Samuel Dixon (artist)
Irish artist, known for his water colour paintings
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Samuel Dixon (died 1769) was an Irish artist, known for his water colour paintings and his depictions of flowers and birds in basso-relievo (embossed papier-mâché).[1]
Samuel Dixon | |
|---|---|
| Died | 27 January 1769 London |
| Citizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Occupations | Artist, printer |
| Known for | Basso-relievo prints |
Dixon's father was Thomas Dixon, a hosier, of Cork Hill.[1] His brother John Dixon, was a mezzotint engraver.[1]
In 1748, he was listed as a "picture dealer and painter" in Capel Street, Dublin, Ireland.[1]
Dixon produced sets of twelve hand-coloured basso-relievo prints. He advertised the first, featuring floral arrangements, in Faulkner's Dublin Journal on 26 April 1748. The next year he followed these with a set of designs copied from volumes 1–4 of George Edward's Natural History of Uncommon Birds (1743–1751).[2]
He employed a number of apprentices or pupils to hand-colour his prints, among them was Gustavus Hamilton, Daniel O'Keeffe and James Reilly.[3]
In later life he opened a shop in London and exhibited his works there, returning to Dublin in 1768.[1] He returned to London, and died there on 27 January 1769.[1]
Further reading
- Longfield, A. (October–December 1975). "Samuel Dixon's Embossed Pictures of Flowers and Birds". Irish Georgian Society Bulletin.
- "More About Samuel Dixon and His Imitators". Quarterly Bulletin of the Irish Society. January–June 1980.