Mosman art prize
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Mosman art prize is an art award in Australia
held in Mosman, a suburb of Sydney
. It has been running since 1947.
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...
held in Mosman, a suburb of Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
. It has been running since 1947.
List of winners
- Margaret OlleyMargaret OlleyMargaret Hannah Olley AC was an Australian painter. She was the subject of more than 90 solo exhibitions.Margaret Olley was born in Lismore, New South Wales. She attended Somerville House in Brisbane during her high school years...
won the inaugural Mosman art prize in 1947 - Tom Gleghorn 1958
- Henry Salkauskas 1963, 1964, 1965
- Eva Kubbos 1964 1966
- Joan Brassil 1973
- Max Miller 1976
- Jason BenjaminJason BenjaminJason Benjamin is an Australian painter. Benjamin was born in Melbourne in 1971 and now lives and works in Sydney. He has been exhibiting since 1989 and won the 2005 Packing Room Prize at the Archibald Prize with a painting of actor Bill Hunter titled Staring down the past. He won the 1993, 1994...
won the 1993, 1994 and 1996 Mosman Art Prizes - Lucy Culliton won in 2000
- Noel McKenna won in 2003
- Adam CullenAdam CullenAdam Cullen , Australian artist, most known for winning the Archibald Prize in 2000 with a portrait of actor David Wenham. He is also known for his controversial subjects or work...
won the 2005 prize, along with Tom Carment.