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Sir William Dobell
KBE
William Dobell, 1942, photograph by Max Dupain
Born(1899-09-24)24 September 1899
Cooks Hill, Colony of New South Wales
Died13 May 1970(1970-05-13) (aged 70)
Wangi Wangi, New South Wales, Australia
EducationCooks Hill Public School
Slade School of Fine Art
Known forArtist
StylePortrait and Landscape painting
AwardsArchibald Prize: 1943, 1948, 1959
Wynne Prize: 1948

Sir William Dobell KBE (24 September 1899 – 13 May 1970) was an Australian portrait and landscape artist of the 20th century. Dobell won the Archibald Prize, Australia's premier award for portrait artists on three occasions. The Dobell Prize is named in his honour.

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painting by Australian artist William Dobell. The painting is a portrait of Joshua Smith, an artist and friend of Dobell. The painting was awarded the...

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of, among others, Australian artists Charles Blackman, Arthur Boyd, William Dobell, Russell Drysdale, Sidney Nolan, Lloyd Rees, Arthur Streeton, Elioth...

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White. It was written in 1948 and is loosely based on a painting by William Dobell, The Dead Landlord. The play is set in a filthy rooming house in the...

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City of Lake Macquarie

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painting by Australian artist Sir William Dobell. The painting depicts a storm at Wangi Wangi, New South Wales. Dobell's successful Wynne landscape entry...

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Oxford University Press. Clement Greenberg: Modernism and Postmodernism, William Dobell Memorial Lecture, Sydney, Australia, 31 October 1979, Arts 54, No.6...

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Roberto Montenegro (1941). After Rubinstein's last visit to Australia, William Dobell painted a series of eight portraits in 1957. After her divorce, in 1938...

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architecture from the University of Sydney; Grace Emily Munro, Sir William Dobell, Ioannis (Jack) and Antonios (Tony) Notaras; Syms Covington; Ken Thomas...

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