Tatiana Roulin Fine Art

Art of Sir Francis Bernard Dicksee

2012-01-29T03:22:00.000-05:00

Sir Francis Bernard Dicksee (27 November 1853 – 17 October 1928) Sir Frank Dicksee PRA, whose death is announced on another page, came of an artistic family - his father being Thomas Francis Dicksee (1819-1895), who illustrated Shakespeare and Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), and his Uncle John Robert Dicksee (1817-1905), animal painter. His professional career was thus made smooth for him in a way which was reflected in his work.

Born in London on November 27 1853, he was trained at the Royal Academy Schools, where he won gold and silver medals, and exhibited his first picture in 1876. Coming to maturity at a time when the very word 'art' was synonymous with romantic and sentimental illustration, and the thing so understood more popular than ever before or since, he was by nature and temperament born to enjoy the popularity; and he enjoyed it without a trace of affectation or the least violation of his artistic conscience. If ever the words 'born in due season,' were true of any man they were true of him. He succeeded not because he did what people wanted, but because people wanted what he unconsciously did; and how genuine was the relation between what people demanded and what he and his contemporaries, though none more sympathetically than he supplied, there is Melbury Road to show.

We may question if the thing demanded and supplied was the best thing for the welfare of English art, but the evidence - material in the prosperity of artists of the period, and the moral in the conversation of the drawing rooms, faithfully recorded in the pages of Punch of a 'natural' working of the famous law, is not to be ignored. For the first time since the 18th century, and for about 20 years art flourished in England. In personal manner Dicksee may be said to have represented a softening of the Pre-Raphaelite Movement which initiated the period of prosperity, and there can no doubt he owed his popularity partly to the softening. He was without the queerness of the original group and their eldest disciples, a more comfortable painter for the home. In execution he made an artistic virtue of prettiness.

Dicksee was, in short, the chief representative of the older kind of academic artist, whose aim was to express certain common sentiments in a convincing pictorial form. He early achieved success with the picture Harmony, which was bought for the Tate Gallery. In that picture we can see all his art, which remained the same to the end, and he had a work of the same character in the Academy of 1921, it was skillfully and thoroughly executed, and its aim was to arouse a certain kind of feeling, which no doubt he himself shared, rather than express any interest in the visible world. This he achieved very skillfully by the use of certain symbols. A young woman plays an organ with extreme sensibility in a sunset light, and a young man with still more sensibility listens to her. All these things which are symbols to conjure with are painted solidly but prosaically; the poetry is in the subject, not the execution. And that is why this kind of art looks old-fashioned now; for only poetry in execution keeps art fresh.

But Dicksee having found his way continued in it; he was not, like so many artists of the same kind, content to presume on the success, and to paint carelessly where once he had painted carefully. He always did his best to the end; and thus he was able once or twice to do skilful nudes, such as Girls Bathing, which because of its skill, and without sentiment, is less old-fashioned than his more popular pictures. He was a most conscientious portrait painter. In later years he became less popular than worse painters who parodied a more fashionable kind of art, who deserve sharp criticism and much more, for the kind of art he practices he did at least need skill and could not pretend that mere incompetence was dashing.

Frank Bernard Dicksee Artworks:

Elopement (1872)

Harmony (1877)

Miranda (1878)

The Symbol (1881)

The Foolish Virgins (1883)

Spring Maiden (1884)

Romeo and Juliet (1884)

Chivalry (1885)

Hesperia (1887)

Beatrice (1888)

The Crisis (1891)

Sylvia (c.1891)

Startled (1892)

Leila or Passion(1892)

Funeral of a Viking (1893)

Paolo and Francesca (1894)

The Magic Crystal (1894)

The Mirror (1896)

The Confession (1896)

Dawn (1897)

An Offering (1898)

The Two Crowns (1900)

Yseult (1901)

Portrait of Mrs W. K. D'Arcy, seated (1902)

La Belle Dame Sans Merci (1903)

The Mother (1907)

Flowers of June (1909)

The Shadowed Face (1909)

Portrait of Maude Moore (1913)

Camille, Daughter of Sutton Palmer, Esq (1914)

Dorothy (1917)

Portrait of Agnes Mallam (Mrs Edward Foster) (1921)

The End of the Quest (1921)

Mrs. Norman Holbrook (1924)

Portrait of Elsa (1927)

Portrait of Dora

Resurgam

Reverie

The Duet

Portrait of a lady with an ivory fan

Cleopatra

Oriental Pastime

The Emblem

2012-01-06T14:36:00.000-05:00

My Art show at Perk's Coffeehouse is UP

Currently I am Featured Artist at Perk's Coffeehouse of Norwood. My art will be on display throughout the whole month of January until Feb 4th. Perk's Coffeehouse is located in downtown Norwood at 685 Washington St. If you are around this area please stop by for a cup of coffee and take a look at my art.

News about this event were listed
by Natalie Feulner in Boston Globe and What's happening around Norwood this week,
by Jon Cronin in Five Things You Need to Know in Foxborough for Jan. 3,
by Michael Gelbwasser in Five Things You Need To Know in Sharon Today, Jan. 3,
by Jeff Sullivan in Five Things You Need to Know in Mansfield for Jan. 5,
by Lisa Gentes in Five Things You Need to Know in Canton Today: Jan. 6,
Norwood Patch, Sharon Patch, Mansfield Patch.

December Art Events

2011-11-24T21:00:00.000-05:00

In December I will be a part of several art events.

First event will be Mansfield Art Association Small artworks show at Morini Gallery. I will be exhibiting my pastels there, plus I will be having a table with mini artworks and a bin rack with matted artworks. Opening reception will be on Saturday, December 10th from 4-7pm. Hope you won't miss this one. Morini Gallery is located at 377 North Main Street, Mansfield, MA. MMAS web site: http://mmas.org

Second event will be an open call exhibit at Franklin Art Center where I will be exhibiting 4 my mini oil/acrylic still lifes. Franklin Art Center is located at 5 Main St. in Franklin, MA. Franklin Art Center web site: http://franklinartcenter.com

Third event will be "North Attleboro ~ an Artists Perspective" show/contest at Preservation Framer Gallery. Opening will be on December 3rd from 7 to 10 pm. I will be one of the participating artists in this show with my entry (cannot tell you any details but you will see my entry if you visit a show). Preservation Framer is located at 16 North Washington Street, North Attleboro, MA. Preservation Framer web site: http://www.preservationframer.com

Fourth event will be "Holiday Open House" organized by Rebecca Skinner who is a very talented photographer and simply a wonderful person. I am going to exhibit several mini oil paintings there so if you are interested please stop by and may be you'll end up with a lovely gift in your hands. This event will be on December 3rd as well. Link about this event: http://www.facebook.com/events/296066050413049/. Rebecca Skinner web site: http://www.skinnerphoto.com

Fifth event will be Framingham Artists Guild Winter group show at Framingham Library. Show will be on display throughout the whole month of December. Opening reception will be December 4th from 2:30-4:30 pm

I will be adding more December events as soon as they are settled down. Please stay in touch so you can be up-to-date about my art events.

Happy Holidays and please This Holiday Season consider to support local and independent Artists, Designers and Crafters!

November Art Events

2011-11-12T03:03:00.000-05:00

I am participating in several great events this month. First even is "Evening of Music & Art" that will be on Saturday, November 12th at the Foxboro Orpheum Theatre, sponsored by The Preservation Framer! I will be exhibiting my recent still lifes there.

Second event is NRAS (North River Art Society) Holiday Sale that will be going on at GAR HALL (157 Old Main Street, Marshfield Hills, MA) this weekend on Saturday, November 12th and Sunday, November 13th from 10 am to 4 pm each day.

Plus currently I am exhibiting my small oil/acrylic artworks at the Woodshed Gallery of Franklin (1243 Pond Street) in the Small Artworks Show. This show will be on display through the whole month of November.

Next exhibition is is SCAA art show at Hunakai Studio and Gallery where I am exhibiting my pastels. Exhibition will be on display until the end of November. Please stop by if you are interested. Hunakai Gallery is located at 16 Chestnut Street Suite 410, Foxboro, MA

Cattitude

2011-10-27T20:58:00.003-04:00

"Black Cat"

6"X6" - acrylic on Ampersand board

* This artwork belongs to my daily painting collection of artworks.

I painted this in response to "The Superstition" challenge at dailypaintworks.com .

For more information and to purchase please email me 3dmirror@comcast.net

"Cattitude"

6"X6" - acrylic on Ampersand board

* This artwork belongs to my daily painting collection of artworks.

I painted this in response to "The Superstition" challenge at dailypaintworks.com .

For more information and to purchase please email me 3dmirror@comcast.net

"Friday The 13th"

6"X6" - acrylic on canvas board

* This artwork belongs to my daily painting collection of artworks.

I painted this in response to "The Superstition" challenge at dailypaintworks.com .

For more information and to purchase please email me 3dmirror@comcast.net

Working on my New Blog

2011-10-25T13:44:00.000-04:00

Decided to renovate my old blog page in order to keep all interested people posted in what I've been doing in art lately. So now you can see my attempts to make a comfortable design. I am still trying to find out how to add menu in the header and plus how to add CSS.