Paul Dibble

MNZM
Dibble in 2001
Born
Paul Hugh Dibble

(1943-03-20)20 March 1943
Thames, New Zealand
Died5 December 2023(2023-12-05) (aged 80)
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Alma materElam School of Fine Arts
Known forSculpture
Notable workNew Zealand War Memorial, London
Spouse(s)Patricia Burke
Fran McIntosh

Paul Hugh Dibble MNZM (20 March 1943 – 5 December 2023) was a New Zealand sculptor.

Biography

Born in Thames on 20 March 1943 and raised on a farm in Waitakaruru on the Hauraki Plains,[1] Dibble was educated at Thames High School. He trained at the Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland from 1963, graduating with a Diploma of Fine Arts with Honours in 1967.[2]

Dibble was appointed to lecture on painting and sculpture at the Palmerston North College of Education in 1977.[2] Between 1997 and 2002 he lectured in art at Massey University.[3] He produced a wide range of pieces and mounted many one-man exhibitions beginning with the Barry Lett Gallery in Auckland in 1971.[3] Dibble received grants from the QEII Arts Council in 1979 and 1985 and held a residency at the Dowse Art Museum in Lower Hutt in 1987–88.[3] Dibble was based in Palmerston North, and in 2000 established his own bronze foundry at Cloverlea for larger works.[4] He was one of a small number of New Zealand sculptors who do their own large-scale casting.[5]

Dibble was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the arts, in the 2005 New Year Honours,[6] and in 2007 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree by Massey University.[7]

Dibble's work is held in public collections in New Zealand, including that of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa,[8] the Dowse Art Museum, Te Manawa in Palmerston North, and the Christchurch Art Gallery.[3] Native wildlife and plants often feature in his work.[9]

In 2016, the Stuart Residence Halls Council gifted Dibble's sculpture Pathways to the University of Otago, to celebrate the council's 75th anniversary.[10]

In May 2018 Dibble's sculpture The Garden 2002 was unveiled in Havelock North by Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy.[11]

Dibble died in Palmerston North on 5 December 2023, at the age of 80.[9][12]

Notable commissions

Further reading

  • Dibble, Fran; Dibble, Paul (2012). Paul Dibble: The Large Works. New Zealand: David Bateman. ISBN 9781869538194.
  • Cook, Jeanette (2006). Paul Dibble. New Zealand: David Bateman. ISBN 9781869536527.
  • Cook, Jeanette (2001). Paul Dibble. New Zealand: David Bateman. ISBN 1869535073.
  • "An Interview with Sculptor Paul Dibble". tvnz.co.nz. Television New Zealand. 2012.
  • "Paul Dibble: The Large Works – review". New Zealand Listener. 2012.

References

  1. ↑ "Paul Dibble". Milford Galleries. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 Taylor, Alister, ed. (2001). "New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa 2001". New Zealand Who's Who, Aotearoa. Auckland: Alister Taylor Publishers. ISSN 1172-9813.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Paul Dibble" (PDF). Gow Langsford Gallery. 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  4. ↑ Dallas, Matthew; Heagney, George (6 December 2023). "'Man of many contradictions': Sculptor Paul Dibble remembered as complex, confident artist". Stuff. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Paul Dibble at the Gow Langsford Gallery". gowlangsfordgallery.co.nz. 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "New Year honours list 2005". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2004. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  7. ↑ "Honorary graduates". Massey University. Archived from the original on 25 April 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "Dibble, Paul at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  9. 1 2 "Renowned New Zealand sculptor Paul Dibble dead at 80". Stuff. 5 December 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "Major artwork unveiled". University of Otago. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  11. ↑ Harfield, Ruby (4 May 2018). "Havelock North sculpture unveiled by Governor-General". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  12. ↑ "Paul Dibble obituary". Manawatū Standard. 7 December 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
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