Ernest Dade
Ernst Dade
- Painter
- Model-maker
Early life[edit]
Dade was born in Kensington, England,[4] 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.[4] 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.[4] 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.[4] He later studied fresco and mural painting in the South of France.[4]
Personal life[edit]
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 on 3 November 1935,[3][6] and was survived by Maud.[3]