William Dobson 1611-1646 https://williamdobson.com/ 'The most excellent painter that England hath yet bred' - John Aubrey Mon, 15 Apr 2019 14:44:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Restoration of Ferens Art Gallery’s Dobson https://williamdobson.com/2017/03/restoration-of-ferens-art-gallerys-dobson/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=restoration-of-ferens-art-gallerys-dobson Mon, 06 Mar 2017 09:06:12 +0000 http://www.williamdobson.com/?p=742 We are happy to announce that Waldemar Januszczak and ZCZ Films are sponsoring the restoration of a magnificent painting by William Dobson ‘Portrait of William Lawes’. The restoration will be conducted by Critchlow & Kukkonen in Sheffield. We will document the process on ZCZ Films’ You Tube channel. The restoration is expected to be completed … Continue reading "Restoration of Ferens Art Gallery’s Dobson"

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]]> We are happy to announce that Waldemar Januszczak and ZCZ Films are sponsoring the restoration of a magnificent painting by William Dobson ‘Portrait of William Lawes’. The restoration will be conducted by Critchlow & Kukkonen in Sheffield. We will document the process on ZCZ Films’ You Tube channel. The restoration is expected to be completed by April.

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]]> Dobson Self-Portrait to be displayed alongside Van Dyke at the National Portrait Gallery https://williamdobson.com/2016/09/dobson-self-portrait-to-be-displayed-alongside-van-dyke-at-the-national-portrait-gallery/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dobson-self-portrait-to-be-displayed-alongside-van-dyke-at-the-national-portrait-gallery Mon, 12 Sep 2016 11:16:11 +0000 http://www.williamdobson.com/?p=730 National Portrait will host a rare exhibition of English portraiture. The highlight of the show will be two self portraits one by Van Dyke and one by Dobson, hanging next to each other. Do not miss out! More info

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]]> National Portrait will host a rare exhibition of English portraiture. The highlight of the show will be two self portraits one by Van Dyke and one by Dobson, hanging next to each other. Do not miss out!

More info

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]]> Dobson Self-Portrait smashes auction record! https://williamdobson.com/2016/07/dobson-self-portrait-smashes-auction-record/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dobson-self-portrait-smashes-auction-record Mon, 11 Jul 2016 15:18:02 +0000 http://www.williamdobson.com/?p=721 There has been some very exciting news! William Dobson’s early Self-Portrait sold at Bonhams on 6 July for a whopping £920,000, hitting his previous highest price tag out of the park and going for over three times the estimated price. There’s plenty more news on the sale to follow, but for now, here are two … Continue reading "Dobson Self-Portrait smashes auction record!"

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]]> There has been some very exciting news! William Dobson’s early Self-Portrait sold at Bonhams on 6 July for a whopping £920,000, hitting his previous highest price tag out of the park and going for over three times the estimated price. There’s plenty more news on the sale to follow, but for now, here are two articles from major publications all about this historic sale:

Jonathan Jones for the Guardian

Alex Capon for the Antiques Trade Gazette

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]]> The Full English https://williamdobson.com/2016/05/the-full-english/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-full-english Tue, 31 May 2016 09:46:45 +0000 http://www.williamdobson.com/?p=717 Does anyone have a spare couple of million quid on them? If so, they couldn’t spend it more wisely than on this spectacular early self-portrait by William Dobson, which is up for sale at Bonhams on 6 July 2016. In this article for the Bonhams magazine, Waldemar Januszczak sings the praises of the “first truly … Continue reading "The Full English"

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]]> Does anyone have a spare couple of million quid on them? If so, they couldn’t spend it more wisely than on this spectacular early self-portrait by William Dobson, which is up for sale at Bonhams on 6 July 2016. In this article for the Bonhams magazine, Waldemar Januszczak sings the praises of the “first truly characteristically English painter”.

Read the full article here

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]]> William Dobson: The King’s Painter https://williamdobson.com/2016/05/william-dobson-the-kings-painter/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=william-dobson-the-kings-painter Wed, 18 May 2016 15:44:43 +0000 http://www.williamdobson.com/?p=712 Terrific news for all William Dobson fans! Historian R. F. Jones has written a fascinating and comprehensive account of the artist’s life, charting his journey from St. Albans schoolboy to the court painter of Charles I, as well as some new research into his remarkable family. An absolute must for all admirers of Dobson’s work … Continue reading "William Dobson: The King’s Painter"

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]]> Terrific news for all William Dobson fans! Historian R. F. Jones has written a fascinating and comprehensive account of the artist’s life, charting his journey from St. Albans schoolboy to the court painter of Charles I, as well as some new research into his remarkable family. An absolute must for all admirers of Dobson’s work and his times.

Buy your copy here

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]]> Stratford’s Cavalier Portrait – Portrait of Sir Edward Walker by William Dobson https://williamdobson.com/2016/05/stratfords-cavalier-portrait-portrait-of-sir-edward-walker-by-william-dobson/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stratfords-cavalier-portrait-portrait-of-sir-edward-walker-by-william-dobson Thu, 12 May 2016 12:22:27 +0000 http://www.williamdobson.com/?p=664 Writing for ‘Our Warwickshire’, art historian Adam Busiakiewicz looks at a fascinating Dobson work from his time as Charles I’s court painter in Oxford, when he was painting portraits of the increasingly beleaguered Royalist nobles in the midst of Civil War. Read the full article here

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]]> Writing for ‘Our Warwickshire’, art historian Adam Busiakiewicz looks at a fascinating Dobson work from his time as Charles I’s court painter in Oxford, when he was painting portraits of the increasingly beleaguered Royalist nobles in the midst of Civil War.

Read the full article here

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]]> William Dobson: The Cavalier Chronicler https://williamdobson.com/2016/05/william-dobson-the-cavalier-chronicler/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=william-dobson-the-cavalier-chronicler Thu, 12 May 2016 11:30:38 +0000 http://www.williamdobson.com/?p=646 English Civil War historian M J Logue writes about her personal discovery of William Dobson on her blog ‘An Uncivil War’. From his portrait of Endymion Porter (“a beery old toper”), to the touching portrait of the Streatfield Family, Logue extols the virtues of the great Civil War chronicler. Read the full article here

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]]> English Civil War historian M J Logue writes about her personal discovery of William Dobson on her blog ‘An Uncivil War’. From his portrait of Endymion Porter (“a beery old toper”), to the touching portrait of the Streatfield Family, Logue extols the virtues of the great Civil War chronicler.

Read the full article here

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