Frank Dicksee

Frank Dicksee Biography:
Francis Bernard Dicksee was born in London on the 27th November 1853, the son of Thomas Francis Dicksee, painter and illustrator of art, prints and posters, and his wife Eliza nee Bernard. His uncle was John Robert Dicksee, another painter of some note. The family lived in the Bloomsbury area of London. Young Frank was initially trained in art by his father, before enrolling at the Royal Academy Schools in 1870. Amongst the more notable of visiting lecturers at the time were Frederic Leighton. Dicksee was an excellent student, quickly marked out for a promising future, and won many distinctions, and in 1875, the year he first exhibited at the Academy a Gold Medal.  >>click here for more