Thomas Cantrell DugdaleRARPROI (2 June 1880 – 13 November 1952) was a British artist. He was a member of the Royal Academy, was a renowned portrait painter and served as a war artist in both World War One and World War Two.
During World War Two, Dugdale lived in Suffolk where he organised a Home Guard unit.[1] Throughout the conflict, from July 1940 to July 1945, Dugdale received portrait commissions from the War Artists' Advisory Committee to depict several merchant seaman and RAF pilots.[9][10]
In addition to his oil paintings, Dugdale designed book covers and was also a textile designer. Early in his career he designed woodcut decorations for some books.[8] For twenty years, from 1919, Dugdale was an advisor to the textile company Tootal Broadhurst Lee.[3] He was married to a fellow artist, Amy Katherine Browning from 1916.[11][12]
thomas, cantrell, dugdale, confused, with, chantrell, june, 1880, november, 1952, british, artist, member, royal, academy, renowned, portrait, painter, served, artist, both, world, world, born, 1880, june, 1880blackburn, lancashire, englanddied13, november, 19. Not to be confused with Tom Chantrell Thomas Cantrell Dugdale RA RP ROI 2 June 1880 13 November 1952 was a British artist He was a member of the Royal Academy was a renowned portrait painter and served as a war artist in both World War One and World War Two Thomas Cantrell DugdaleBorn 1880 06 02 2 June 1880Blackburn Lancashire EnglandDied13 November 1952 1952 11 13 aged 72 LondonNationalityBritishEducationManchester School of ArtRoyal College of ArtCity and Guilds of London Art SchoolAcademie JulianAcademie ColarossiKnown forPortrait painting Contents 1 Biography 2 Memberships 3 References 4 External linksBiography Edit nbsp Military Policemen in Palestine c 1918 Art IWM ART 6224 Dugdale was born in Blackburn in Lancashire and attended Manchester Grammar School 1 He initially studied art at the Manchester School of Art before continuing his studies at the Royal College of Art 2 He also studied at the City and Guilds of London Art School and in Paris at the Academie Julian and the Academie Colarossi 3 4 Dugdale first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1901 and continued to do so until 1952 5 In 1910 he enlisted in the British Army and during World War One Dugdale served as a Staff Sergeant in the Middlesex Yeomanry in Egypt Palestine and Gallipoli 6 While on active service Dugdale continued to paint and four of these pieces were acquired by the British War Memorials Committee A selection of Dugdale s paintings from Palestine and Egypt were shown at the Leicester Galleries in London in April 1919 7 The Witt Library has a number of political cartoons by Dugdale possibly dating from around 1914 but it is unclear if or where they were intended for publication 8 During World War Two Dugdale lived in Suffolk where he organised a Home Guard unit 1 Throughout the conflict from July 1940 to July 1945 Dugdale received portrait commissions from the War Artists Advisory Committee to depict several merchant seaman and RAF pilots 9 10 In addition to his oil paintings Dugdale designed book covers and was also a textile designer Early in his career he designed woodcut decorations for some books 8 For twenty years from 1919 Dugdale was an advisor to the textile company Tootal Broadhurst Lee 3 He was married to a fellow artist Amy Katherine Browning from 1916 11 12 His work was also part of the art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics and the 1948 Summer Olympics 13 Memberships Edit1910 Member Royal Institute of Oil Painters 8 1925 Member Royal Society of Portrait Painters 2 1936 Elected associate of the Royal Academy 14 1943 Elected full member of the Royal Academy 14 References Edit a b Artist s right Royal picture Lancashire Telegraph 10 January 2006 Retrieved 2 June 2016 a b Benezit Dictionary of Artists Volume 4 Cossintino Dyck Editions Grund Paris 2006 ISBN 2 7000 3074 5 a b David Buckman 1998 Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1 A to L Art Dictionaries Ltd ISBN 0 95326 095 X Brian Stewart amp Mervyn Cutten 1997 The Dictionary of Portrait Painters in Britain up to 1920 Antique Collectors Club ISBN 1 85149 173 2 Grant M Waters 1975 Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900 1950 Eastbourne Fine Art Artist Thomas Cantrell Dugdale National Portrait Gallery Retrieved 2 June 2016 First World War Art Archive T C Dugdale Imperial War Museum Retrieved 2 June 2016 a b c Simon Houfe 1996 The Dictionary of 19th Century British Book Illustrators Antique Collectors Club ISBN 1 85149 1937 War artist archive Thomas C Dugdale Imperial War Museum Retrieved 2 June 2016 Matt Brosnan 7 Artworks of the Battle of Britain Imperial War Museum Retrieved 15 October 2016 Artist Amy Katherine Browning National Portrait Gallery Retrieved 2 June 2016 Frances Spalding 1990 20th Century Painters and Sculptors Antique Collectors Club ISBN 1 85149 106 6 Thomas Cantrell Dugdale Olympedia Retrieved 9 February 2023 a b Thomas Cantrell Dugdale R A Royal Academy Retrieved 2 June 2016 External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Thomas Cantrell Dugdale 101 artworks by or after Thomas Cantrell Dugdale at the Art UK site Works by Dugdale in the Royal Air Force Museum collection Works by Dugdale in the Imperial War Museum collection Works by Thomas Cantrell Dugdale at Project Gutenberg Works by Thomas Cantrell Dugdale at Faded Page Canada Professional and academic associationsPreceded byJames Patchell Chettle President of the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts1946 49 Succeeded byCharles Oppenheimer Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Thomas Cantrell Dugdale amp oldid 1173871200, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
