Friday 13 July 2012

Willam Dobell


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Controversy and Debate

1. What year was the Archibald prize first awarded in?

2. What style of painting dominated the first decade of the award?

3. What artwork was criticised for apparently ignoring the award’s terms specifying the portrayal of a ‘distinguished’ man or woman?

4.  Why was William Dobell’s prize-winning portrait of fellow artist Joshua Smith in 1943, so important in the history of the Archibald Prize?

5. What does Susan Hunt say about Willaim Dobell's portrait?

6. What did two Royal Art Society members, Joseph Wolinski and Mary Edwards do?

7. What was Dobell response to this? find a direct quote (a sentence will do).


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