| Born | July 21, 1864 - London, England |
| Died | September 3, 1939 - San Antonio, Texas |
Dawson Dawson-Watson was an artist of landscapes, portraits and works on paper. He hand carved his own frames. He designed and made furniture while at Byrdcliffe, Woodstock, New York. Dawson-Watson was the artistic director of many pageants and theatrical productions.
He lived and worked in England, Wales, France, Quebec, New York, New England, Missouri, Texas and the Southwest.
In 1927 Dawson-Watson was awarded the National prize for his painting “The Glory of the Morning” in the Texas Wildflower Competitive Exhibition held at the Witte Memorial Museum in San Antonio, Texas. He received the largest prize ever awarded to an artist in the United States.
Dawson-Watson seated in the chair designed by his father John Dawson Watson in 1861.
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Dawson-Watson painting landscape plein air.
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Dawson-Watson seated in front of a sailboat painting.
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Dawson-Watson at his San Antonio residence, 1118 North St. Mary’s.
(Dawson Dawson-Watson family archives)