Frank Dobson

National Gallery To Suspend Sculpture By Antony Gromley From Ceiling
by Molly Tracy - Sep 8, 2016

A life-size sculpture by Antony Gormley has been dramatically suspended from the ceiling of the Ondaatje Wing Main Hall of the National Portrait Gallery today, Wednesday 7 September 2016.

National Portrait Gallery to Display Exclusive GIACOMETTI: PURE PRESENCE Exhibit, 10/15
by Matt Smith - Oct 15, 2015

The first ever exhibition solely to consist of portraits by the twentieth-century artist Alberto Giacometti opens at the National Portrait Gallery on Thursday 15 October.

The National Portrait Gallery Opens GIACOMETTI: PURE PRESENCE Exhibition Today
by BWW News Desk - Oct 15, 2015

The first ever exhibition solely to consist of portraits by Alberto Giacometti is to open at the National Portrait Gallery this autumn, it was announced today, hours after a sculpture of the Swiss artist sold for millions of dollars at an auction in New York, making him the world's most highly prized modern sculptor.

The National Portrait Gallery Presents GIACOMETTI: PURE PRESENCE, 10/15-1/10
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2015

The first ever exhibition solely to consist of portraits by Alberto Giacometti is to open at the National Portrait Gallery this autumn, it was announced today, hours after a sculpture of the Swiss artist sold for millions of dollars at an auction in New York, making him the world's most highly prized modern sculptor.

Rare Portrait of Roald Dahl, by Artist Matthew Smith, Displayed at National Portrait Gallery
by Matt Smith - Aug 6, 2014

A rarely seen portrait of one of the world's most celebrated writers, Roald Dahl, painted when he was a young RAF pilot during the Second World War by Matthew Smith, has gone on display at the National Portrait Gallery, it was announced today, Wednesday 6 August 2014. The portrait features in a new display bringing together, for the first time, the pioneering modernist work of painter Matthew Smith and sculptor Frank Dobson.

The National Portrait Gallery Acquires Bust of British Actress Margaret Rawlings
by BWW News Desk - Dec 11, 2013

A large plaster bust of the celebrated twentieth century British actress Margaret Rawlings by sculptor Frank Dobson has been donated to the National Portrait Gallery Collection, it was announced today (Wednesday 11 December 2013).