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Montague J Dawson

Montague J. Dawson (1890 - 1973) was active/lived in England.  Montague Dawson is known for Sailing ships and ocean view painting.

Sea painter, Montague Dawson was born in Chiswick, England in 1890, the son of Charles Ernest Dawson and Florence Hope Dawson (nee Bithrey).  His mother died in 1893, giving birth to her seventh child, also named Florence Hope.  Dawson was the grandson of Henry Dawson and nephew of Henry Alfred Dawson, both landscape and marine artists of note.

Dawson began drawing as a child, and completed his first painting, a watercolor sunset, just after his fifth birthday.  Dawson never attended art school, but took every opportunity of looking at paintings and absorbing the methods of the masters.

Early in his youth, the family moved to Southampton Water where Dawson enjoyed fishing, sailing, and watching the great ships of the world anchoring in the harbor.

Around 1910 Dawson joined a commercial art studio where he worked on posters and developed his skill of illustration.  C. Napier Hemy RA, who lived at Falmouth, had a great influence on   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 7043 characters.]  Artist bio

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