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Chris Dobson

Chris Dobson is a postgraduate student of English Literature at the University of Glasgow. His interests include the works of Shakespeare, queer theory and cool maps. His favourite artist is Gustav Klimt and he also has a blog: https://anenglishmaninscotland.home.blog/

Stories By Chris Dobson

20th century

Käthe Kollwitz: Germany’s Greatest Female Artist
By Chris DobsonMarch 2, 2021
Käthe Kollwitz (1867 -1945) was one of Germany’s greatest artists and she holds the distinction of being the only woman artist to make it into Ernst Gombrich’s The Story of Art. In 1920 she became the first...
Ancient

Troy at the British Museum: Myth and Reality
By Chris DobsonJanuary 28, 2020
This excellently curated exhibition on Troy at the British Museum in London takes visitors on a journey spanning thousands of years. There’s plenty for history geeks who want to know more about the real Trojan War...
Ancient

Tutankhamun in London: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh
By Chris DobsonJanuary 20, 2020
For the first time in decades, the treasures of Tutankhamun – who ruled over Egypt from approximately 1334 – 1325 BCE – are on display in the United Kingdom, and this time at the Saatchi Gallery...
Artists' Stories

Last Chance to See: William Blake at Tate Britain
By Chris DobsonJanuary 14, 2020
Tate Britain is the oldest of the United Kingdom’s four Tate galleries, the others being the Tate Modern in London, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. Tate Britain not only boasts an excellent permanent collection of...
Cinema

Art in Film: Mrs Lowry and Son
By Chris DobsonJuly 17, 2019
Chris Dobson reviews 'Mrs Lowry and Son', an upcoming film about the English artist L. S. Lowry and his elderly mother.
dailyart

Painting of the Week: Eduardo Paolozzi, I was a Rich Man’s Plaything
By Chris DobsonJune 16, 2019
Eduardo Paolozzi’s 1947 collage I was a Rich Man’s Plaything, which can be seen in the Tate Modern in London, was one of the first works of Pop Art and even contains the word ‘POP!’ Eduardo...
Artist

Painting of the Week: Artemisia Gentileschi, Self Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria
By Chris DobsonMarch 24, 2019
Artemisia Gentileschi (1593 – c. 1656) was ‘one of the best Italian Baroque painters.’ Despite this, you won’t find any of her works in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., nor in the Louvre in...