William Dobell
Winner: Archibald Prize 1948
Margaret Olley
- Medium
- oil on board
- Further information
The National Gallery of Australia [NGA] owns studies for this portrait.
The artist has the title: Sir, 1966-
Historic controversy over William Dobell’s 1943 Archibald Prize winning portrait of Joshua Smith.
Artist won Archibald Prize in 1943; 1948 & 1959.
Artist’s address is Union Bank Chambers, Kings Cross
In 1948 Dobell became the first artist to win both the Archibald and Wynne prizes in the same year
