William dobell painted Joshua smith in 1943
Oil on Canvas - 107 x 76cm
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In 1943 he won the Archibald Prize, Australia's principal award for portraiture, for a painting of fellow-artist Joshua Smith. The award was immediately challenged on the grounds that Dobell's entry showed a degree of distortion which made it a caricature rather than a true portrait, but the court upheld the judging panel's decision. Resultant newspaper publicity greatly expanded interest in Dobell's work, but as a result of the controversy Dobell withdrew to to his sister's home at Wangi Wangi on Lake Macquarie, where he began to paint landscapes
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The paint was a terrible colour.We need to buy more paint.
To get red paint, one can use blue and purple paint. One can use red and yellow to then make orange. Blue and yellow will make green paint. Red paint can also be purchased.