Dobson Cowan

Cowan Dobson, R.B.A. 1893 - 1980

The son of the Victorian genre painter, Henry John Dobson, Scottish artist Cowan Dobson was an accomplished painter, specialising in portraiture. Born in 1893, he began exhibiting at the Royal Academy at the early age of 19, and later exhibited his work widely, both here and abroad. He was elected R.B.A. in 1922.            (*L.A.)