Sir William Beechey Art

Oil on canvas, unsigned Image size: 15 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches (39.5 x 28.75 cm) Original gilt frame This is a touching head and shoulders portrait of a young peasant girl. Wearing a he...

Saint Benard Dog Portrait English School, early 20th century by T W Taylor, signed and dated 1919 oil on canvas, framed framed: 19.5 x 18 inches canvas: 14 x 12 inches Provenance: pr...

Ladies at Leisure in a Summer Meadow Art measures 16 x 12 inches Frame measures 22 x 18 inches This charming early 20th century impressionist painting depicts three elegantly dre...

Portrait of a Recumbent Collie and Chihuahua Dog Late 19th / Early 20th Century English School, Oil on canvas, framed Framed: 28 x 24 inches Canvas: 24 x 20 inches Provenance: Privat...

Two Collies Standing Upon Rocky Outcrop In Open Landscape by W. Jones (English, early 20th Century) Signed 'W. Jones' Oil on board, framed Framed: 32 x 39.5 inches Board: 27 x 34.5 ...

Oh, to look this dashing when atop a mount. On offer is a portrait of an officer or orderly from a British cavalry regiment, perhaps commissioned for the rider’s sweetheart or family...

Elegant Georgian Lady Portrait In Ornate Rococo Gilt Frame Oil Painting Canvas 19th Century English School, unsigned Oil on canvas, framed in highly elaborate gilt frame Framed: 30 ...

Antique English oil on canvas portrait painting, circa 1900. A very handsome Impressionist portrait of a youthful lady in Edwardian dress. Oil on canvas, signed to the upper left "F ...

Military Portrait of British Officer in Red Coat Victorian Army Portrait by English School (British, mid-19th century) oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 24 x 20 inches Provenance: pri...

Oil on canvas Image size: 30 x 25 inches (76 x 63.5 cm) Hand carved gilt frame This is a charming 18th century portrait of a young boy, sporting a golden child's two-piece with a fl...

18th Century Gentleman In Burgundy Coat English School, mid 18th century, unsigned Circle of Arthur Pond (British, circa 1705-1758) Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, in...

Sir Francis Dicksee (English, 1853-1928) Untitled (Portrait of a Woman), c. 1900 Oil on canvas; period frame Sight: 13 1/4 in. Framed: 21 1/8 x 21 1/8 x 3 3/8 in. Frank Dicksee was a member of a noted artistic family, his father, brother, and sister Margaret were all well-known painters, and the family lived in the Bloomsbury area of London. He was initially trained by his father, before entering the Royal Academy schools in 1870. Amongst the visiting lecturers who trained him, were the famous senior academicians Leighton [1830-1896] and Millais [1829-1896]. Dicksee was a star student, earning many distinctions and medals. Like many other artists of the day his early career was largely spent in book illustration, as well as some stained glass window design. He started exhibiting at the RA in the mid 1870s, and also exhibited at the Grosvenor Gallery, though his real base was always the Academy. Dicksee made his reputation with Harmony, exhibited at the Academy in 1877, and bought by the Chantry Bequest. Frank Dicksee was elected ARA in 1881, and became a full RA ten years later. Many of his pictures were of dramatic historical and legendary scenes. He also was a noted painter of elegant, highly-finished portraits of fashionable women, which of course helped to bring him material success. Many of these portraits are so beautiful, it is really difficult to disapprove of them - happy was the fashionable lady whose portrait was painted by Dicksee! He also painted landscapes. Dicksee lived in St John's Wood, and remained a bachelor. He was, of course, one of the nineteenth century artists who outlived his time, and was, to his credit, very unhappy with developments in the early twentieth century. Rather surprisingly, Dicksee was elected President of the Royal Academy in 1924, fulfilling the role with panache and tact. Physically he was a tall, good-looking, patrician figure, with a charming easy-going manner. Like his predecessor but one Edward Poynter...