Wynne Prize

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The Wynne Prize is an Australian landscape painting or figure sculpture art prize. As one of Australia's longest-running art prizes, it was established in 1897 from the bequest of Richard Wynne. [1] [2] Now held concurrently with the Sir John Sulman Prize and the Archibald Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney.

It is awarded annually for "the best landscape painting of Australian scenery in oils or watercolours or for the best example of figure sculpture by Australian artists completed during the 12 months preceding the [closing] date".

Many of Australia's most famous artists have won the prize, including William Dobell, Brett Whiteley, Hans Heysen, Gloria Petyarre, Lloyd Rees, Fred Williams, William Robinson, Eric Smith, Nyapanyapa Yunupingu, and Sali Herman.

In 2010, the prize awarded was A$25,000, but the painting by Sam Leach which was awarded the prize, was later revealed to be a close copy of the 17th-century painting Boatmen Moored on the Shore of an Italian Lake by Adam Pijnacker. Concern was expressed that the prize had been awarded to a painting which did not fulfil the prize's criteria. [3] Nevertheless, the trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales decided that the award would stand. [4]

List of winners

ImageTitleYearArtistTechniqueDimensions (cm)Gallery
Walter Withers - The storm - Google Art Project.jpg The Storm1897 Walter Withers oil on canvas on hardboard119.8 x 179.5 Art Gallery of New South Wales
The last gleam1898 W. Lister Lister oil on canvas183 x 274.5
George Lambert - Across the black soil plains.jpg Across the black soil plains 1899 George Washington Lambert oil on canvas91.6 x 305.5 Art Gallery of New South Wales
Still Autumn1900Walter Withers
Thunderstorm on the Darling1901 William Piguenit
In Defence of the Flat1902 James White
Glenora1903 Edward Officer
Hans Heysen Mystic Morn.jpg Mystic Morn1904 Hans Heysen
A Blaze of Blue Noon1905 Albert J. Hanson watercolour
W Lister Lister - Golden, 1906.jpg The Golden Splendour of the Bush1906 W. Lister Lister oil on canvas239.8 x 190.5 Art Gallery of New South Wales
Portrait, H. Garlick, Esq.1907G. W. L. Hirst
Noontide, Burnside1908 Will Ashton
Hans Heysen Summer 1909.jpg Summer1909 Hans Heysen watercolourArt Gallery of New South Wales
Mid Song of Birds and Insects Murmuring1910W. Lister Lister
Hans Heysen Hauling Timber.jpg Hauling Timber1911Hans Heysenoil on canvas102.0 x 135.0Art Gallery of New South Wales
Sydney Harbour, Overlooking Taylors Bay1912W. Lister Lister
W Lister Lister Federal Capital Site.jpg Federal Capital Site1913W. Lister Listeroil on canvas159.0 x 284.0Historical Memorials Collection
Landscape1914 Penleigh Boyd
Knowledge, Fine Art and Commerce1915 John Christie Wright
Elioth Gruner - Morning light - Google Art Project.jpg Morning Light 1916 Elioth Gruner oil on canvas on cardboard51.7 x 56.9 Art Gallery of New South Wales
The Wind-swept Marsh Lands1917W. Lister Lister
W. B. McInnes - The Grey Road.jpg The Grey Road1918 W. B. McInnes oil on canvas123.2 x 154.6 Art Gallery of New South Wales
Elioth Gruner - Spring frost - Google Art Project.jpg Spring Frost 1919Elioth Gruneroil on canvas157.5 x 206.3 Art Gallery of New South Wales
Hans Heysen The Toilers.jpg The Toilers1920Hans Heysenwatercolour on paper73.0 x 86.0Art Gallery of South Australia
Valley of the Tweed.jpg Valley of the Tweed1921Elioth Gruneroil on canvas142.2 x 172.7 Art Gallery of New South Wales
Hans Heysen The Quarry.jpg The Quarry1922Hans Heysenwatercolour51.0 x 66.7Art Gallery of New South Wales
Head of an Old Man1923G. W. L. Hirst
An Afternoon in Autumn1924Hans Heysen
A Bush Track1925W. Lister Lister
The Farmyard, Frosty Morning1926Hans Heysen
Head1927 Rayner Hoff
Arthur Streeton - Afternoon Light, Goulburn Valley.jpg Afternoon Light, Goulburn Valley1928 Arthur Streeton oil on canvas mounted on composition board51.0 x 76.0 National Gallery of Australia
Elioth Gruner - On the Murrumbidgee.jpg On the Murrumbidgee1929Elioth Gruneroil on canvas101.6 x 123.2 Art Gallery of New South Wales
Kosciusko1930Will Ashton
Red Gums of the Far North1931Hans Heysen
Brachina Gorge1932Hans Heysen
Youth1933 Lyndon Dadswell sculptureArt Gallery of NSW
Murrumbidgee Ranges, Canberra 1934.jpg Murrumbidgee Ranges, Canberra1934Elioth Gruneroil on canvas51.6 x 89.0 National Gallery of Australia
James Muir Auld Winter Morning.jpg Winter Morning1935 James Muir Auld oil on canvas on paperboard41.3 x 46.3 Art Gallery of New South Wales
Landscape1936Elioth Gruner
Elioth Gruner - Weetangera, Canberra - Google Art Project.jpg Weetangera, Canberra1937Elioth Gruneroil on canvas on cardboard88 x 100.9 Art Gallery of New South Wales
The Approaching Storm1938 Sydney Long
Morning Light, Middle Harbour1939Will Ashton
The Lake, Narrabeen1940Sydney Long
Valley Farms1941Lorna Muir Nimmo
Backyards1942Douglas Watson
The Hilltop1943Douglas Dundas
McElhone Stairs1944 Sali Herman
Old Grain Stores, Greenaugh, W. A.1945Douglas Watson
January Weather1946 Lance Solomon
Sofala 1947 Russell Drysdale oil on canvas on hardboard71.7 × 93.1 Art Gallery of New South Wales
Storm Approaching Wangi 1948 William Dobell oil on cardboard on composition board32.5 × 55.5
Two Rivers1949 George Lawrence
The Harbour from McMahon's Point1950 Lloyd Rees
Never Never Creek, Gleniffer1951 Charles Meere
Summer at Kanmantoo1952Charles Bush
The River Bend1953Lance Solomon
Cooktown1954Arthur Evan Reed
Townsville Waterfront1955Charles Bush
The Chicory Kiln, Phillip Island1956 L. Scott Pendlebury
Constitution Dock, Hobart1957L. Scott Pendlebury
The Cliff1958 Ronald Steuart
Harbour Cruise1959Reinis Zusters
Dairy Farm, Victoria1960 John Perceval
Landscape, Hill End1961 David Strachan
The Devil's Bridge, Rottnest1962 Sali Herman
Sandhills on the Darling1963 Sam Fullbrook
Trees in a Landscape1964Sam Fullbrook (joint winner)
Landscape1964David Strachan (joint winner)
The Red House1965Sali Herman
Upwey Landscape V1966 Fred Williams
Ravenswood I1967Sali Herman
Road to Whistlewood1968L. Scott Pendlebury
The Chasing Bird Landscape1969 John Olsen
Redfern, Southern Portal1970Frederic Henry Bates
Karri Country1971Margaret Woodward
Falling Bark1972 Eric Smith
Dry Landscape1973Clem Millward
Redfern Landscape1974Eric Smith
Murchison Sand Plain1975 Robert Juniper
Mt Kosciusko1976Fred Williams
The Jacaranda Tree (On Sydney Harbour)1977 Brett Whiteley
Summer at Carcoar 1978Brett Whiteley
Flood Creek1979Robert Juniper
A Waterfall (Strath Creek)1980 William Delafield Cook
Hills of Ravensdale1981 David Voight
Morning on the Derwent1982Lloyd Rees
Life Along the Coast1983 David Rankin
The South Coast After Rain1984Brett Whiteley
The Road to Clarendon, Autumn1985John Olsen
Torso1986 Rosemary Madigan
Landscape Painting II1987Ian Bettinson
Fire and Drought near Old Junee1988 Elwyn Lynn
Landscape Painting IV1989Ian Bettinson
The Rainforest1990 William Robinson
Maschera Femina1991–92Peter Schipperheyn
Open Cut1993 George Gittoes
Waratahs Wedderburn Series1994Suzanne Archer
Season of Drought1995David Aspden
Creation Landscape Earth and Sea1996William Robinson
Nandi Moon1997 John Peart
Yellow Sound1998 Ann Thomson
Leaves1999 Gloria Tammere Petyarre
Thong Totems2000 John Dahlsen
Piatra2001 Aida Tomescu
Remembering Rain2002Angus Nivison
Seated Figure2003Tim Kyle
Untitled2004George Ward Tjungurrayi
The Road to Utopia2005 Jenny Sages
The Gap2006 John Beard
Winter Nocturne IV2007Philip Wolfhagen
The River is Calm2008 Joanne Currie Nalingu
The Amorphous Ones (The Vast Colony of Our Being)2009 Lionel Bawden
Proposal for Landscaped Cosmos 2010 Sam Leach oil and resin on wood30 × 30
Co-Isolated Slave2011 Richard J. Goodwin
Waterfall (After Williams)2012 Imants Tillers
Namatjira2013Imants Tillers
Oceania High Low2014Michael Johnson
Biophilia2015Natasha Bieniek
Seven Sisters2016Ken Family Collaborative
Antara2017 Betty Kuntiwa Pumani acrylic on linen250 x 200
Untitled2018 Yukultji Napangati acrylic on linen244.5 x 183
Seven sisters2019 Sylvia Ken acrylic on linen200 x 240
Tjoritja2020 Hubert Pareroultja acrylic on canvas183 x 244
Garak – night sky2021 Nyapanyapa Yunupingu earth pigments on board244.2 x 244.2
Eora2022 Nicholas Hardling oil on linen196.5 x 374.8 [5]
Inma2023 Zaachariaha Fielding acrylic on linen198.5 x 306.2 [6]
Nyalala gurmilili2024 Djakaŋu Yunupiŋu natural pigments on bark263 x 154 [7]

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