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Kate (Wise) Dobbin BIOGRAPHY
1868 Bristol, England - 1955 Cork, Ireland. Known for: Floral still life and landscape painting.
Born in Bristol, England, the daughter of a solicitor, Kate Dobbin moved in 1887 to Cork where she married Alfred Graham Dobbin, the city's High Sheriff, and owner of the Imperial Hotel. From... Read full biography
Born in Bristol, England, the daughter of a solicitor, Kate Dobbin moved in 1887 to Cork where she married Alfred Graham Dobbin, the city's High Sheriff, and owner of the Imperial Hotel. From 1891-1895, Lady Dobbin studied drawing and painting at the Crawford Municipal School of Art. In 1894 she... Read full biography
Born in Bristol, England, the daughter of a solicitor, Kate Dobbin moved in 1887 to Cork where she married Alfred Graham Dobbin, the city's High Sheriff, and owner of the Imperial Hotel. From 1891-1895, Lady Dobbin studied drawing and painting at the Crawford Municipal School of Art. In 1894 she submitted a work to the Royal Hibernian Academy's Annual Exhibition in Dublin - the first of more than one hundred contributions to the RHA, up to 1947. She specialized in watercolour landscapes of... Read full biography
Born in Bristol, England, the daughter of a solicitor, Kate Dobbin moved in 1887 to Cork where she married Alfred Graham Dobbin, the city's High Sheriff, and owner of the Imperial Hotel. From 1891-1895, Lady Dobbin studied drawing and painting at the Crawford Municipal School of Art. In 1894 she submitted a work to the Royal Hibernian Academy's Annual Exhibition in Dublin - the first of more than one hundred contributions to the RHA, up to 1947. She specialized in watercolour landscapes of County Cork and Connemara, as well as flower pieces and the occasional portrait. In 1899, she exhibited at the Water Colour Society of Ireland becoming a regular contributor for almost fifty years. In addition, she exhibited at the Munster Fine Art Club... Read full biography
Born in Bristol, England, the daughter of a solicitor, Kate Dobbin moved in 1887 to Cork where she married Alfred Graham Dobbin, the city's High Sheriff, and owner of the Imperial Hotel. From 1891-1895, Lady Dobbin studied drawing and painting at the Crawford Municipal School of Art. In 1894 she submitted a work to the Royal Hibernian Academy's Annual Exhibition in Dublin - the first of more than one hundred contributions to the RHA, up to 1947. She specialized in watercolour landscapes of County Cork and Connemara, as well as flower pieces and the occasional portrait. In 1899, she exhibited at the Water Colour Society of Ireland becoming a regular contributor for almost fifty years. In addition, she exhibited at the Munster Fine Art Club and at the Fine Art Society in London. Despite suffering from severe arthritis, she continued painting into her 80s, and ev... Read full biography
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Lady Kate Dobbin, Kate (Lady Kate Dobbin) Wise
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Born in Bristol, England, the daughter of a solicitor, Kate Dobbin moved in 1887 to Cork where she married Alfred Graham Dobbin, the city's High Sheriff, and owner of the Imperial Hotel. From 1891-1895, Lady Dobbin studied drawing and painting at the Crawford Municipal School of Art. In 1894 she submitted a work to the Royal Hibernian Academy's Annual Exhibition in Dublin - the first of more than one hundred contributions to the RHA, up to 1947.
She specialized in watercolour landscapes of County Cork and Connemara, as well as flower pieces and the occasional portrait. In 1899, she exhibited at the Water Colour Society of Ireland becoming a regular contributor for almost fifty years. In addition, she exhibited at the Mun...But wait, there's more...
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