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Dod Procter

1892–1972

The Orchard 1934
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Dod Procter, born Doris Margaret Shaw, (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.

Dod was the wife of the artist Ernest Procter. 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. 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.

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Newlyn school

Artworks

  • Morning

    Dod Procter
    1926
  • Kitchen at Myrtle Cottage

    Dod Procter
    ³¦.1930–5
  • The Orchard

    Dod Procter
    1934

Sketches, letters, etc.

  • Letter from Dod Procter to Eileen Mayo

    Dod Procter, recipient: Dame Eileen Mayo
    [c.21 February 1927]
  • Letter from Dod Procter to Eileen Mayo

    Dod Procter, recipient: Dame Eileen Mayo
    9 November 1927
  • Letter from Dod Procter to Eileen Mayo

    Dod Procter, recipient: Dame Eileen Mayo
    date not known
  • ‘Self-Portrait’ by Dod Procter

    Dod Procter
    1956
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