Dobell

British  

/ dəʊˈbɛl /

noun

1. Sir William. 1899–1970, Australian portrait and landscape painter. Awarded the Archibald prize (1943) for his famous painting of Joshua Smith which resulted in a heated clash between the conservatives and the moderns and led to a lawsuit. His other works include The Cypriot (1940), The Billy Boy (1943), and Portrait of a strapper (1941)

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Example Sentences

“There is no question about it,” said its architect, Roy Herbert Dobell, of Aberdeen.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2023

Rashid released a statement on 15 November 2021 via journalist George Dobell in The Cricketer magazine which, as Vaughan's lawyer pointed out, was "well over a year" after Rafiq's allegations were first made.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2023

“Surreal” is the word Reid Dobell, 27, used to describe his first indoor date in over a year, since the start of the pandemic.

From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2021

“There is this about Tom,” Mr. Dobell, Mr. Wolfe’s editor at Esquire, told the London newspaper The Independent in 1998.

From New York Times • May 15, 2018

On 9th Jan., 1917, the columns under Generals Dobell and Chetwode reached Rafa, the Mediterranean port on the southern borders of Palestine.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various