William Dobell

(Australia, England 24 Sep 1899–13 May 1970)

Title

Mrs South Kensington

Place of origin

London → England

Year

(1937)

Media category

Painting

Materials used

oil on wood panel

Dimensions

38.2 x 33.2cm board; 51.0 x 46.0 x 4.5cm frame

Signature & date

Signed u.l. corner, white oil "W Dobell". Not dated.

Credit

Purchased 1943

Accession number

7363

Copyright

Location

Not on display

Bibliography (14)

'Drawing conclusions' by Hendrik Kolenberg, pg. 14-17., Look Sep 2006, Sep 2006, 15.

Jane Hylton (b.1950) (Author), William Dobell: portraits in context, Kent Town, 2003, 22, 30, 46 (colour illus.).

'Yours sincerely: William Dobell' by Judith White, pg. 56-59., Australian art collector Apr 2000-Jun 2000, Apr 2000-Jun 2000, 59.

Lou Klepac (Australia; Croatia, b.1936) (Author), Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Bruce James (Australia) (Author), John McDonald (Australia, b.1961) (Author), Peter Pinson (Australia, b.1943) (Author), Gavin Fry (Author), Sasha Grishin AM (Australia) (Author), Deborah Hart (South Africa; United Kingdom; Australia, b.1959) (Author), Australian painters of the twentieth century, Roseville, 2000, 80, 81 (colour illus.).

Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Peter Raissis (Australia) (Author), Prue Davidson (Australia) (Author), Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940) (Author), William Dobell - the painter's progress, Sydney, 1997, 17, 32, 34, 46, 47 (colour illus.), 144. cat.no. 10a

William Dobell: the painters progress 1997, 1997, (illus.).

James Gleeson (Australia, b.1915, d.2008) (Author), The drawings of William Dobell in the Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 1992, 7 (colour illus.), 62. figure no. 1

William Kelly (United States of America; Australia, b.1943) (Author), Heritage of Australian art: reflections on the history of Australian painters and paintings, Melbourne, 1984, 31 (colour illus.).

'William Dobell' by Laurence Thomas, pg. 3-5., Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly Oct 1959, Oct 1959, 3 (illus.), 4.

Hal Missingham (Australia, b.1906, d.1994) (Author), William Dobell, Brisbane, 1959. cat.no. 11; not paginated

Herbert Badham (Australia, b.1899, d.1961) (Author), A gallery of Australian art, Sydney, 1954, xii, (illus.). plate no. 38

Laurence Thomas (Author), Arts Council of Great Britain, Welsh Committee (Wales) (Compilator), Twelve Australian artists, London, 1953, 12, 21 (illus.). cat.no. 5

Author Unknown (Author), The Art of William Dobell, Sydney, 1946, 91 (illus.).

Hal Missingham (Australia, b.1906, d.1994), Contemporary Australian painting from the National Collection, Sydney, circa 1946, 10. cat.no. 14; titled 'South Kensington woman'

Exhibition history (11)

Society of Artists Annual Exhibition (1943), Education Department Gallery [Loftus Street], 14 Aug 1943–01 Sep 1943.

Contemporary Australian painting from the National collection, Exhibition Venue Unknown, 1946–1950.

The art of William Dobell (1959), Finney's Art Gallery, 11 Aug 1959–11 Sep 1959.

William Dobell: Paintings from 1926 - 1964 (1964), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 15 Jul 1964–30 Aug 1964.

William Dobell: an exhibition of selected works (1965), Qantas Gallery, London, 14 Sep 1965–16 Oct 1965.

William Dobell the painter's progress (1997-1998), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 14 Feb 1997–27 Apr 1997.

William Dobell the painter's progress (1997-1998), Newcastle Region Art Gallery, 07 May 1997–06 Jul 1997.

William Dobell the painter's progress (1997-1998), Museum of Modern Art at Heide, 29 Jul 1997–21 Sep 1997.

William Dobell the painter's progress (1997-1998), Queensland Art Gallery, 25 Oct 1997–07 Dec 1997.

William Dobell the painter's progress (1997-1998), Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 08 Jan 1998–01 Mar 1998.

Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Aug 2000–03 Dec 2000.