William Dyce

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King Lear and the jester in the storm

William Dyce RA (born September 19, 1806 in Aberdeen , † February 14, 1864 in London ) was a Scottish painter who had a significant influence on art classes in England.

William Dyce graduated from Marischal College in Aberdeen and then went on to study art at the Royal Academy Schools in London against the will of his father, who was a doctor . Then Dyce went on various trips to Italy and studied the painters of the Italian early Renaissance . He stayed in Rome for the first time in 1825 and returned in 1827 to live in the Italian capital for a year and a half. During this time he came into contact with Nazarene art through his friendship with Johann Friedrich Overbeck .

Dyce was a devout Catholic and his work is mainly dominated by portraiture and historical and religious subjects; in his frescoes he mainly depicted allegorical figures and saints. In 1827 he had his first exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts . With his work "Madonna and Child" he founded the style of Pre-Raphaelitism in England in 1828 .

Dyce was inducted into the Royal Society Edinburgh in 1832 . In 1840 he took over the management of the newly founded Government School of Design , later the Royal College of Art , in London. In 1843 he resigned there and in 1844 received the first professorship for fine arts at London's King's College . He became a member of the Royal Academy of Arts in 1848.

In 1846 Dyce was entrusted with murals in the House of Lords , and in 1848 in the Queen's Robing Rooms . Dyce was a skilled musician and glass painter , as well as a leader in the High Church movement.

  • Pegwell Bay in Kent

  • Scenery in Arran

  • The Highland Ferryman

literature

  • Dictionary of National Biography on the multimedia CD Infopedia UK, Softkey Multimedia Inc., 1996.
  • Marcus Halliwell: Highland Landscapes - Paintings of Scotland in the 19th Century. Garamond Publishers Ltd, London, 1990, ISBN 1-85583-001-9 , p. 18.

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personal data
SURNAME Dyce, William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish painter
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1806
PLACE OF BIRTH Aberdeen
DATE OF DEATH February 14, 1864
Place of death London