Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship
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The Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship is an Australia
n annual art award in honour of the painter Brett Whiteley
. The scholarship is administered by the Art Gallery of New South Wales
.
Whiteley died in 1992. In 1999, his mother Beryl Whiteley (19172010) made funds available to establish a scholarship in his memory. The inspiration for the scholarship was the profound effect of international travel and study experienced by Brett as a result of winning the Italian Travelling Art Scholarship at the age of 20.
The Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship is open to Australian artists aged between 20 and 30. The winner receives A$25,000 and a three-month residency at the Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris
.
In 2004, Beryl Whiteley was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia
(OAM) for her service as a benefactor to the visual arts through the creation and endowment of the scholarship. Brett Whiteley himself was appointed an Officer (AO) of the order a year before his death.
In recent years, Brett Whiteley’s ex-wife Wendy Whiteley
has presented the prizes.
Beryl Whiteley died on 1 April 2010, aged 93.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n annual art award in honour of the painter Brett Whiteley
Brett Whiteley
Brett Whiteley, AO was an Australian artist. He is represented in the collections of all the large Australian galleries, and was twice winner of the Archibald Prize...
. The scholarship is administered by the Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Gallery of New South Wales
The Art Gallery of New South Wales , located in The Domain in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, was established in 1897 and is the most important public gallery in Sydney and the fourth largest in Australia...
.
Whiteley died in 1992. In 1999, his mother Beryl Whiteley (19172010) made funds available to establish a scholarship in his memory. The inspiration for the scholarship was the profound effect of international travel and study experienced by Brett as a result of winning the Italian Travelling Art Scholarship at the age of 20.
The Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship is open to Australian artists aged between 20 and 30. The winner receives A$25,000 and a three-month residency at the Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
.
In 2004, Beryl Whiteley was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia
Order of Australia
The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...
(OAM) for her service as a benefactor to the visual arts through the creation and endowment of the scholarship. Brett Whiteley himself was appointed an Officer (AO) of the order a year before his death.
In recent years, Brett Whiteley’s ex-wife Wendy Whiteley
Wendy Whiteley
Wendy Whiteley OAM is an Australian artist and cultural icon.She is sometimes described as the "grande dame of the Sydney art scene"...
has presented the prizes.
Beryl Whiteley died on 1 April 2010, aged 93.
Winners of the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship
- 1999: Alice Byrne, Newtown shed
- 2000: Marcus WillsMarcus WillsMarcus Wills is an Australian artist. He graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 1995.He was the winner of the 2006 Archibald Prize for his painting of The Paul Juraszek Monolith, which was based on an engraving by Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder.In 2000, he won the second Brett Whiteley...
, Parable of the sower - 2001: Petrea Fellows, Treescape
- 2002: Ben QuiltyBen QuiltyBen Quilty is an Australian artist who won the 2011 Archibald Prize.-Biography:Quilty grew up in Kenthurst in Sydney's north-west. He lives and works in Robertson, New South Wales. He is a graduate of the Sydney College of the Arts at the University of Sydney...
, Elwood Park - 2003: Karlee Rawkins, Bitch in India
- 2004: Alan Jones (artist), Figure # 11
- 2005: Wayde Owen, Californian Quail
- 2006: Samuel Wade, Grey Day at Central
- 2007: Nathan Hawkes, Icebergs
- 2008: Amber Wallace, Untitled landscape