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Study for Portrait of W S Robinson, 1952
Sir William Dobell OBE
Portrait, oil on board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2003
Sir William Dobell OBE
Biography
Sir William Dobell (1899–1970), painter, studied art and was apprentice to an architect in Sydney before leaving Australia for Europe in 1929.
10 portraits in the collection
William Dobell part 2
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1961
William Dobell part 1
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1961
William Dobell, 1943
Max Dupain OBE
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Danina Anderson, daughter of Max Dupain 2017.
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
William Dobell, 1942
Max Dupain OBE
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Richard King 2008
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
William Dobell, Potts Point, Sydney, 1960 (printed 2000)
David Moore
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
The series 'David Moore: From Face to Face' was acquired as a gift of the artist and with financial assistance from Timothy Fairfax AC and L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2001.
Sir William Dobell, n.d.
Louis Kahan AO
Portrait, fibre-tipped pen and pen and ink on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mrs Lily Kahan 2017
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Dr Edward MacMahon, 1959
Sir William Dobell OBE
Portrait, oil on masonite
Gift of the MacMahon family in affectionate memory of Edward MacMahon and William Dobell 2015. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Sketch for Prime Minister Robert Menzies, 1960
Sir William Dobell OBE
Portrait, watercolour and gouache on paper
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 1999
Sir Hudson Fysh, 1950
Sir William Dobell OBE
Portrait, oil on composition board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Australian War Memorial in association with the Fysh family 2008
Bill and Ted's excellent portrait.
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2016
Sarah Engledow on Messrs Dobell and MacMahon and the art of friendship.
David Lloyd Jones, 1944
Sir William Dobell OBE
Portrait, oil on masonite
Gift of David Lloyd Jones, in memory of his father, David Lloyd Jones 2021. Donated through Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Sir Charles Lloyd Jones, 1951
Sir William Dobell OBE
Portrait, oil on composition board
Gift of the Simpson family in memory of Caroline Simpson OAM 2008. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Home and away
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2009
Sir William Dobell painted the portraits of Sir Charles Lloyd Jones and Sir Hudson Fysh, who did much to promote the image of Australia in this country and abroad.
Opening of the First Legislative Council of Victoria by Governor Charles Joseph LaTrobe at St Patrick's Hall, Bourke Street West, Melbourne November 13th 1851, 1883
John Noone after William Strutt
Portrait, photolithograph on paper
Purchased 2013