Anne Judell (born 1942) is an Australian artist and winner of the 2011

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for drawing. Judell was born in Melbourne in 1942, and studied at

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. She moved to Sydney in 1977 and then to the New South Wales southern highlands in 1992, returning to Melbourne in 2014. The work of Judell was the subject of a 2002 exhibition at

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. A 2007 drawing executed in gesso and charcoal on

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paper, ''First light'', was selected for inclusion in the

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exhibition. In 2011, after having been a finalist nine times, she won the Dobell Prize for a triptych, ''Breath'', done in pastel on paper. Judge of the competition,

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, observed:

"In a world of clashes and chaos this work speaks of something different. With dense layers and subtle surfaces it talks of the mystery of growth, of essences and fragility, of quiet contemplation. It is like a thought once understood and lost, which one tries to grasp again."

A distinctive feature of Judell's method is the time taken to create a drawing, with individual pieces sometimes taking several years. She was reported saying that ''Breath'' was unusual in being completed in one year. Judell's 2011 prize-winning work is held by the

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,Contemporary Australian Drawing 20 Years of the Dobell Prize for Drawing written by Helen Campbell, Hendrik Kolenberg, Anne Ryan Art Gallery of NSW , the

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, and the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Judell, Anne 1942 births Living people Australian women artists Artists from Melbourne RMIT University alumni Artists from Sydney