Bess Phipps Dawson (1916 - April 15, 1994) was an American painter and gallerist.
Bess Phipps Dawson was born in 1916 in Tchula, Mississippi.
[2] By 1971, Dawson moved to McComb, Mississippi, where she was the co-owner of the Gulf/South Gallery alongside Norman Gillis, Jr.[2][3][5] She was also the director of the Mainstream Mall in Greenville, Mississippi,[6] where she opened another art gallery in 1972.
[5] The dedication of the Greenville gallery included an exhibit of paintings by Marie Hull of Jackson, Mississippi and Marshall Bouldin III of the Lauramar Plantation in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
[5] Dawson served as the president of the Mississippi Art Colony from 1976 to 1989.