Dobell Prize for drawing, Australian art prize held by the Art Gallery of New South Wales the highest prize for drawing in Australia. The prize had previously been held in conjunction with the Archibald Prize, Sulman Prize, Wynne Prize, around the early part of the year, but was moved in 2003 to being held around August or September. The Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW) is an art gallery, open to the public, and located in The Domain in Sydney, Australia. ... The Archibald Prize is regarded as the most important portraiture prize, and is the most prominent of all arts prizes, in Australia. ... Sulman Prize, one of Australias longest running art prizes. ... Wynne Prize, Australian landscape painting or figure sculpture art prize. ...

The prize was initiated by the Trustees of the Sir William Dobell Art Foundation. In 2003, the prize money was $20,000. The Dobell Prize is an acquisitive award, with the gallery keeping past winners on permanent display. There were 685 entrants in the first year of the prize, in 1993, of which only 34 were exhibited, and there were similar numbers in following years. Sir William Dobell (24 September 1899 - 13 May 1970) was an Australian artist (sculptor and painter). ...

List of winners

• 1993 - Kevin Connor - Pyrmont and the city
• 1994 - Thomas Spence - The roofs of Oxford Street (Taylor Square)
• 1995 - Jan Senbergs - Kitchen at Smacka's
• 1996 - Pam Hallandal - Self portrait
• 1997 - Peter Bonner - Interior
• 1998 - Godwin Bradbeer - Man of paper VII
• 1999 - David Fairbairn - Portrait of Tao Triebels
• 2000 - Nick Mourtzakis - Untitled study
• 2001 - Nicholas Harding - Eddy Avenue (3)
• 2002 - Mary Tonkin - Rocky outcrop, Werribee Gorge
• 2003 - Aida Tomescu - "Negru III and Negru IV"(A candle in a dark room).
• 2004 - Garry Shead - Colloquy with John Keats (diptych)
• 2005 - Kevin Connor - Le Grand Palais, Clémenceau, de Gaulle and me

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Additional works acquired

The Dobell Trustees occasionally buy some of the works which have not won the main prize but have been exhibited, or they acquire them for other reasons, such as:

• Colin Lanceley's The garden between the mountains and the sea 1992 (bought)
• Daniel Moynihan's Tasmanian tiger in Paris, Canal St. Martin 1992 (bought)
• Dog by Rachel Ellis in 1992, which was admired by Arthur Boyd was bought by finalist Peter Kingston and donated to the gallery.
• Margaret Woodward's In the penumbra of perfumes and songs, 1993, a gift of Dr Roderick Bain.
• A gouache, Man on the beach, by Joe Furlonger, 1993
• David Brian Wilsons The woman 1996 (bought)
• Judy Cassab donated two of her drawings, which were exhibited as finalists in 1997 (Transparent landscape, Rainbow Valley) and 2002 (Temple, Udaipur). Another entry of hers, Incredible lightness, Rainbow Vallery, 1998, was purchased in 1999.
• In 2000, the Art Gallery Society supported the purchase of drawings Visibility/Invisibility by Jennifer Keeler-Milne and Urban landscape II by Sallie Moffat. Anne Judell's Mute 1999 was donated to the gallery by an anonymous buyer.
• Margaret Olley, the judge in 2001, purchased two drawings by Margaret Woodward (In the penumbra of perfumes and songs, Francisco Lezcano riding the unicycle) and one by Amanda Robbins (Linen dress), and gave them to the gallery.

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External links

• AGNSW Dobell Prize
• AGNSW: The 2005 Dobell Prize for Drawing
• Artnews 2004 prize
• SMH - Dobell goes to artist with sketchy picture of his talent
• Monash lecturer wins prestigious art prize

Reference

The Dobell Prize for Drawing. The first ten years. 1993-2002. AGNSW, 2003