Montague Dawson (1895-1973) (after)
Yacht Race
Frost & Reed, Ltd., of Bristol, England, in America: 1935
Color photo-process print
Signed pencil lower right; Blind stamp lower left
22 x 29.5 inches, overall
19 x 26.75 inches, plate mark
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Yacht Race
Montague Dawson, 1935
Montague Dawson, 1935
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Yacht regatta scene after a painting by Montague Dawson, one of the great British maritime painters of the 20 th century. Two identical ships are depicted neck in neck on a windy day, as two others trail behind near the horizon. The striking white sails, clouds, and choppy sea are characteristic of Dawson's style. The image contains the original artist's signature. The print is also signed by the artist in pencil, lower right.
Montague Dawson was the grandson of British landscape painter Henry Dawson. He spent his childhood on Southampton Water and went on to be a prolific and extraordinarily successful maritime painter, whose works are still popular and widely reproduced. Dawson never received any formal art training, instead learning on the job at a commercial art studio in London, which he joined in 1910, creating posters and illustrations. He joined the Royal Navy at the beginning of World War I, and studied under marine artist Charles Napier Hemy (1841-1917), painting battle scenes and naval actions. After the war he became a painter and illustrator of historical subjects and portraits of sailing ships. In the 1920s he became contracted to Frost and Reed, where he became "king of the clipper-ship school." During World War II he again painted naval battles and actions. Dawson exhibited occasionally at the Royal Academy between 1916 and 1936 and regularly at the Society of Marine Artists bewteen 1946 and 1964, where he was an elected member. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts as well.
Reference:
Brewington, Dorothy E.R. Dictionary of Marine Artists. Mystic, Connecticut: Mystic Seaport Museum, 1982, p. 108.