Paul Hugh Dibble (born 20 March 1943) is a New Zealand sculptor.

Biography

Born in

Thames The River Thames ( ), known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At , it is the longest river entirely in England and the second-longest in the United Kingdom, after the R ...

on 20 March 1943 and raised on a farm in Waitakaruru on the Hauraki Plains, Dibble was educated at

Thames High School Thames High School is a public high school in Thames, Waikato, New Zealand. Established in 1880, it is the second oldest secondary school in the former Auckland Province. Academics At all grade levels, Māori language courses are offered, with ...

. He trained at the

Elam School of Fine Arts The Elam School of Fine Arts, founded by John Edward Elam, is part of the Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries at the University of Auckland. Students study degrees in fine art with an emphasis on a multidisciplinary approach. The schoo ...

University of Auckland , mottoeng = By natural ability and hard work , established = 1883; years ago , endowment = NZD $293 million (31 December 2021) , budget = NZD $1.281 billion (31 December 2021) , chancellor = Cecilia Tarrant , vice_chancellor = Dawn F ...

from 1963, graduating with a Diploma of Fine Arts with Honours in 1967. Dibble was appointed to lecture painting and sculpture at the Palmerston North College of Education in 1977. Between 1997 and 2002 he lectured in art at

Massey University Massey University ( mi, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa) is a university based in Palmerston North, New Zealand, with significant campuses in Albany and Wellington. Massey University has approximately 30,883 students, 13,796 of whom are extramural or ...

. He has produced a wide range of pieces and has mounted many one-man exhibitions beginning with the Barry Lett Gallery in

Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by po ...

in 1971. In 2000 he established his own bronze foundry for larger works, and is one of a small number of New Zealand sculptors who does his own large-scale casting. He received grants from the

QEII Arts Council The Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa (Creative New Zealand) is the national arts development agency of the New Zealand government, investing in artists and arts organisations, offering capability building programmes and developing markets ...

in 1979 and 1985, and held a residency at the

Dowse Art Museum The Dowse Art Museum is a municipal art gallery in Lower Hutt, New Zealand. Opening in 1971 in the Lower Hutt CBD, The Dowse occupies a stand-alone building adjacent to other municipal facilities. The building was completely remodelled in 20 ...

in Lower Hutt in 1987–88. Dibble was appointed a

Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit The New Zealand Order of Merit is an order of merit in the New Zealand royal honours system. It was established by royal warrant on 30 May 1996 by Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand, "for those persons who in any field of endeavour, have ren ...

, for services to the arts, in the

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, and in 2007 he was awarded an honorary

Doctor of Fine Arts Doctor of Fine Arts (D.F.A.) is a doctoral degree in fine arts, may be given as an honorary degree (a degree ''honoris causa'') or an earned professional degree (in the UK). Description Doctoral programmes leading to DFAs are of equivalent level ...

degree by

. Dibble's work is held in public collections in New Zealand, including that of the

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, the Dowse Art Museum,

Te Manawa Te Manawa (Māori: ''The Heart'') is a museum, art gallery and science centre in Palmerston North, New Zealand. It is operated by the Te Manawa Museums Trust, a charitable trust incorporated on 20 August 1999. From that date, the Trust assumed r ...

in Palmerston North, and the

Christchurch Art Gallery The Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, commonly known as the Christchurch Art Gallery, is the public art gallery of the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. It has its own substantial art collection and also presents a programme of New ...

. In 2016, the Stuart Residence Halls Council gifted Dibble's sculpture ''Pathways'' to the

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, to celebrate the council's 75th anniversary. In May 2018 Dibble's sculpture ''The Garden 2002'' was unveiled in

Havelock North Havelock North ( mi, Te Hemo-a-Te Atonga) is a town in the Hawke's Bay region of the North Island of New Zealand, situated less than 2 km south-east of the city of Hastings. It was a borough for many years until the 1989 reorganisation of local ...

by Governor-General Dame

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Notable commissions

New Zealand War Memorial, London The New Zealand War Memorial in London is a war memorial, memorial to the war dead of New Zealand in the World War I, First and World War II, Second World Wars, unveiled in 2006. Officially named "Southern Stand", the memorial was designed by ...

Gallery

File:Paul Dibble Wellington Botanic Garden MRD.png, ''Looking and Listening for the Sea'' (1992) File:Pacific Monarch Dibble MRD.jpg, ''Pacific Monarch'' (1992),

File:The Nectar Eaters, Palmerston North in New Zealand (63).JPG, ''The Nectar Eaters'' (2004),

Palmerston North Palmerston North (; mi, Te Papa-i-Oea, known colloquially as Palmy) is a city in the North Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Manawatū-Whanganui region. Located in the eastern Manawatu Plains, the city is near the north bank of the ...

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References

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Biography

Notable commissions

Gallery

Further reading

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