at Newcastle Memorial Park in Beresfield, New South Wales. A film of Dobell's life, titled Yours sincerely, Bill Dobell was made in 1981 by Brian Adams and Cathy Shirley for the Australian Broadcasting Commission and the William Dobell Art Foundation. Brian Adams' book Portrait of an Artist – A biography of William Dobell was first published in 1983 by Hutchinson Publishing Group and revised in paperback in 1992 for Random House Australia. A book on the life and art of William Dobell, William Dobell: An Artist's Life by Elizabeth Donaldson, was compiled in 2010 with the support of the Sir William Dobell Art Foundation and Dobell House, in Wangi Wangi. It is published by Exisle Publishing. A biography, Bill: The Life of William Dobell, was published in 2014 by Scott Bevan. Analysis Dobell's style is unique in being able to adapt to suit the character of his subject. This was best described by James Gleeson; "One of the astonishing things about Dobell's portraiture is his ability to adjust his style to the nature of the personality he is portraying ... If the character of his sitter is broad and generous, he paints broadly and generously. If the character is contained and inward looking, he uses brushstrokes that convey this fact. In his later portraits one has only to look at a few square inches of a painted sleeve to know what sort of person is wearing it." Among private and other public holdings, examples of Dobell's work are exhibited in the Newcastle Region Art Gallery, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Queensland Art Gallery in Brisbane and the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra. Awards In 1943, Archibald Prize for Mr Joshua Smith, a portrait of the artist Joshua Smith (unsuccessfully challenged in court as being caricature rather than portraiture) In 1948, Archibald Prize for a portrait of Margaret Olley In 1948, the Wynne Prize for Storm Approaching Wangi In 1959, Archibald Prize for a portrait of Dr E. G. MacMahon Honours Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) 1 January 1965, "In recognition of service to the arts as a portrait and landscape painter" Knight Bachelor 3 June 1966, "In recognition of service to the arts" The federal electoral Division of Dobell in New South Wales is named after Dobell Exhibitions Dobell had the following solo exhibitions: 1942 'Margaret Preston and William Dobell loan exhibition'