Lowes Cato Dickinson Art
Lowes Cato Dickinson, born in Kilburn, North London, on 27th November 1819, was the fourth child and second eldest surviving son of Ann Rowden Carter and Joseph Dickinson (1780–1849), a stationer, print-seller and lithographic publisher. He was part of a family firm of artists, lithographic print makers and publishers from New Bond Street, London, which was established in the early 1820s by his father. Dickinson showed artistic talent at an early age and when he was in his early twenties, he either drew portraits or created lithographic prints from the work of other portrait painters, which were published as prints by his father's firm. He later became an established portrait artist, exhibiting 110 portraits in oils and crayons at the Royal Academy between 1848 and 1891. After the death of his father, Lowes Cato Dickinson and two of his brothers, William Robert Dickinson and Gilbert Bell Dickinson, inherited the family firm. Under the name of Dickinson Brothers, these three eldest surviving sons of Joseph Dickinson at the time, continued to produce lithographic prints and portraits at their business premises at 114 New Bond Street, London. Between 1850 and 1853, Lowes Cato Dickinson studied art in Italy under the patronage of Sir Robert Michael Laffan, an Irish military officer and engineer.
Returning to England in 1853, Dickinson took a studio in Portland Place, London. Whilst working as an artist in London, he made the acquaintance of the artist Ford Madox Brown, the painter John Everett Millais, the artist and poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti, the writer and art critic William Michael Rosetti and other members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. On 15th October 1857, Lowes Cato Dickinson married Margaret Ellen Williams. At the time of his marriage, Lowes Cato Dickinson was an established portrait painter. When the 1861 census was taken, Lowes Cato Dickinson was residing with his wife (Margaret) Ellen and their two young children at Langham Chambers, Portland Place, St Marylebone, London. In 1864, he and his wife Margaret Ellen, along with three of their children, moved to the west London district of Hanwell in Middlesex.
(Biography provided by Robert Azensky Fine Art)
1850s Aesthetic Movement Lowes Cato Dickinson Art
Watercolor, Engraving
1930s American Realist Lowes Cato Dickinson Art
Paper, Ink, Gouache
2010s Abstract Lowes Cato Dickinson Art
Watercolor, Lithograph, Rag Paper, Emulsion
20th Century Modern Lowes Cato Dickinson Art
Paper, Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Modern Lowes Cato Dickinson Art
Archival Ink, Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Modern Lowes Cato Dickinson Art
Archival Ink, Watercolor
20th Century Impressionist Lowes Cato Dickinson Art
Watercolor, Gouache
Mid-20th Century Lowes Cato Dickinson Art
Watercolor, Gouache
1990s Realist Lowes Cato Dickinson Art
Pastel, Watercolor
1960s Lowes Cato Dickinson Art
Watercolor, Board
1950s American Modern Lowes Cato Dickinson Art
Paper, Watercolor
2010s Contemporary Lowes Cato Dickinson Art
Paper, Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Pencil
1950s Lowes Cato Dickinson Art
Gouache, Illustration Board
Late 19th Century Lowes Cato Dickinson Art
Pastel
1850s Aesthetic Movement Lowes Cato Dickinson Art
Watercolor, Engraving
