Archibald C Dawson ARSA was a Scottish sculptor, specialising in architectural carving.
12 Facts About Archibald Dawson
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Archibald Dawson was born in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire at 23 High Partick Street.
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Archibald Dawson then served during World War I in the Glasgow Battalion of the Highland Light Infantry.
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From about 1920 to 1938, Archibald Dawson directed the design, modelling and stone carving classes at the Glasgow School of Art.
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Around 1926, Archibald Dawson taught a class in bronze casting in San Diego, California's Santa Barbara School of the Arts.
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Archibald Dawson became the head of the Modelling and Sculpture and Ceramics Department in 1929.
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Archibald Dawson was in 1936 elected Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy.
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Archibald Dawson married Isabell Wharrie Nelson on 3 July 1920.
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Archibald Dawson died on 15 April 1938, the day before his St Andrew figure was installed for the 1938 Empire Exhibition Scottish Pavilion, the day before what would have been his 46th birthday.
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Archibald Dawson is buried in the Glasgow Necropolis in an unmarked grave.
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Archibald Dawson worked on several churches by Jack Antonio Coia and the Ross Memorial Church in 1927.
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Archibald Dawson exhibited his work many times from 1915 to 1939:.