The family lived in the Bloomsbury area of London.

Sir frank dicksee paintings

  Young Frank was initially trained in art by his father, before enrolling at the Royal Academy Schools in Amongst the more notable of visiting lecturers at the time were Frederic Leighton, and Millais.

Dicksee was an excellent student, quickly marked out for a promising future, and won many distinctions, and in , the year he first exhibited his paintings at the Academy a Gold Medal. 
  Like many other artists of the nineteenth century, his early career was spent in book and magazine illustration, including the Cornhill magazine.

In the painter exhibited his famous painting