Lot 381: ERIC DOBSON (1923-1992) Self-portrait, smoking a

ERIC DOBSON (1923-1992) Self-portrait, smoking a pipe, inscribed verso 'for Jane', signed with initials and dated 1955, oils on canvas, 13 1/2" x 11 1/2" together with a Valentines Day sketch by the same hand inscribed 'Tomorrow is St Valentines Day' verso, 6" x 4 1/2" unframed and a sketch depicting objects within his bedroom, 8" x 4" (see illustration). Note: Dobson was an artist and influential teacher at Newcastle University from 1953 to 1989. A representational and abstract painter, he bridged the years when the Euston Road School with its Cezannesque methods evolved into a mode of reductive abstraction, a transition typified by Victor Pasmore's career at the time. He also taught at Newcastle University together with Quentin Bell and Victor Pasmore.