Born into an illustrious artistic family – his father was the artist John Dicksee (1817–1905) and John’s brother Thomas (1819–1895), also a painter, was the father of Sir Frank Dicksee (1853–1928), president of the Royal Academy, Herbert Dicksee was an English painter who specialised in oil paintings, particularly of dogs. Prints and etchings of his best-known paintings were widely distributed in his lifetime and his work is still very popular today amongst collectors and dog enthusiasts.
If you’re a dog lover you can’t fail to appreciate the fine work by the English artist Herbert Dicksee (1862- 1942). This present example – a study of two Alsations – shows just what a fine hand he had. In good condition in its original frame, it is signed in pencil and numbered 121 from a run of 150.
Measures 43 cm wide by 33 cm deep (63 cm by 53 cm in its frame).
£250