Harry Dixon
Born 21 June 1861
Died 30 December 1941
Active: 1885 - 1904
Country of birth and death: Great Britain
Sculptor, painter, illustrator
Born in Watford, Hertfordshire. He was the son of Henry Dixon, a photographer who (according to the National Portrait Gallery) is best known for his series of photographs commissioned by the Society for Photographing Relics of Old London, of buildings that were threatened with demolition. He is also known for his animal photographs taken at London Zoo, which was close to his home. His son Thomas J. Dixon worked with him. Harry appears to have been the only child to have pursued a career in art. He trained in the early 1880s. It appears he may have worked first as a painter, and then turned to sculpture in the 1890s. He also worked as an illustrator.
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
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Bear Cubs Playing
1891
Serious thoughts
1895
Lioness and Cub
1896 (Presumed)
£21
A Cat's Head
1896 (Presumed)
£21
Lion's Cubs
1896 (Presumed)
A Fox and Prey
1896 (Presumed)
£21
A Bear Running
1896 (Presumed)
£21
A Tiger
1900
Locations
Address 2 Stanhope Yard Studios Delancey Street London | View on map
1891 - 1895
Address 30 Gloucester Road Regent's Park London | View on map
1895 (Circa) - 1898 (Circa)
Address Shoreham | View on map
1898 (Circa) - 1900 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Sixty-Fifth, 1891
'Bear Cubs Playing'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Seventy-Second, 1898
'Serious thoughts'
Exhibited at Thirty-Ninth Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1900
'A Tiger'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1885 - 1904
'Exhibited 24 times, twenty-seven works (at least twelve sculptures in bronze, silver, and ivory largely animal subjects).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-first (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1891
1891
Lioness and Cub (cat. no. 1255, bronze, copyright reserved, £20); Bear Cubs Playing (cat. no. 1256, bronze, copyright reserved, £15 15s.).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-third (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1893
1893
A Cat's Head (cat. no. 1168, bronze, not for sale); Fox and Prey - cire perdue (cat. no. 1175, bronze, £21).
Exhibited at Cardiff Fine Art, Industrial and Maritime Exhibition, 1896
2 May 1896 - 30 September 1896
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures & sculpture: the thirty-second (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1902
1902
Otters and Salmon (cat. no. 1449, illustrated on p. 126, not for sale).
Institutional and Business Connections
Associate member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1923 - 1924
Member of Art Workers Guild
1891 - 1898
Member of committiee in 1897, Resigned from guild in 1898.
Member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1905 - 1924
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
'Student Art Painting'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Artist Painting & Sculptor' (sic) neither employer nor employed
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Artist & Sculp.' working on own account at home
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Sculptor, Painter, Illustrator' working on own account, at home
Sources
Art Workers Guild Annual Reports, 1885-1900
1895, p.19; 1896, p.22.
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-third, 1893 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1893
pp. 42-45.
Autumn exhibition of pictures & sculpture: the thirty-second, 1902 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1902
pp. 42-47.
Cardiff Fine Art, Industrial and Maritime Exhibition
1896
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
Class: RG11; Piece: 179; Folio: 58; Page: 38; GSU roll: 1341038
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
Class: RG12; Piece: 138; Folio: 87; Page: 13; GSU roll: 6095248
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
Class: RG13; Piece: 691; Folio: 33; Page: 9
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Harry Dixon
Registration Year: 1861
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration district: Watford
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: Hertfordshire
Volume: 3a
Page: 281
Citing this record
'Harry Dixon', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib1_1202915931, accessed 10 Jun 2023]
