The son of a Manchester engineer, Thomas Dugdale was a portrait painter, decorator and designer of textiles. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School before studying at The Manchester School of Art, the Royal College of Art, The City of Guilds School, Kennington, and Julian’s in Paris. He exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy from 1901 before joining the Middlesex Yeomanry in 1910 and during World War One he served as a Staff Sergeant and saw service in Egypt, Gallipoli and Palestine and in 1919 exhibited pictures of his time serving abroad at the Leicester Galleries in London. Dugdale was a member of the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts and was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1936 and became a full member in 1943. Many of his works have been displayed at the National Portrait Gallery, including a self portrait. He also exhibited in Paris, Venice, Düsseldorf, Cape Town, Vienna, Piitsburgh, Sydney and Wellington as well as in provincial towns and cities around Britain. In addition to his paintings, his textile designs led him to being appointed the art adviser to Tootal, Broadhurst Lee, the famous Manchester textile manufacturer. He married his wife Amy in 1916 and she too was also a well known portrait painter.
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