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Dod Procter RA (born Doris Margaret Shaw, 1890–1972) was an English artist, and wife of artist Ernest Procter.〔 Her painting, ''Morning'', was bought for public consumption by the ''Daily Mail'' in 1927.〔 Procter and her husband attended art schools in England and in Paris together, where they were both influenced by Impressionism and 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, active after the untimely death of her husband in 1935. 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. ==Personal life and education== Doris "Dod" Shaw was born in Hampstead, London in 1890. At the age of 15 she moved to Newlyn with her mother and brother so that she could study at the Forbes School. The Shaws stayed with two other Forbes students, Dod's cousin Cicely Jesse and another woman artist, Tennyson Jesse, at Myrtle Cottage.〔(''Dod Procter'' ) Cornwall Artists. 3 October 2012.〕 At Forbes Miss Shaw met her future husband Ernest Procter; They were "amongst the Forbes' star pupils."〔(''Ernest Procter''. ) Brown University, The Modernists Journal Project. Retrieved 3 October 2012.〕〔(''Ernest Procter.'' ) Penlee House Gallery and Museum. Retrieved 3 October 2012.〕 In 1910 and 1911 Dod Shaw and Ernest Procter studied in Paris at Atelier Colarossi. Dod and Ernest were both influenced by Impressionism and Post-impressionism and the artists that they met in France, such as Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Paul Cézanne. In 1912 the couple married at Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Paris. One year later their son Bill was born.〔〔〔(''Ernest Procter.'' ) Cornwall Artists. Retrieved 2 October 2012.〕 ;Influential artists' works File:Paul Cézanne - Paul Alexis Lê um Manuscrito a Zola.jpg|Paul Cézanne, ''Paul Alexis reading to Émile Zola'' 1869–1870 São Paulo Museum of Art File:Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Girl Braiding Her Hair (Suzanne Valadon).jpg|Pierre-Auguste Renoir, ''Girl Braiding Her Hair (Suzanne Valadon)'', 1885 File:Paul Cézanne 195.jpg|''Still Life with Cherub'' 1895 Courtauld Institute Galleries, London File:Pierre-Auguste Renoir 106.jpg|Pierre-Auguste Renoir, ''Portrait of Ambroise Vollard'', 1908 They stayed in Paris until 1918,〔(Ernest Procter ) Art Magick. Retrieved 3 October 2012.〕 during the war Ernest served in France working for the Friends' Ambulance Unit.〔Newlyn was Procter's home for most of her working life.〔 Ernest's died unexpectedly while travelling in 1935. Three years later Dod moved to be closer to her friend Althea Garstin. After Ernest's death, Procter travelled to the United States, Canada, Jamaica and Africa. She died in 1972 and is buried next to her husband at St Hilary Church.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dod Procter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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