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John Charles Dollman RWS RI ROI (British, 1851-1934)
Estimate:
€10,000 - €15,000
Sold
€9,500
Live Auction
Irish & International Art
Size
36 by 60in. (91.4 by 152.4cm)
Description
Title: THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE NEVER DID RUN SMOOTH, 1878
Note: Dollman was born in Hove on 6 May 1851 and moved to London to study at South Kensington and the Royal Academy Schools, after which he set up a studio at Bedford Park, London. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1870 to 1912, and was elected RWS (Member of the Royal Watercolour Society) in 1913. Dollman was also an illustrator, working in black and white or colour for magazines such as the Graphic during and after the 1880s. Some of his early work has been said to have influenced Van Gogh.
Note: Dollman was born in Hove on 6 May 1851 and moved to London to study at South Kensington and the Royal Academy Schools, after which he set up a studio at Bedford Park, London. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1870 to 1912, and was elected RWS (Member of the Royal Watercolour Society) in 1913. Dollman was also an illustrator, working in black and white or colour for magazines such as the Graphic during and after the 1880s. Some of his early work has been said to have influenced Van Gogh.
Medium
oil on canvas
Signature
signed and dated lower left
Exhibited
Royal Academy, London, 1878, catalogue no. 47
