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1892 Hampstead, London, England - 1972 Redruth, Cornwall, England. Known for: Portrait and floral still life painting.
Born in 1890, Doris (Dod) Shaw moved with her mother and brother to the Cornish town of Newlyn to enroll in Stanhope Forbes' School of Painting. Well known for it's plein-air and genre painting the... Read full biography
Born in 1890, Doris (Dod) Shaw moved with her mother and brother to the Cornish town of Newlyn to enroll in Stanhope Forbes' School of Painting. Well known for it's plein-air and genre painting the school attracted students from across the country, including Ernest Procter. Meeting at the school,... Read full biography
Born in 1890, Doris (Dod) Shaw moved with her mother and brother to the Cornish town of Newlyn to enroll in Stanhope Forbes' School of Painting. Well known for it's plein-air and genre painting the school attracted students from across the country, including Ernest Procter. Meeting at the school, Ernest and Dod fell deeply in love, however had to wait until 1912 to marry due to Dod's youthful age. During World War I Ernest saw active service in France while Dod looked after their baby son,... Read full biography
Born in 1890, Doris (Dod) Shaw moved with her mother and brother to the Cornish town of Newlyn to enroll in Stanhope Forbes' School of Painting. Well known for it's plein-air and genre painting the school attracted students from across the country, including Ernest Procter. Meeting at the school, Ernest and Dod fell deeply in love, however had to wait until 1912 to marry due to Dod's youthful age. During World War I Ernest saw active service in France while Dod looked after their baby son, Bill, and continued to paint amongst the artistic community in Cornwall. On Ernest's return a chance encounter with the Chinese merchant, Lim Ching Tsong in a Newlyn hotel, led to the couple being commissioned to decorate his Palace in Rangoon, Burma... Read full biography
Born in 1890, Doris (Dod) Shaw moved with her mother and brother to the Cornish town of Newlyn to enroll in Stanhope Forbes' School of Painting. Well known for it's plein-air and genre painting the school attracted students from across the country, including Ernest Procter. Meeting at the school, Ernest and Dod fell deeply in love, however had to wait until 1912 to marry due to Dod's youthful age. During World War I Ernest saw active service in France while Dod looked after their baby son, Bill, and continued to paint amongst the artistic community in Cornwall. On Ernest's return a chance encounter with the Chinese merchant, Lim Ching Tsong in a Newlyn hotel, led to the couple being commissioned to decorate his Palace in Rangoon, Burma with a set of murals. Enticed by a lucrative offer and the chance of adventure Ernest and Dod left Bill with the nanny... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Style
- •Impressionism, Impressionist
- •Post Impressionism
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Africa
- •Jamaica
Art Association
- •St. Ives Society of Artists
Added Description
- •Married to an Artist
Artist Colony
- •Newlyn School, Art Colony in Coast of Cornwall, England
Exhibition By An Art School
- •Royal Academy of Arts, London