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Frank Dobson

1888–1963

Kneeling Figure 1935
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Biography

Frank Owen Dobson CBE (18 November 1886 – 22 July 1963) was a British artist and sculptor and during his time was considered one of the best sculptors in Europe. He was a contemporary of Jacob Epstein and Henry Moore.

Dobson is now seen as one of the most important British sculptors of the 20th century.

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Head of a Girl

Frank Dobson
1925

Truth

Frank Dobson
1930

The Earl of Oxford and Asquith

Frank Dobson
1921

Miss Jeanne de Casalis

Frank Dobson
1934

Noon

Frank Dobson
1936

Margaret Rawlings

Frank Dobson
1937

Susanna

Frank Dobson
c.1925

Torso

Frank Dobson
1933
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