The British painter Charles Edward Dixon was born in 1872 in Goring-on-Thames as the son of the genre painter Alfred Dixon. Charles was born into the cradle of life by the water. He concentrated his work entirely on the depiction of maritime motifs. When selecting historical themes, he likes to follow in his father's footsteps, who also created many depictions of historical scenes. Dixon is himself an avid sailor and seeks his inspiration from the Thames in London, among other places. His works are regularly and successfully exhibited at the Royal Academy.
He is fascinated by seafaring and the navy. He portrays life on the coast, in the harbour and at sea. His impressive picture of the Titanic leaving the dockside at Southampton ("R.M.S. Titanic clearing the dockside at Southampton") is executed in black ink and watercolour, heightened in white to enhance the majestic effect of the huge ship. His equally contemporary 1930 painting "Steamers and Sailboats" vividly depicts the dynamics of sailing ships and steamers on troubled seas against the magnificent backdrop of a cloudy sky. His expressive technique gives the maritime scenes a strong visual movement. His play with waves and light captivates the viewer. He mainly uses watercolours, but also produces large-format pictures of contemporary scenes in oil. "Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee at Spithead" and "HMS Cardiff Leading the Surrendered German High Seas Fleet into Rosyth" can be admired today at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. The district in south-east London on the banks of the Thames belongs to Dixon's field of activity, which he thematized among other things in the harbour scene "Below Greenwich" in 1907.
Dixon's works are accessible to a wide audience through his work as an illustrator for British weekly newspapers and magazines. He works for "The Graphic", among others, which is a major influence in the art world. His fans include Vincent van Gogh. The highly successful "Illustrated London News" is also delighted with Dixon's artistic contributions. The newspaper was often the only source of images of important news from around the world for its readers until its decline due to the advent of television in the 1970s. By the end of the 19th century, it was already selling circulations of 200,000 copies, making Dixon's work famous.
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.jpg "When Blake Swept the Seas: A Battle Between Admiral Blake and Van Tromp by Charles Edward Dixon")
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.jpg "On the Thames, Gravesend by Charles Edward Dixon")
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.jpg "The disaster in the North Sea: the sinking of the Aboukir, from History of the Great War Vol 3 published by Waverley Book Co Limited, c.1920 by Charles Edward Dixon")
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.jpg "Feluccas on the Trading Route by Charles Edward Dixon")
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.jpg "Vladivostok Squadron Forcing Itself Through the Ice Out of Vladivostok Harbour by Charles Edward Dixon")
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.jpg "H.M.S Vanguard at The Battle of Jutland, 1924 by Charles Edward Dixon")
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.jpg "The Thames at Tower Bridge by Charles Edward Dixon")
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.jpg "The Lower Pool, London by Charles Edward Dixon")
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.jpg "The Blockade of Toulon, the Action off Bandol in 1810, 1918 by Charles Edward Dixon")
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.jpg "British troops from the River Clyde land at V Beach, Gallipoli, 25th April 1915 by Charles Edward Dixon")
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.jpg "Tower Bridge from Cherry Garden Pier, c.1900 by Charles Edward Dixon")
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.jpg "Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers at Plymouth, New England in 1620 by Charles Edward Dixon")
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.jpg "The Action Between the Carmania and the Cap Trafalgar September 1914 by Charles Edward Dixon")
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.jpg "After filling her bunkers the Kent once more searched for the Dresden, on the Chilean coastline by Charles Edward Dixon")
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.jpg "Orient Line to Australia by Charles Edward Dixon")
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.jpg "Above Woolich by Charles Edward Dixon")
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.jpg "On the Thames below Greenwich, c.1905 by Charles Edward Dixon")
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.jpg "The opening action between the armed liners Carmania and Cap Trafalgar, South Atlantic, September 1915 by Charles Edward Dixon")
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.jpg "Lieutenant Commander Boyle awarded VC for evading Turkish mines in his submarine while passing through the Dardanelles 1915 by Charles Edward Dixon")
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.jpg "Construction of the New Building for Bourne and Hollingsworth, Oxford Street, London by Charles Edward Dixon")
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.jpg "Carmania sinking Cap Trafalgar off Trinidade in the South Atlantic by Charles Edward Dixon")
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.jpg "Almost the First Round from the Glasgow Landed in the Stern of the Dresden by Charles Edward Dixon")
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.jpg "The Landing of William the Conqueror at Hastings, on 28 September 1066 by Charles Edward Dixon")
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.jpg "The sinking of the Columbia an armed British trawler by a German torpedo boat on English coastline October 1914 by Charles Edward Dixon")
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.jpg "An unpleasant shock for the captain of the German gunboat Komet October 1914 by Charles Edward Dixon")
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.jpg "Flight-Lieutenant Rutland Saving a Wounded Seaman Who Had Fallen into the Sea by Charles Edward Dixon")
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.jpg "The Dresden is Sunk by Her Own Crew by Charles Edward Dixon")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-555309).jpg "Off Billingsgate by Charles Edward Dixon")
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.jpg "The Scene Amongst the Gunners of the Carmania During the Action with the Cap Trafalgar by Charles Edward Dixon")
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.jpg "Th Miura commanded by Sub Lieutenant Lesley Kelsey RNR ramming a German Torpedo boat, October 1914 by Charles Edward Dixon")
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.jpg "Steamship and Tugboat by Charles Edward Dixon")
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.jpg "Above Greenwich by Charles Edward Dixon")
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.jpg "British Torpedo Boat Destroyers in Pursuit of the German Torpedo Boats A2 and A6, November 1914 by Charles Edward Dixon")
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.jpg "The Thames Below St Pauls by Charles Edward Dixon")
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.jpg "A Yacht Race by Charles Edward Dixon")
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.jpg "The Sinking of the Cap Trafalgar by Charles Edward Dixon")
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.jpg "The Thames at Blackwall Reach by Charles Edward Dixon")
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.jpg "The E14 sinks a Turkish gunboat in Sea of Marmora 1915 by Charles Edward Dixon")
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.jpg "The Old Building, Bourne and Hollingsworth, Oxford Street by Charles Edward Dixon")
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.jpg "Shipping on the Thames Below St. Paul")
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.jpg "Shipping in Naples by Charles Edward Dixon")
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.jpg "Discharging Coal by Charles Edward Dixon")
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.jpg "The New Building, Bourne and Hollingsworth, Oxford Street by Charles Edward Dixon")
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