Frank Dicksee (Francis Bernard Dicksee) (1853–1928, Engand)Illustrations to ‘Romeo &

Frank Dicksee (Francis Bernard Dicksee) (1853–1928, Engand)

Illustrations to ‘Romeo & Juliet’, Sir Cassell & Company Limited, London, 1884

Frank Dicksee was a prominent EnglishVictorian painterandillustrator. The son of Thomas Francis Dicksee, a noted painter of Shakespearean characters, he is best known for his pictures of dramatic literary, historical, and legendary scenes. He also was a noted painter of portraits of fashionable women, which helped to bring him success in his own time.

His style was not fully within other popular modes of the time, such as Pre-RaphaelismorNeoclassicism, and can be seen as a fusion of various methods and aesthetics of his time, including later in life utilising post-Romantic techniques such as lighter brushwork and softer shades.