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[[File:sirwilliamdobell.png|200px|thumb|left|Sir William Dobell]]
[[File:sirwilliamdobellart.png|200px|thumb|right|Portrait of Joshua Smith]]


==Country==

Australia

==Birth - Death==

1899 - 1970

==Occupation==

Painter

==Notable Achievements==

OBE

==Description==

Portraiture, war artist, creator of the Dobell Foundation.  Notable portraits include 'Joshua Smith' (1943) and 'Margaret Olley' (1948), and his series of Time Magazine cover portraits from 1960-1963.  Awarded an Order of the British Empire in 1965 and knighted in 1966. 

==See Also==

* [[LGBTQ War Poets and Artists]]
* [[LGBTQ Founders and Executives with Charitable Foundations]]

==Further Reading/Research==

* http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dobell-sir-william-10025
* http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/dobell/history/who-was-william-dobell/