Ernest Dade

Ernest Dade
Born 1868[1]
Kensington, England
Died 3 November 1935(1935-11-03)[1]
London, England
Nationality English
Other names Ernst Dade
Alma mater Académie Julian
Occupation
  • Painter
  • Model-maker

Ernest Dade, later known as Ernst Dade (born Kensington, England,[2] 1868;[3] died London, 3 November 1935[1][3][4]) was an English painter,[3] specialising in coastal and maritime subjects,[3] and maker of model ships.[2] He was a member of the Staithes group, based in the North Yorkshire fishing village of Staithes.[2]

Early life

Dade's father, Frederick Dade (1836–1874),[5] was a photographer,[5] married to Matilda Toye (1835–1919) in 1859.[5] Ernest had two older sisters and the family moved to Scarborough early in Ernest's life.[2] He later had another two sisters and three brothers,[5] one of whom, the youngest, Fred (1874–1908), was also a maritime artist.[5]

His first job was as a deck-hand on the American yacht, Dauntless.[2] In 1885–1886, he studied at Scarborough School of Art, under Albert Strange.[6] From the age of twenty he studied at the Académie Julian in Paris.[2] He later studied fresco and mural painting in the South of France.[2]

Career

On the Fishing Grounds

Dade and Nelson Dawson rented studios at Manresa Road, Chelsea.[2] By 1890 he was living at 8 West Bank, Seamer Road, Scarborough.[2] In 1901 he became a founder member of the Staithes Art Club.[2] After visiting Holland he began to use the first name 'Ernst'.[2]

He exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists,[2] the New English Art Club (of which he became a member in 1887[7]), the Royal Academy (from 1887 to 1901),[7] the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours,[2] the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers,[7] the Walker Art Gallery[2] and the Staithes Art Club.[2]

Personal life

Dade married Maud Alderson-Smith in St Martins Church, Scarborough in 1913.[6] With her he returned to London where he had a studio at St John's Wood, sub-let in part to fellow Staithes Group members Laura and Harold Knight.[6]

He was a member of the Society for Nautical Research.[8] and wrote articles about boats and sailing, for their quarterly journal, The Mariner's Mirror.[9] He was also a founder member and first Captain of the Scarborough Sailing Club, in 1895.[6]

Dade died in London in 1935,[4][6] and was survived by Maud.[4]

Legacy

Sketch of small sailing craft and a square-rigger, from one of Dade's sketchbooks, at the National Maritime Museum

Institutions holding his work include the Imperial War Museum, the National Maritime Museum (which has his sketchbooks,[10] and those of his brother Fred[5]), Rotherham, Scarborough, and Whitby art galleries[2] and the Art Gallery of New South Wales.[11]

Bibliography

Book jacket from Sail and Oar

Books

Articles

Further reading

References

  1. 1 2 3 Sources vary; others give 1864–1935
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Ernest Dade – Staithes Group Artist". Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Your Paintings – Ernest Dade". BBC Online. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar, 1936. "DADE Ernest of 16 Langford-place St. John's Wood Middlesex died 3 November 1935 Administration York 13 November to Helen Maude Dade widow. Effects £565 14s. 6d."
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Professional Photographers in Chichester". Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Watts, Tony (10 March 2007). "Albert's Pupils". The Albert Strange Association. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  7. 1 2 3 "The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler". Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  8. ↑ The Mariner's Mirror, Volume 18, Issue 4, 1932
  9. ↑ "T and F". Retrieved 30 May 2013. – deep linking not possible; search for "Dade".
  10. ↑ "Collections – National Maritime Museum". Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  11. ↑ "The Pool, London, (1886) by Ernst Dade". Art Gallery of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  12. ↑ "Sail and Oar: A Hundred Pictures By Ernest Dade". Retrieved 30 May 2013.
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