About Margaret Dobson
Lived 1888 – 1981 (aged 92). Margaret Dobson was an American painter, etcher, printmaker, muralist and artist.
Margaret Anna Dobson (November 9, 1888 – January 20, 1981) was an American painter, etcher, illustrator, and muralist born in Baltimore, Maryland.
Education She studied at the Maryland Institute, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Palace School of Art in Paris and Syracuse University. At various times she studied with Cecilia Beaux, Emil Carlsen, Daniel Garber, Violet Oakley, and Robert Vonnoh.
Career While studying in Paris she painted frescos at the Fontainebleau Palace and the Hospital of St. Vincent de Paul, also in Fontainebleau. During the Great Depression Bessemer painted a post office mural in Kaufman, Texas, entitled Driving the Steers, which was later "covered over" or "destroyed".
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American painter, etcher and printmaker (1888-1981)
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Margaret Dobson was born on 9 November 1888 in Baltimore.
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Margaret Dobson died on 20 January 1981 in Los Angeles.
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Margaret Dobson was a painter, etcher, printmaker, muralist and artist.
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Margaret Dobson was American.
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