Montague Dawson Offset Lithograph "The Battle of Trafalgar", 1972

Item Details

Montague Dawson (British; 1890 – 1973)
The Battle of Trafalgar, 1972
Color lithograph on paper
Signed to the lower right margin
Published by Venture Prints Limited, Bristol, England
Artist name and titled inscribed in plate to the lower center margin
Blind stamp to the lower left margin

Montague Dawson was born in England in 1890, the grandson of Henry Dawson and nephew of Henry Alfred Dawson, both notable artists. He spent his youth in Southampton Water on the Southern coast of England, where he developed his keen interest in ships. He began to draw and paint at an early age, though he never had formal art training. In 1910, he began work at a commercial art studio where he was able to develop his skills but left at the outbreak of World War I to enlist in the Royal Navy. There he met celebrated marine painter Charles Napier Hemy (England/France; 1841 – 1917) who was to have a great influence on his career. Once the war ended, Dawson established himself as a painter and illustrator specializing in nautical and historical scenes, known for his technical accuracy derived from his first-hand knowledge of ships and the sea. His strict attention to detail, combined with his masterful rendering of the sea and the sky, brought him much acclaim and commercial success. Amidst the outbreak of World War II, he was commissioned as an official war artist by the Sphere magazine to capture incidents of the war at sea.

Dawson exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1916 -1936 and at the Royal Society of Marine Artists where he was a member from 1946 to 1964. He was soon known as a leading maritime painter, earning Royal commissions and a place in the Presidential collections of Dwight D. Eisenhower and Lyndon B. Johnson. In addition, numerous institutions have collected his work, including the National Maritime Museum (Greenwich, London), the North Carolina Museum of Art (Raleigh, NC), the Royal Naval Museum (Portsmouth, England), and the Tyne and Wear Museum (Newcastle Upon Tyne), among others.

Condition

- minor scuffing and accretions to frame.

Dimensions

- measurements of frame; image measures 36.0" W x 29.0" H.

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Item #

ITMG584701