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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Welcome to this weeks thread , sorry your having to put up with two artist from me this week , Luigi Loir and Thomas Bushby.  I will open this evening with a short introduction to Luigi Loir , not a great deal about him on  Wikipedia , on Wednesdays I will introduce yiu to the artwork of Thomas Bushby. Luigi Loir 1845 -1916 was a French painter, illustrator and lithographer. Born in Goritz Austria , his parents were valet and housekeeper to the French Royal Family in exile in Austria . Luigi studied at The School of Fine Arts in Parma in 1853. He was primarily a landscape painter, he also became known for his ceiling paintings. I have selected a few of his paintings, some the night scenes I think are excellent.
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Sandra Kennedy

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I really like these Paul, especially the first, and no need to apologise for introducing two artists this week. 
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Tony Auffret

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When I look at his work, I see the hands of others, for example the second one down (above) reminds me of John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893) and the example I have chosen Loir's L'Avenue de Neuilly, Winters Day, dated 1874 (first image below) reminds me of Monet's, A Cart on a Snowy Road at Honfleur, about 1865.  I do have to be honest though as the walls in the Loir painting remind me of Sisley's Snow At Louveciennes which wasn't painted until 1878 though Sisley did paint a similar scene of the same name in 1874.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Interesting comparisons Tony . Some more of his work .
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Sandra Kennedy

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Paul, am I correct in thinking that some are oil (the more "brushy" ones) and some are watercolour? Or did he have two distinct styles, comparing nos 2 and 4 with the last two?
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Sandra I’m unable to fully answer your question as there is little information available about him and his work, like you I also thought that some are oils and other watercolour. Hopefully so e might be able to delved deeper into the internet and find more information.  I’ve taken the lazy option today a cut and pasted the intro to Thomas Bushby , unfortunately attending and hospital appointments for routing follow up .  An artist who’s artwork is now seen as dated and a bit old fashioned, however its extremely well done and had a lot to offer and worth studying by potential watercolour artists as it’s skilfully painted. 

Jenny Harris

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Came across some more info on Luigi Loir which might help answer Sandra’s question.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Jenny your an absolute treasure, thank you for finding and posting this information. 
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Sandra Kennedy

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Paul and Jenny, thank-you both very much for going to the trouble of finding this detailed information, which is really interesting. I like his work a lot, he certainly had a successful career, and got to travel widely. 
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Hilary Forbes

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Like you say Paul Thomas Bushby's paintings are dated and out of fashion, but I think his trees are beautifully painted - they have real energy and life.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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You are quite right Hilary  his trees are really good , most of the late Victorian era artist work is seen as old fashioned, many never reflected the landscape as it was at the time . They were painted to sell and the buying public didn’t want the truth they wanted a romanticised version, children with rosey red cheeks, well fed and tidily dressed etc . Having said that there are some excellent examples to be seen and are available on line , I had to study the period for my dissertation and discovered that many very incredible well painted,  despite the romantic nature of them . We need to look beyond the scene as it presents and look at the quality of the work produced by a lot of the artists working at the time .

Tessa Gwynne

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I do like his work and can appreciate his skills although we consider his paintings old fashioned now. You like his trees , I especially like his larger buildings, numbers 4,5 and 9 above.  The thought of him working in a mill at age 9 is awful! So glad he made a successful career in adulthood. Thank you as ever for the introduction and selection of his work.
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