Gil Docking

Gilbert Charles Docking was an Australian arts administrator, founding director of the Newcastle Art Gallery, director of the Auckland City Art Gallery and senior education officer and acting director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

Early life

Docking was born in 1919 in Bendigo, Victoria to George Docking and Gertrude Docking here]. After the war Docking attended Melbourne University to study Fine Arts and Philosophy, graduating in 1951 with a BA. Three years later he married artist Sheila Lawson. At this time the couple turned to Anglo-Catholicism sharing a love of its liturgy, music and images.

Awards

In 2014 Docking was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for service to the arts.