Thomas Robert Colman Dibdin (22 October 1810 – 26 December 1893) was an English water colour artist and teacher.
Thomas Robert Colman Dibdin | |
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| Born | 22 October 1810 Betchworth, Surrey, England |
| Died | 26 December 1893(1893-12-26) (aged 83) Sydenham, England |
Biography
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Dibdin was born inBetchworth, Surrey. He first worked in a post office. He became an artist at the age of 28 and travelled to France, Germany and Belgium.
He also did paintings in Gibraltar and India although the latter were created in England based on detailed sketches.[1] In 1845 he published a guide to water colour painting.[2]
Dibdin worked at Sydenham College later in life with his father in law. He died inSydenham. His paintings can be seen in galleries in London and Sheffield.[3]
References
edit- ^Thomas Colman Dibdin (British, 1810−1893), Bonhams, accessed October 2012
- ^Dibden, T.C. (1852).Dibdin's Progressive Drawing Book. p. 46.
- ^4 artworks by or after Thomas Colman Dibdin,Art UK. Retrieved October 2012.
External links
edit- Works by or about Thomas Colman Dibdin at theInternet Archive
The Abbey and Hills from near Mussooree. engraved by John Charles Varrall for Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1838 with a poetical illustration byLetitia Elizabeth Landon.
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