biography of Dawson DAWSON-WATSON (1864-1939)

Birth place: London, England

Addresses: Scituate, MA; San Antonio, TX

Profession: Painter, etcher, teacher

Studied: Mark Fisher in Steyning, England; Carolus-Duran, Chartran, Collin, Aime Morot, Leon Glaize, in Paris.

Exhibited: Boston AC, 1892, 1894; PAFA Ann., 1896, 1904, 1908-09; PAFA, 1923; Lewis & Clark Expo, Portland, OR, 1905 (medal); Sedalia, MO (gold, medal); Illinois State Fair, 1916 (prizes); State Fair, Austin, TX, 1926 (prize); Texas Wildflower Comp. Exh., 1927 (prize), 1928 (hors concours), 1929 (prizes); Nashville AA, 1927 (prize); SSAL, 1929 prize), 1931 (prize); Abilene, TX, 1935 (prize).

Member: San Antonio AL; North Shore AA; Texas FAS; Woodstock AA

Work: City AM, St. Louis; Barr Branch Lib., St. Louis; Oakland (CA) Mus.; Lib., Houston, TX; Springfield (IL) AA; St. Louis Club; Lotos Club; New Haven PCC; Univ. Texas; Witte Mem. Mus.

Comments: Dawson-Watson painted in Giverny 1885-90; at the urging of C. Beckwith, he came to the U.S. in 1893 and painted in New England until 1897. He was back in England for a short time, then in Canada for three years; and at the Woodstock art colony and the St. Louis SFA, 1904-15. In 1926, he was in Boston when he heard about the Wild Flower Painting Contest in San Antonio. He left immediately and established a studio in San Antonio, c.1927. Positions: art dir., Missouri Centennial; art dir., St. Louis Industrial Exh., 1920. Also known as Dawson Watson.

Sources: WW38; P&H Samuels, 129; Woodstock AA; Falk, Exhibition Record Series.