Wynne Prize
The Wynne Prize is an Australian art award for landscape painting and sculpture . Founded in 1897 from the legacy of Richard Wynne (1822–1895), it is one of Australia's oldest art awards, now held in the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, on a par with the Sir John Sulman Prize and the Archibald Prize .
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The award is given annually for the best landscape painting of Australia's landscape in oil or water colors, or for the best piece of sculpture by Australian artists, completed during the 12 months to the closing date.
Many of Australia's most famous artists have won the award, including William Dobell , Hans Heysen , Lloyd Rees , Fred Williams , William Robinson , Eric Smith and Sali Herman .
In 2010 the award was worth A $ 25,000. Sam Leach won the award, but his painting was later revealed to be an overly dense copy of Adam Pijnacker's 17th century painting Boatmen Moored on the Shore of an Italian Lake . Concern was expressed that the award was given to a painting that did not meet the criteria. Still, the curators of the Art Gallery of New South Wales decided the award would stay.
Winner painting (selection)
The Storm (1897) by Walter Withers , winner of the first Wynne Prize
Across the black soil plains (1899) by George Washington Lambert
The Golden Splendor of the Bush (1906) by William Lister Lister
Spring Frost (1919), open-air painting by Elioth Gruner
Murrumbidgee Ranges, Canberra (1934), also by Elioth Gruner
Web links
- Wynne Prize , Art Gallery of New South Wales website, with information on all winners
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.mtwilson.com.au/mt-wilsonmt-irvine-historical-society/miscellaneous-articles/201-wynstay.html
- ↑ "Double dutch: scandal rocks Wynne painting prize" by Michaela Boland, The Australian (April 14, 2010)
- ↑ "Sam Leach to keep $ 25,000 Wynne prize despite resemblance to Dutch landscape" by Michaela Boland, The Australian (April 27, 2010) (compares both paintings)