Artist: William Dobson (1611 - 1646)
Nationality: British
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Media: Painting
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Biography:
William Dobson began his career as a painter for Charles I court in Oxford. He was employed there from 1642 to 1646, completing around sixty known paintings during this time. His style of portraiture resembled that of Van Dyck, but also showed Venetian influence. His most famous painting, Endymion Porter, was praised for accurately portraying the English character. Dobson also painted other subjects, though only two of these paintings exist today: Executioner with the Baptist’s Head and Civil Wars of France. When Oxford was taken over by the Parliamentarians in 1646, he moved to London where he was imprisoned for death and died not long after his release. Dobson is remembered as the most celebrated English-born painter before Hogarth.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (60)
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John Crane Dobson Train Passing - No.5 from the portfolio: Folio Seventy Three color screenprint 1973
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Samuel William Reynolds, Senior William, Youngest Son of Lord William Russell Mezzotint 18th - 19th century
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Mote Spoon, Maker’s mark possibly that of William Cripps or William Chawner  (Artist), circa 1760-1780, Silver
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Mote Spoon, Maker’s mark possibly that of William Cripps or William Chawner  (Artist), circa 1760-1780, Silver
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William Faithorne The Art of Graveing and Etching by William Faithorne (London: William Faithorne, 1662) Book with 9 etchings with engraving 1662
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William Henry Watt William Lourdsworth 19th century
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William Page - Mrs. William Page 1860-61 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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Arthur William Devis - The Hon. William Monson and His Wife, Ann Debonnaire c. 1786 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art English
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Hans Holbein the younger The Dance of Death (London: George Bell & Sons, 1892) book with 51wood engravings on Japanese vellum paper including 6 pages with text illustrations 1892
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William Nicholson London Types (London: William Heinemann, 1898) book with color plates 1898
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William Page - Colonel William Leete Stone 1839 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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William Nicholson An Almanac of Twelve Sports (London: William Heinemann, 1898) book with color plates 1898
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William Bagdatopoulos - Dr. William Henry Holmes 1929 oil on canvas Smithsonian American Art Museum American
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William Nicholson The Tower, third plate in the book London Types (London: William Heinemann, 1898) color plate 1898
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William Nicholson Hammersmith, fifth plate in the book London Types (London: William Heinemann, 1898) color plate 1898
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William Nicholson Kensington, second plate in the book London Types (London: William Heinemann, 1898) color plate 1898
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William Nicholson Any Bar, twelfth plate in the book London Types (London: William Heinemann, 1898) color plate 1898
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William Merritt Chase - Portrait of President William Waugh Smith 1907 oil on canvas The Maier Museum of Art American
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Adriaen Pynacker William of Orange (William III) Commemorative Plate polychrome tin - glazed earthenware 1690
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The Hon. William Monson and His Wife, Ann Debonnaire, Arthur William Devis (England, 1762 - 1822)  (Artist), circa 1786
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William Hancock Wilke William Andrew Clark, Jr. Drypoint 19th - 20th century
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William Nicholson The Horse Guards, first plate in the book London Types (London: William Heinemann, 1898) color plate 1898
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William Nicholson Any Corner, eleventh plate in the book London Types (London: William Heinemann, 1898) color plate 1898
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William Nicholson The City, ninth plate in the book London Types (London: William Heinemann, 1898) color plate 1898
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William Nicholson Rotten Row, sixth plate in the book London Types (London: William Heinemann, 1898) color plate 1898
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William Faithorne How to Use the Oval Points..., plate 5 opposite page 15 in the book The Art of Graveing and Etching by William Faithorne (London: William Faithorne, 1662) etching with engraving 1662
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William Faithorne Hot to Guide Your Needles..., plate 4 opposite page 12 in the book The Art of Graveing and Etching by William Faithorne (London: William Faithorne, 1662) etching with engraving 1662
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William Faithorne Hot to Choose Your Needles..., plate 3 opposite page 10 in te book The Art of Graveing and Etching by William Faithorne (London: William Faithorne, 1662) etching with engraving 1662
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William Faithorne How to Dry or Harden the Varnish..., plate 2 opposite page 9 in the book The Art of Graveing and Etching by William Faithorne (London: William Faithorne, 1662) etching with engraving 1662
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (4)
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Tatar Gallery: Susan Dobson: Open House
Open House, the culmination of this concept, offers us a peak into the interiors of these seemingly identical suburban dwellings, as well as an insight into the minds of the inhabitants. In Open House, the occupants are as conspicuously presen...
Charles Allis Art Museum: Dreamscapes: Bridget Dobson Paintings
An intimate selection of works featuring Dobson‚s colorful and exuberant paintings of her European adventures, European Dreamscapes: Bridget Dobson Paintings, will be on view at Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum in conjunction with the Dream...
Academy of Art College Gallery: Of the Moment: Jody Mattison, Figurative Painter
...The return to narrative and figurative work is an important moment in that it heralds an acknowledgement of the importance of the common viewer in the transformative process of the work of art. [Walnut Creek] painter Jody Mattison is a...
Witte de With Center for Contemportary Art: Play-use
Part of the exhibition is Play-use/The Forum, a website made in collaboration with EINA, Escola de Disseny i Art, Barcelona. Play-use/The Forum expresses part of the project's intention: to ignite a real debate...

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