(British, b. 1929) John Stobart was born in Leicester, England on December 29, 1929. Stobart showed an early aptitude for creativity but a lack of interest in academic learning. His low grades but apparent flair for drawing persuaded his father to enroll him in Derby College of Art in September, 1946.

Suddenly fascinated by a new and more relaxed environment, Stobart took to the change like a duck to water, achieving high honors and a county scholarship to London's prestigious Royal Academy Schools, being one of only four students accepted that year. John Constable, J.W.M. Turner and many other British painters had studied in those same hallowed halls.       MORE »

	JOHN STOBART (British, b. 1929) BATON ROUGE: THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE ARRIVING IN 1881 Signed and dated 1984, lower right Oil on canvas 23 3/4 x 40 in. ( 60.33 x 101.60 cm )
	JOHN STOBART (British, b. 1929) THE PACKET 'HUDSON' ARRIVING 1888 Signed and dated 1988, lower right Oil on canvas 20 x 30 in. ( 50.80 x 76.20 cm )
	JOHN STOBART (British, b. 1929) GRAND BANKERS Signed, lower right 23 3/4 x 36 in. ( 60.33 x 91.44 cm )
	JOHN STOBART (British, b. 1929) ROUNDING THE HORN, THE 'DASHING WAVE' Signed and dated 1976, lower right Oil on canvas 19 1/4 x 22 in. ( 48.90 x 55.88 cm ) TOP