Discovering Dobell

Name: Discovering Dobell
Brand: Wakefield Press
Price: 48.75 AUD

By: Christopher Heathcote, Sir William Dobell (Illustrator)

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Hardcover | 8 June 2017 | Edition Number 1

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112 Pages

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29.0 x 26.0

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Discovering Dobell offers an intimate glimpse of William Dobell, the artist whose heart remained anchored in the daily life of everyday people, from the streets of Depression-raked London to Sydney's Kings Cross.

Christopher Heathcote demonstrates how Dobell developed ideas from sketches to paintings. In some instances the book identifies previously unknown relationships between drawings, gouaches and important oils.

Discovering Dobell features the artist's controversial and recognisable portraits of Joshua Smith, Dame Mary Gilmore and Helena Rubinstein, alongside other vital strands of his output, including affectionate images of grinning ockers, struggling young mothers, cheeky street children at play, and haughty women intent on keeping-up-appearances. This overview is rounded out with Dobell's experimental drawings and paintings from New Guinea, as well as his little-known ventures into abstract form.

This book introduces the creative achievements of this great Australian painter for a new generation of art lovers.

Industry Reviews

'Beautifully presented and lavishly illustrated, this is an intriguing book for art lovers brought to us by the excellent Wakefield Press.' - Lynne Lancaster, Sydney Arts Guide

'Discovering Dobell by Dr Christopher Heathcote is a book of superior quality both in its written content and colourful visual representations.' - Ian Lipke, Queensland Reviewers Collectiv

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