Person    | Male  Born 18/11/1886  Died 22/7/1963

Frank Dobson

Categories: Sculpture

Sculptor. CBE, RA. Born at Queen Charlotte's Hospital, Marylebone Road, London. Enlisted with The Artists' Rifles in World War I. Died Princess Beatrice Hospital, Kensington. (Not to be confused with Frank Dobson, the London MP active around 2000-15.)

Our picture shows Dobson in illustrious company: Augustus John, Constantin Brancusi, Frank Dobson.

2017: Dobson's Woman & Fish sculpture is discussed at Spitalfield's Life.

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Frank Dobson

English Heritage Frank Dobson, 1886-1963, sculptor lived here.

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Bracken House

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