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Archibald Prize
The Archibald Prize is a very prestigious annual prize for portrait painting. It is organized by the Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
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Why do artists enter the Archibald prize and what benefits does it have on their career?
For one thing the prize money is a good thing for any artist.
Perhaps even more important is the publicity they get winning a major award. People get to know this name as being a proficient artist, which means higher prices paid for the artworks.
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What was the controversy of William Dobell's portrait in 1943?
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
