Robert Watson (artist)

Robert Watson (28 February 1923 – 14 December 2004) was an American artist born in Martinez, California. Watson provided the cover art for Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles, second edition, printed in 1953.

On May 17, 1997, Watson had a 50-year retrospective show at the Weinstein Gallery in San Francisco, California. Mayor Willie Brown proclaimed that day "Robert Watson Day".

Watson died at the age of 81 in Poway, California after a brief struggle with cancer.