{{Short description|South African-born British-Canadian artist (1936–2025)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Jennifer Dickson | honorific_suffix = CM RA RE | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1936|09|17|df=y}} | birth_place = Piet Retief, South Africa | death_date = {{death date and age|2025|01|18|1936|09|17|df=y}} | death_place = Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | nationality = | other_names = | occupation = {{ubl|Artist|Printmaker}} | years_active = | notable_works = | awards = Victor Tolgesy Arts Award (2002) }}
'''Jennifer Dickson''' CM RA RE (17 September 1936 – 18 January 2025) was a South African-born British-Canadian photographer. She studied at Goldsmiths College in England and Atelier 17 in France.
==Early life== Dickson was born in Piet Retief in Mpumalanga province in South Africa on 17 September 1936. From 1954 to 1959, she studied painting and printmaking at the Goldsmiths College School of Art at the University of London in England. From 1960 to 1965, she was the apprentice of Stanley William Hayter at Atelier 17 in Paris, France.<ref name="RA " >{{cite web |url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/jennifer-dickson-ra |title=Jennifer Dickson RA (1936 - 2025) |work=Royal Academy of Arts |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250125105400/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/jennifer-dickson-ra |archive-date=25 January 2025 |access-date=25 January 2025}}</ref> During this time, in 1962, she held her first solo exhibition in London.<ref name="canadian "/> In 1965, she was made a member of the Royal Society of Painters, Etchers and Engravers.<ref name="RA " />
After her apprenticeship, she began teaching at the Brighton College of Art in Brighton, England. She put in place a graduate program in printmaking at this college, including photography.<ref name="canadian " >{{Cite encyclopedia |url=http://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/jennifer-dickson/ |title=Jennifer Dickson |orig-date=13 November 2013 |date=4 March 2015 |last=Berlin |first=Mira |encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia |publisher=Historica Canada |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250125105832/https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/jennifer-dickson |archive-date=25 January 2025 |access-date=25 January 2025}}.</ref>
In 1968, she moved to Jamaica to become a visiting fellow in fine and applied arts at the University of the West Indies.<ref name="canadian " />
==Career in Canada== In 1969, Dickson emigrated to Canada where she became the director of the graphics program at the Saidye Bronfman Centre in Montreal, Quebec.<ref name="canadian " /><ref name="NationalGallery " >{{Cite web|url=https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artist/jennifer-dickson|title=Jennifer Dickson |work=National Gallery of Canada |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250125110211/https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artist/jennifer-dickson |archive-date=25 January 2025 |access-date=25 January 2025}}</ref> Dickson was elected as a Royal Academician in 1976.<ref name="RA " /> She lived in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jenniferdickson.com/biography.html |title=Jennifer Dickson Biography (1936-2025) |work=Jennifer Dickson RA |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250125111301/https://www.jenniferdickson.com/biography.html |archive-date=25 January 2025 |access-date=25 January 2025}}</ref> and was a lecturer and former faculty member at the University of Ottawa. She gave many talks on the evolution of garden aesthetics and its interaction with cultural practices.<ref name="NationalGallery " ></ref>
==Collections== Her work is included in the collections of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec<ref name="MNBAQ " >{{Cite web |url=https://collections.mnbaq.org/fr/artiste/600004441 |title=Dickson, Jennifer |lang=fr |work=Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007190018/https://collections.mnbaq.org/fr/artiste/600004441 |archive-date=7 October 2019 |access-date=25 January 2025}}</ref> and the National Gallery of Canada.<ref name="NationalGallery " />
==Honours== In 1988, she received an honorary doctorate from the University of Alberta.<ref>{{cite web |title=Article |url=http://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/jennifer-dickson |website=thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |publisher=Canadian Encyclopedia |access-date=16 September 2025}}</ref>
In 1995, Dickson was made a member of the Order of Canada.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/146-4419 |title=Mrs. Jennifer Dickson |work=Office of the Governor General of Canada |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250125111133/https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/146-4419 |archive-date=25 January 2025 |access-date=25 January 2025}}</ref> In 2002, Dickson won the Victor Tolgesy Arts Award from the Council for the Arts in Ottawa.<ref name="RA " />
==Death== Dickson died in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on 18 January 2025, at the age of 88.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.legacy.com/ca/obituaries/theglobeandmail/name/jennifer-sweetman-obituary?id=57363854 |title=Jennifer Dickson Sweetman |date=25 January 2025 |work=The Globe and Mail |via=Legacy.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250125105603/https://www.legacy.com/ca/obituaries/theglobeandmail/name/jennifer-sweetman-obituary?id=57363854 |archive-date=25 January 2025 |access-date=25 January 2025}}</ref><ref name="RA"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Portal|Biography}} * [http://www.jenniferdickson.com/biography.html Official website] * [http://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/jennifer-dickson/ Dickson in the Canadian Encyclopedia] * [https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artist/jennifer-dickson Dickson biography, National Gallery of Canada] * {{Art UK bio}} {{Authority control}}
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