Montague Dawson

Montague Dawson Biography

Montague Dawson was born in Chiswick in 1895. His grandfather, Henry, had been a successful landscape artist and those artistic talents flowed through to his grandson. Although he did produce a few portraits and landscapes. he is most famous for his paintings of deep-sea sailing ships in a strong breeze and on the high seas. He was one of the finest marine artists of the Twentieth Century. His work is in Art Galleries all over the World and, in its time was collected by, amongst others, the British Royal Family as well as Presidents Dwight Eisenhower and Lyndon Johnson.