Frank Dobson (sculptor)
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Frank Owen Dobson CBE 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 in 1953
The Balloon Apron (1918) (Art.IWM ART2001)
Woman and the Fish at Delapré Abbey, Northampton
An Escalator in an Underground Factory (1944) (Art.IWM ART LD 4142)
Group X
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Group X was a short-lived British artistic movement in the years after the First World War, which held an exhibition in 1920 and planned others that never happened.
Frank Dobson (sculptor)
…work in several influential exhibitions and played a leading role in a number of artistic groups. He was the only sculptor to take part in the 1920 Group X exhibition. Dobson was a founding member of the London Artists Association and spent three years as President of the London Group between 1923 and 1927…
Lithograph poster by E. McKnight Kauffer for the Group X exhibition 26 March – 24 April 1920
Cover of the catalogue of the Mansard Gallery exhibition