American, 1931 - 2011
Dobbs studied in the early 1950s at the Brooklyn (New York) Museum Art School, and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine; he also studied with Gregorio Prestopino, Ben Shahn, and Jack Levine. Since his first exhibition was mounted by the Grippi Gallery in New York in 1959, Dobbs's work has frequently been seen in one-man shows in New York galleries, and also in exhibitions presented by galleries in Paris, Los Angeles, and Edgartown, Massachusetts. Among his publications are Drawings of a Draftee, 1960 (New York: Broad Axe Press), and illustrations for a volumne of poems by Harry Brander, What Rhymes with Cancer, 1982 (New York: New Rivers Press).
Dobbs taught at the Brooklyn Museum School from 1956 to 1959 and at the New School for Social Research, New York, 1964 to 1972. Since 1972 has been a member of the faculty of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University of New York, attaining the rank of full professor in 1983.
The Academy has awarded him the Proctor Prize, 1974; an Altman Prize, 1978; the Sawyer Prize, 1983; and the Grumbacher Prize, 1989, for paintings shown in annual exhibitions. Dobbs resides in New York. He served on the Academy Council, 1984-87.
Dobbs taught at the Brooklyn Museum School from 1956 to 1959 and at the New School for Social Research, New York, 1964 to 1972. Since 1972 has been a member of the faculty of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University of New York, attaining the rank of full professor in 1983.
The Academy has awarded him the Proctor Prize, 1974; an Altman Prize, 1978; the Sawyer Prize, 1983; and the Grumbacher Prize, 1989, for paintings shown in annual exhibitions. Dobbs resides in New York. He served on the Academy Council, 1984-87.
