William Dobell
(Australia, England 24 Sep 1899–13 May 1970)
- Title
- The sleeping Greek
- Other titles:
- Head of a Greek [1950 Acquisition book]
Sleeping Greek [1959 Queensland Art Gallery Society exhibition] - Place of origin
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London →
England
- Year
- (1936)
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas on hardboard
- Dimensions
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38.0 x 32.7cm board; 52.5 x 47.0 x 5.5 cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed l.r. corner, red oil "W DOBELL". Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of the Society of Artists in memory of its President Sydney Ure Smith 1950
- Accession number
- 8476
- Copyright
- © Courtesy Sir William Dobell Art Foundation.
- Location
- 20th & 21st c Australian art
- Bibliography (18)
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'Collection shows fine eye for human form' by Jill Stowell, pg. 14N in 'Weekender' section., The Newcastle herald 01 Feb 2003, 01 Feb 2003, 14N. Review of exhibition 'Human Interest' held at Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery.
Bruce Rowland (Australia) (Author), Human interest, Lake Macquarie, 2003. cat.no. 11; Checklist entry
Jane Hylton (b.1950) (Author), William Dobell: portraits in context, Kent Town, 2003, 30.
Helen Verity Hewitt (Australia) (Author), Patrick White, painter, manqué: paintings, painters and their influence on his writing, Carlton, 2002, 29.
Meryl Ryan (Australia) (Author), Well connected: Dobell and company, Lake Macquarie, 2001, inside brochure insert (illus.). cat.no. 2; brochure insert not paginated
'Yours sincerely: William Dobell' by Judith White, pg. 56-59., Australian art collector Apr 2000-Jun 2000, Apr 2000-Jun 2000, 59.
Lynne Seear (Australia) (Editor), Julie Ewington (Australia) (Editor), Brought to light: Australian Art 1850-1965, South Brisbane, 1998, 160 (illus.).
'The bottom line' by Ross Moore, pg. 36-39., Outrage Mar 1997, Mar 1997, 36-39, 39 (colour illus.).
Look Feb 1997, Feb 1997, cover (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, 15, 32, 44, 45 (colour illus.), 144. cat.no. 9
James Gleeson (Australia, b.1915, d.2008) (Author), The drawings of William Dobell in the Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 1992, 34.
Robert Lindsay (Australia, b.1945) (Author), Aspects of Australian Art: Art Gallery of New South Wales travelling art exhibition 1976, Sydney, 1976, (illus.). cat.no. 46; not paginated
William Splatt (Author), Barbara Burton (Author), 100 masterpieces of Australian painting, Adelaide, 1973, 144, 145 (colour illus.). plate no. 69
Author Unknown (Author), The Adelaide Festival of Arts 1962: Special exhibitions at the National Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 1962. not paginated, cat.no. 111
Brian Finemore (Australia, b.1925, d.1975) (Author), Painting, London, 1961, 3, 5, 29, 29 (illus.).
Hal Missingham (Australia, b.1906, d.1994) (Author), William Dobell, Brisbane, 1959, (colour illus.). cat.no. 6; not paginated
Hal Missingham (Australia, b.1906, d.1994) (Author), Contemporary Australian painting, Auckland, 1957, 9. cat.no. 10
Sydney Ure Smith (Australia, b.1887, d.1949) (Editor), Present day art in Australia, Sydney, 1949, 12 (colour illus.). Collection of Sydney Ure Smith Esq, O.B.E.
- Exhibition history (15)
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Purchases and Acquisitions for 1950, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 15 Feb 1951–22 Apr 1951.
Contemporary Australian painting (1957), Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Feb 1957–Mar 1957.
The art of William Dobell (1959), Finney's Art Gallery, 11 Aug 1959–11 Sep 1959.
Australian Painting: Colonial, Impressionist, Contemporary (1962-63), National Gallery of South Australia, 17 Mar 1962–31 Mar 1962.
William Dobell: Paintings from 1926 - 1964 (1964), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 15 Jul 1964–30 Aug 1964.
Aspects of Australian art: Art Gallery of New South Wales Travelling Art Exhibition 1976, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1976–1977.
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.
Well connected: Dobell & company, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, 12 May 2001–17 Jun 2001.
Wellconnected - Dobell & Company, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, 12 May 2001–17 Jun 2001.
Human interest - Roberts to Dobell, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, 17 Jan 2003–09 Mar 2003.
