Montague Dawson (British painter) 1895 - 1973
The Arrival, The Thetis, s.d.
oil on canvas
101.6 x 127 cm. (40 x 50 in.)
signed Montague Dawson (lower left)
private collection
Catalogue Note Sotheby's
The Arrival, The Thetis, depicts an important geographic location off the Isle of Wight. The vantage point of the viewer is from Alum Bay cliff top looking towards the prominent rocky outcroppings known as the Needles. The white cliffs of the Isle or Wight can be seen to the left. The Thetis arrives calmly in Alum bay as the sails begin to be furled; the great ship dwarfing the surrounding vessels. An armed merchant marine ship is just about to pick up her new pilot, seen approaching the great vessel in the small boat with a P on the sail. Not only is the Isle of Wright just off the coast of Dawson's Hampshire home, it is also legendary in British nautical history. The Needles were a scene of constant shipwrecks, which went on unabated despite the presence of a lighthouse.
Montague Dawson was born into an artistic family in London in 1895. He was taught from an early age by his father, a Thames yachtsman and artist, and his grandfather Henry Dawson, a successful landscape painter. Montague Dawson would become perhaps the best known and most successful marine artist of his generation.
Although Dawson was not formally trained, he inherited a talent for painting, and around 1910 was hired by a commercial studio in London. At the outbreak of World War I, he joined the Royal Navy, where he illustrated images of war for publications. After the War ended, he established himself as a painter and illustrator, concentrating on historically accurate portraits of ships, drawing on Britain’s rich nautical heritage. It was in the 1920s that he became formally associated with Frost & Reed. This association increased his exposure, and demand grew for his works. From the early 1930s he lived at Milford-on-Sea in Hampshire, and he exhibited occasionally at the Royal Academy between 1916 and 1936.
The Arrival, The Thetis, s.d.
oil on canvas
101.6 x 127 cm. (40 x 50 in.)
signed Montague Dawson (lower left)
private collection
Catalogue Note Sotheby's
The Arrival, The Thetis, depicts an important geographic location off the Isle of Wight. The vantage point of the viewer is from Alum Bay cliff top looking towards the prominent rocky outcroppings known as the Needles. The white cliffs of the Isle or Wight can be seen to the left. The Thetis arrives calmly in Alum bay as the sails begin to be furled; the great ship dwarfing the surrounding vessels. An armed merchant marine ship is just about to pick up her new pilot, seen approaching the great vessel in the small boat with a P on the sail. Not only is the Isle of Wright just off the coast of Dawson's Hampshire home, it is also legendary in British nautical history. The Needles were a scene of constant shipwrecks, which went on unabated despite the presence of a lighthouse.
Montague Dawson was born into an artistic family in London in 1895. He was taught from an early age by his father, a Thames yachtsman and artist, and his grandfather Henry Dawson, a successful landscape painter. Montague Dawson would become perhaps the best known and most successful marine artist of his generation.
Although Dawson was not formally trained, he inherited a talent for painting, and around 1910 was hired by a commercial studio in London. At the outbreak of World War I, he joined the Royal Navy, where he illustrated images of war for publications. After the War ended, he established himself as a painter and illustrator, concentrating on historically accurate portraits of ships, drawing on Britain’s rich nautical heritage. It was in the 1920s that he became formally associated with Frost & Reed. This association increased his exposure, and demand grew for his works. From the early 1930s he lived at Milford-on-Sea in Hampshire, and he exhibited occasionally at the Royal Academy between 1916 and 1936.
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