Frank Owen Dobson
(1886-1963), SculptorSitter in 18 portraits
Artist of 8 portraits
The son of an artist, Dobson trained at the Leyton School of Art and was apprenticed to the sculptor Sir William Reynolds-Stephens. His first solo show in 1914 at the Chenil Galleries was of paintings and drawings. He enlisted into the Artists' Rifles in World War I. In 1920 he exhibited alongside Wyndham Lewis with 'Group X' and had his first solo sculpture show at the Leicester Galleries in 1921. He was an Official War artist during World War II and Professor of Sculpture at the Royal College of Art from 1946-1953.
by Berenice Abbott
vintage bromide print, circa 1923
NPG P611
Augustus John; Constantin Brancusi; Frank Owen Dobson
by Unknown photographer
vintage press print, circa 1925
NPG x20684
by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1929
NPG Ax2338
by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1929
NPG x136845
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1929
NPG x11028
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1929
NPG x11029
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1929
NPG x11030
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1929
NPG x11032
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1929
NPG x11033
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1929
NPG x11034
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1929
NPG x11035
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1929
NPG x11036
by Cecil Beaton
bromide postcard print on album page, 1930
NPG x40982
by Cecil Beaton
bromide postcard print on album page, 1930
NPG x40983
Frank Owen Dobson; Sir Edward Howard Marsh
by Humphrey Spender
modern bromide print from original negative, 1938
NPG x14270
by Elliott & Fry
quarter-plate negative, 1953
NPG x82348
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