{"title":"Dixon, Arthur","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArthur Augustus Dixon (1872-1959)\u003c\/strong\u003e was an English artist and illustrator who produced illustrations for authors such as Angela Brazil, Elsie J. Oxenham and Bessie Marchant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArthur was born on 8th May 1872 and raised in St Pancras, London by his father, Richard Dixon, a grainer, and his mother, Rosa. In 1887, his father died and Rosa moved with Arthur and his two brothers, Frederick and Herbert to Islington.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1899, Arthur married Cecil Elsie Soweby in Steyning, and together they had one daughter born a year later. The two settled in Berkhamsted until Arthur Dixon died in 1959.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArthur was a prolific illustrator in his time and produced illustrations for reprints of around thirty-five classic works by Charles Dickens, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Charles Kingsley, Victor Hugo, Elizabeth Gaskell and Washington Irving. The style he employs has been termed 'neo-Pre-Raphaelite ', which was indicative of his peers such as Byam Shaw or Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe also exhibited paintings and drawings at venues such as the Royal Academy of Arts, the Royal Society of British Artists, and the New Gallery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStories from the Bible Illustrated by Arthur Dixon (Blackie \u0026amp; Son, 1914)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScripture Stories For Children Illustrated by Arthur Dixon (Blackie \u0026amp; Son, 1915)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHard Cash By Charles Reade\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Poetical Works of Mathew Arnold\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Manor House School by Angela Brazil\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChildren's Stories From Russian Fairy Tales (Raphael Tuck \u0026amp; Sons)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Precious Gift by Theodora Wilson Wilson (Blackie \u0026amp; Son, 1919)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Princess's Token by E. Everett-Green\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGranny's Wonderful Chair by Frances Browne (1917)\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/collections\/Dixon_Arthur-1423519.jpg?v=1780377149","url":"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/dixon-arthur.oembed","provider":"Public Domain Image Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}