Alfred Dixon (artist) explained

Alfred Dixon
Birth Date: 1842
Birth Place:London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Known For:Painting
Style:Genre art
Children:Charles Dixon
Death Place:London

Alfred Dixon (1842–1919)[1] was a British painter during the Victorian era. He mostly painted portraits of everyday life.

Life

Alfred Dixon was born in London in 1842.[2] He pursued a career in the arts, eventually becoming a well established painter in the area.[3] He had one son, Charles Dixon, who was born in 1872, and would later go on to become a maritime painter.[4] Alfred Dixon would die in the year 1919, at the age of 76 or 77. As of, his paintings have gone up for auction 23 times, primarily in the United Kingdom.[5]

References

  1. Web site: Alfred Dixon 21 Artworks at Auction MutualArt . 2024-08-18 . www.mutualart.com . en.
  2. Book: Wright . Christopher . British and Irish Paintings in Public Collections: An Index of British and Irish Oil Paintings by Artists Born Before 1870 in Public and Institutional Collections in the United Kingdom and Ireland . Gordon . Catherine May . 2006-01-01 . Yale University Press . 978-0-300-11730-1 . en.
  3. Web site: Alfred Dixon -The Miner's Goodbye-19th century Victorian Oil Painting .
  4. Web site: Charles Dixon . 2024-08-28 . rehs.com . en-US.
  5. Web site: Alfred DIXON (1842-1919) Worth, Auction prices, value, estimate – Buy, Sell - Artprice . 2024-08-18 . Artprice.com . en-EN.