Robert Arthur Dawson
Born 1874
Died 1948
Active: 1896 - 1939
Country of birth and death: England
Headmaster
Born in Bingley, Yorkshire. He was a member of the Society of Art Masters from 1896. Dawson was headmaster of Belfast School of Art between 1901-19 and then of Manchester School of Art from 1919-39.
Works
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Locations
Address Municipal School of Art North Street Belfast | View on map
1901 - 1915
Address 63 New King's Road Fulham London | View on map
1901 (Circa)
Address 18 Demesne Road Hollywood Belfast | View on map
1911 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Belfast Art Society Annual Exhibition, 1903
1903
Institutional and Business Connections
Member of committee at The Arts and Crafts Society of Ireland
1910 (Presumed) - 1917
Chairman of Ulster Committee.
Principal of Belfast School of Art
1901 - 1919
Principal of Manchester School of Art
1919 - 1939
Studied at Royal College of Art (including National Art Training School)
1896
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Art Master - School'
Occupation given in Census of Ireland 1901/1911
1911
'Head Master School of Art & Artist, - A.R.C.A. Lond[on].'
Sources
A School of Design for Belfast 1849-1960, 2009
2009
pp. 49-57
Catalogue of The Belfast Art Society Annual Exhibition, Belfast Public Library, 1903
1903
p. 18, 25
Census of Ireland 1901/1911
2007
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Down/Hollywood_Urban/Desmesne_Road/232964/ (accessed 28 May 2012)
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
RG13 piece 69 folio 31 page 2
The Arts and Crafts Society of Ireland Catalogue of the Fourth Exhibition, 1910
1910
Citing this record
'Robert Arthur Dawson', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib3_1257853278, accessed 29 May 2023]
