Paul Dibble
b. 1943
Also known as:
- Paul Hugh Dibble
6 Artworks
Paul Dibble was born in Thames and graduated with a Diploma of Fine Arts with Honours in 1967 from the University of Auckland. He was appointed to lecture painting and sculpture at the Palmerston North College of Education in 1977.
In 2000 he established his own bronze foundry scrap for larger works and models. Since that time, has been one of the few New Zealand sculptors completing their own large-scale castings.
Dibble's service to the arts was recognised by appointment as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2004. He was also recognised with an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Massey University in 2007.
Dibble's work is held by the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, the Dowse Art Museum, Te Manawa in Palmerston North, and the Christchurch Art Gallery.
See also:
Paul Dibble, ‘Pacific Monarch’ (1992), Te Manawa Museum, Te Papa-i-oea Palmerston North
Images: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2022
