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Gil Docking
Gilbert (Gil) Charles Docking (16 February 1919 – 17 November 2015) was an Australian arts administrator, founding director of the Newcastle Art Gallery, director of the Auckland City Art Gallery (1965–1972) and senior education officer and acting director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales (1972–1982). Early life Docking was born in 1919 in Bendigo, Victoria to George Docking and Gertrude Docking (née Ebbott). He went to school at Melbourne Boys High and won a scholarship for Industrial Design at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. His first job on graduating was as an industrial designer for a glass factory, but his upbringing in the Methodist faith led him to attend a training college for Methodist Home Missionaries. He was then posted to serve in the circuit of Omeo, an historic Gippsland gold mining town in Eastern Victoria. In 1942, aged 23, Docking enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force and was based in the UK where he was involved in coastal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newcastle Art Gallery
The Newcastle Art Gallery, formerly the Newcastle City Art Gallery and Newcastle Region Art Gallery, is a large public art museum in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. History Founded in 1945 with an art collection consisting of 123 works donated by Roland Pope which was conditional on the construction of a gallery to hold it, the museum opened its doors in 1957. It moved to a new, purpose-built museum building in 1977. As a Sydneysider, Pope's collection reflect was Sydney-centric. Under the directorships of the gallery's first two directors, Gil Docking and after him David Thomas, both from Melbourne, saw the collection expand to include artists from Melbourne and Adelaide. A purpose-built building was completed in the 1970s and officially opened by Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth II on Friday 11 March 1977. This building stands today as an example of 1970s geometric architecture in the Brutalist architecture, brutalist tradition. Nick Mitzevich (later director of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
