Dod Procter

Dod Procter RA
Self portrait, 1937
Born
Doris Margaret Shaw

21 April 1890
Hampstead, London, England
Died31 July 1972
Redruth, Cornwall, England[1]
NationalityEnglish
EducationForbes School, Atelier Colarossi
Known forPainting
SpouseErnest Procter
ElectedPresident of St Ives Society of Artists (STISA)

Dod Procter, born Doris Margaret Shaw, RA (1890–1972) was a famous early twentieth-century English artist, best known for Impressionistic landscapes and delicate "nearly sculptural studies of solitary female subjects." Her sensual portrait, Morning, of a fisherman's daughter in Newlyn, caused a sensation. It was bought for the public by the Daily Mail in 1927.[2]

Dod was the wife of the artist Ernest Procter.[3][4] They attended art schools in England and in Paris together, where they were both influenced by Impressionism and the Post-Impressionism movements. They also worked together at times, sometimes sharing commissions and other times showing their work together in exhibitions.

Procter was a lifelong artist. After Ernest's untimely death in 1935, she travelled to the United States, Canada, Jamaica and Africa. She died in 1972 and is buried next to her husband at St Hilary Church, Cornwall.[4][5] She was a member of several artists organisations, such as the Newlyn School and became President of St Ives Society of Artists (STISA) in 1966. Her work was exhibited at the Royal Academy on many occasions.

  1. ^ "Deaths". The Times (58543). London, England: 30. 3 August 1972.
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  3. ^ Judith Collins (2004). "Procter [née Shaw], Doris Margaret [Dod] (1890–1972)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/40917. Retrieved 3 April 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) (Subscription needed)
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