William Dobell

Painter
Born 24th September 1899, Newcastle, NSW; Died 13th May 1970, Lake Macquarie, NSW.
Studied; Julian Ashton, Sydney 1924-29, Slade School, London, 1929, The Hague, Holland, 1930.
Dobell won the Archibald Portrait Prize in 1943, 48, 59; The Wynne Prize, 1948.
Knighted in 1966,
Dobell is represented in the collection of the NGA; AGNSW; AGSA; AGWA; MAGNT; NGV; QAG; QVMAG; TMAG; AWM; many Regional Galleries; Uni. and other public collections.
"Dobell¹s paintings constitute a gallery of recognisable Australian types unequalled in the history of the nation¹s art". ­Bernard Smith.

 

 

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