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Dod Procter
The Party Frock - British 1940's art female child portrait oil painting exhib RA

1949

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This charming British portrait oil painting is by female artist Dod Procter. It was painted in 1949 and exhibited at the Royal Academy London the same year. The painting is of a little girl in her peach party frock, bows in her hair. There is tremendous Impressionist style brushwork and a lovely soft focus romanticism to the painting making this an excellent example of her work. There are two figures verso. Signed upper right and inscribed verso Provenance: The Orion Gallery, Penzance (bears label to the reverse of the frame). Exhibited: Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, 1949, no. 541. James Bourlet. Condition. Oil on canvas, 20 inches by 17 inches and in good condition. Frame. Housed in a complementary Bourlet exhibition frame, 28 inches by 25 inches framed and in good condition. Dod Procter, born Doris Margaret Shaw, (1890–1972) was an English artist, and the wife of the artist Ernest Procter. Her painting, Morning, was bought for the public by the Daily Mail in 1927. Procter and her husband attended art schools in England and in Paris together, where they were both influenced by Impressionism and the Post-Impressionism movements. They also worked together at times, sometimes sharing commissions and other times showing their work together in exhibitions. They spent a year in Rangoon after world war 1 decorating the royal palace. Procter was a lifelong artist, active after the untimely death of her husband in 1935. After Ernest's death, Procter travelled to the United States, Canada, Jamaica and Africa. She died in 1972 and is buried next to her husband at St Hilary Church, Cornwall. She was a member of several artists organisations, such as the Newlyn School and became President of St Ives Society of Artists (STISA) in 1966. Exhibited: Barbizon House 2, Brook Street Art Gallery 1, Cooling and Sons Gallery 1, Fine Art Society 20, Grosvenor Gallery 5, Glasgow Institute 4, International Society 1, Walker Art Gallery Liverpool 2, Leicester Gallery 67, Manchester City Art Gallery 1, New English Art Club 13, Royal Academy 58, Royal Scottish Academy 1.
  • Creator:
    Dod Procter (1891 - 1972, British)
  • Creation Year:
    1949
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 28 in (71.12 cm)Width: 25 in (63.5 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU853113404482

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