Sir William Dobell was an Australian portrait and landscape artist of the 20th century.
10 Facts About William Dobell
2.
William Dobell was born in Cooks Hill, a working-class neighbourhood of Newcastle, New South Wales in Australia to Robert Way William Dobell and Margaret Emma.
3.
William Dobell's father was a builder and there were six children.
4.
William Dobell was gay and consequently never married, while several of his works carried strong homoerotic overtones.
5.
In 1929, William Dobell was awarded the Society of Artists' Travelling Scholarship and travelled to England to the Slade School of Fine Art where he studied under Philip Wilson Steer and Henry Tonks.
6.
In 1964, William Dobell exhibited in a major retrospective at the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the first monograph of his work was written by James Gleeson.
7.
William Dobell was a very private man, known almost always as "Bill".
Related searches
Henry Tonks 8.
William Dobell died on 13 May 1970 in the City of Lake Macquarie suburb of Wangi Wangi of hypertensive heart disease.
9.
William Dobell was cremated with Anglican rites and his ashes interred at Newcastle Memorial Park in Beresfield, New South Wales.
10.
William Dobell's style is unique in being able to adapt to suit the character of his subject.