Sulman Prize
Encyclopedia
The Sir John Sulman Prize is one of Australia
's longest running art prizes, having been established in 1936.
It is now held concurrently with the Archibald Prize
, Australia's best known art prize, and also with the Wynne Prize
, at the Art Gallery of New South Wales
(AGNSW), Sydney
.
The definition of the terms as given by the AGNSW is:
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...
's longest running art prizes, having been established in 1936.
It is now held concurrently with the Archibald Prize
Archibald Prize
The Archibald Prize is regarded as the most important portraiture prize in Australia. It was first awarded in 1921 after a bequest from J. F. Archibald, the editor of The Bulletin who died in 1919...
, Australia's best known art prize, and also with the Wynne Prize
Wynne Prize
The Wynne Prize is an Australian landscape painting or figure sculpture art prize. One of Australia's longest running art prizes, it was established in 1897 from the bequest of Richard Wynne...
, at 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...
(AGNSW), 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...
.
Criteria
The Sir John Sulman Prize is awarded each year for "the best subject/genre painting and/or murals/mural project executed during the two years preceding the [closing] date", and as of 2008 is valued at $20,000. Media may be acrylic, oil, watercolour or mixed media, and applicants must have been resident in Australia for five years.The definition of the terms as given by the AGNSW is:
- A genre painting is normally a composition representing some aspect or aspects of everyday life, and may feature figurative, still-life, interior or figure-in-landscape themes. A subject painting, in contrast to a genre painting, is idealised or dramatised. Typically, a subject painting takes its theme from history, poetry, mythology or religion. In both cases, however, the style may be figurative, representative, abstract or semi-abstract. A mural is a picture that is affixed directly to a wall or ceiling, as part of an architectural and/or decorative scheme.
List of winners
- 1940 - Harold Abbott - Vaucluse Interior (painting)
- 1941 - Douglas AnnandDouglas AnnandDouglas Shenton Annand was an Australian graphic designer and artist.Born at Toowoomba, Queensland, Annand studied commercial art at the Central Technical College in Brisbane. After working for several firms he began as a freelance artist and designer in 1931...
- Historical Mural at Bathurst Public School - 1942 - Jean Bellette - For Whom the Bell Tolls (painting)
- 1943 - Elaine Haxton - Mural at le Coq D'Or Restaurant, Sydney
- 1944 - Jean Bellette - Iphigenia in Tauris (painting)
- 1945 - Virgil Lo Schiavo - Tribute to Shakespeare, Mural at Sydney University Union
- 1946 - Sali HermanSali HermanSali Herman was a Swiss-born Australian artist, one of Australia's Official War Artists for the Second World War....
- Natives carrying wounded soldiers (painting) - 1947 - Douglas AnnandDouglas AnnandDouglas Shenton Annand was an Australian graphic designer and artist.Born at Toowoomba, Queensland, Annand studied commercial art at the Central Technical College in Brisbane. After working for several firms he began as a freelance artist and designer in 1931...
- Mural, Messrs. Jantzen (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., Lidcombe. - 1948 - Sali HermanSali HermanSali Herman was a Swiss-born Australian artist, one of Australia's Official War Artists for the Second World War....
- The Drovers (painting) - 1949 - J. Carrington SmithJ. Carrington SmithJack Carington Smith was an Australian artist from Launceston, Tasmania. Born simply "Smith", he adopted "Carington Smith" as his surname around 1936 when he won a travelling scholarship which enabled him to study at the Royal Academy of Arts, London.He was head of the art department, Hobart...
- Bush Pastoral, Mural design for New State Building, Hobart - 1950 - Harold Greenhill - Summer Holiday (painting)
- 1951 - Douglas AnnandDouglas AnnandDouglas Shenton Annand was an Australian graphic designer and artist.Born at Toowoomba, Queensland, Annand studied commercial art at the Central Technical College in Brisbane. After working for several firms he began as a freelance artist and designer in 1931...
- Mural, Restaurant, R.M.S. "Oronsay" - 1952 - Charles Doutney - Darlinghurst Road (painting)
- 1953 - Eric SmithEric Smith (artist)Eric John Smith is an award-winning Australian artist. Smith has won many of Australia's major art prizes multiple times including the Archibald Prize for portraiture three times; the Wynne Prize twice; the Sulman Prize three times; and the Blake Prize for Religious Art six times.-Life and...
- Convicts Berrima 1839, Mural at Old Court House, Berrima - 1954 - Wallace Thornton - Sculptor and Model (painting)
- 1955 - Wesley Penberthy - Oriental Mural (mural design)
- 1956 - Harold Greenhill - Prawning at Night (genre painting)
- 1957 - Michael KmitMichael KmitMichael Kmit was a Ukrainian painter who spent twenty-five of his most productive years in Australia. He is notable for introducing a neo-Byzantine style of painting to Australia, and winning a number of major Australian art prizes including the Blake Prize and the Sulman Prize...
- The Voice of Silence (subject painting) - 1958 - No Award
- 1959 - Susan Wright - The Circus (genre painting)
- 1960 - Leonard FrenchLeonard FrenchLeonard William French OBE is an Australian artist, known principally for major stained glass works.French was born in Brunswick, Victoria...
- The Burial (subject painting) - 1961 - Robin Norling - Sea Movement and Rocks (mural design)
- 1962 - John RigbyJohn Rigby (artist)John Rigby is an Australian artist born in Brisbane who is particularly known for his tropical and bush landscapes, genre and portraits....
- Children Dancing (genre painting) - 1963 - Roy Fluke - Spring Walk (subject painting)
- 1964 - Ken Reinhard - The Private Public Preview (genre painting)
- 1965 - Gareth Jones-Roberts - Grape-pickers and Vineyards (subject painting)
- 1966 - Louis James - It's Hot in Town (genre painting)
- 1967 - Cec Burns - Exercise in Variegation (subject painting)
- 1968 - Tim Storrier - Suzy 350 (genre painting)
- 1969 - Louis James - Spyhole (subject painting)
- 1970 - Michael KmitMichael KmitMichael Kmit was a Ukrainian painter who spent twenty-five of his most productive years in Australia. He is notable for introducing a neo-Byzantine style of painting to Australia, and winning a number of major Australian art prizes including the Blake Prize and the Sulman Prize...
- Philopena (genre painting) - 1971 - James Meldrum - Pyramid Shelf (subject painting)
- 1972 - Peter Powditch - Sun-torso 128 (Bunch) (genre painting)
- 1973 - Eric SmithEric Smith (artist)Eric John Smith is an award-winning Australian artist. Smith has won many of Australia's major art prizes multiple times including the Archibald Prize for portraiture three times; the Wynne Prize twice; the Sulman Prize three times; and the Blake Prize for Religious Art six times.-Life and...
- The Painter Transmogrified and Mrs. Smith (subject painting) - 1974 - Keith LoobyKeith LoobyKeith Looby, born Sydney. Australian artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1984 with a portrait of Max Gillies. He won the Sulman Prize in 1974 with a genre painting - Still Life and Comfy II. He was Canberra Artist of the Year in 1992. Was married to Helen Beresford, sister of Australian...
- Still Life and Comfy II - 1975 - (joint) Alan Oldfield Transvestite (for Diane Arbus)
- 1975 - (joint) Geoffrey ProudGeoffrey ProudGeoffrey Proud is an Australian artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1990 with a portrait of Dorothy Hewett, and the Sulman Prize in 1976 with Untitled Jane. He has held 41 solo exhibitions in his career.-External links:*...
- Untitled Jane - 1976 - Brett WhiteleyBrett WhiteleyBrett 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...
- Interior with time past - 1977 - Salvatore ZofreaSalvatore ZofreaSalvatore Zofrea is an Italio-Australian artist and painter.-Life and work:Zofrea was born in Borgia, Italy in 1946, and emigrated to Australia in 1956. He studied at the Julian Ashton School in Sydney, and privately with Henry V...
- Woman's life, woman's love 3 - 1978 - Brett WhiteleyBrett WhiteleyBrett 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...
- Yellow Nude - 1979 - Salvatore ZofreaSalvatore ZofreaSalvatore Zofrea is an Italio-Australian artist and painter.-Life and work:Zofrea was born in Borgia, Italy in 1946, and emigrated to Australia in 1956. He studied at the Julian Ashton School in Sydney, and privately with Henry V...
- The water trap (subject painting) - 1980 - Brian DunlopBrian DunlopBrian Dunlop is an artist who was born in Sydney, Australia. He is a still life and figurative painter who won the Sulman Prize in 1980 with The Old Physics Building . He was a finalist in the 2004 Archibald Prize with Brian Kenna: imagines Urfa...
- The old physics building (genre painting) - 1981 - William Delafield Cook - A French family (subject painting)
- 1982 - Salvatore ZofreaSalvatore ZofreaSalvatore Zofrea is an Italio-Australian artist and painter.-Life and work:Zofrea was born in Borgia, Italy in 1946, and emigrated to Australia in 1956. He studied at the Julian Ashton School in Sydney, and privately with Henry V...
- Psalm 24 (genre) - 1986 - Wendy SharpeWendy SharpeWendy Sharpe is an Australian artist. Winner of the Sulman Prize in 1986 with Black Sun - Morning and Night and the Archibald Prize in 1996 with Self Portrait - as Diana of Erskineville, she has entered the Archibald Prize at least 6 times and been hung at least 3 times...
- Black Sun - Morning and Night, Nigel ThomsonNigel ThomsonNigel Thomson , Australian artist who won the Archibald Prize twice. Known for satirical paintings of Australian society. He studied at the Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney and later taught artistic composition at that institution....
- The State Institution - 1987 - Marcus BeilbyMarcus BeilbyMarcus Beilby , is an Australian realist painter. Beilby grew up in the Perth suburb of Mount Pleasant. He was educated at Applecross Senior High School and the Claremont Technical College, where he received a Diploma of Fine Arts in 1975.Beilby was the winner of the 1987 Sir John Sulman Prize for...
- Crutching the Ewes, Bob Marchant - The Grand Parade Sydney Show - 1988 - Bob Marchant - Catching rabbits and yabbies at 5 mile dam
- 1989 - John OlsenJohn Olsen (artist)John Henry Olsen, AO, OBE is an Australian artist. Olsen's primary subject of work is landscape.-Biography:John Olsen was born in Newcastle on 21 January 1928 and moved to Bondi Beach with his family in 1935, which began his lifelong fascination with Sydney Harbour...
- Don Quixote Enters the Inn - 1990 - Robert HollingworthRobert Hollingworth-Life and work:Robert Hollingworth was born in Victoria, Australia. Among other awards he has won the Sulman Prize 1990 and the Mount Buller Art Prize 2008. He founded the Geelong Fine Art Studios and operated it from 1977-1984, subsequently becoming a teacher/lecturer at various public...
- Going Away/Looking Back - 1991/92 - Kevin ConnorKevin Connor (artist)Kevin Connor , Australian artist who won the Archibald Prize twice; in 1975 for The Hon Sir Frank Kitto, KBE, and in 1977 for Robert Klippel. He won the Sulman Prize in 1991/92 with Najaf June 1991 and again in 1997 with The Man with itchy fingers and other figures Gare du Nord .He won a Harkness...
- Najaf (Iraq) June 1991 - 1992/93 - John Montefiore - Life Series
- 1993/94 - Noel McKenna - Boy Dressed as Batman 2 (Diptych)
- 1995 - Juli Haas - By the Banks of Her Own Lagoon
- 1996 - Aida Tomescu - Grey-to-Grey
- 1997 - Kevin ConnorKevin Connor (artist)Kevin Connor , Australian artist who won the Archibald Prize twice; in 1975 for The Hon Sir Frank Kitto, KBE, and in 1977 for Robert Klippel. He won the Sulman Prize in 1991/92 with Najaf June 1991 and again in 1997 with The Man with itchy fingers and other figures Gare du Nord .He won a Harkness...
- The Man with itchy fingers and other figures Gare du Nord - 1998 - Robert JacksRobert JacksRobert Jacks is an Australian painter, sculptor and printmaker.Born in Melbourne, Australia. He studied sculpture from 1958 to 1960 at the Prahran Technical College, Melbourne, and painting in 1961 and 1962 at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology .In 1966 he had his first solo exhibition at...
- Changed into a weeping willow - 1999 - Anne Wallace - Secret Paintings
- 2000 - John Peart - Snailsnake
- 2001 - Euan MacleodEuan MacLeodEuan MacLeod , New Zealand artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1999. He was born in Christchurch in New Zealand and moved to Sydney in 1981. He has a Diploma of Fine Arts from Canterbury University in Christchurch...
- Exquisite Corpse with Fire, Highly commended: Elisabeth Cummings Harbour Light - 2002 - Guan Wei - Gazing into deep space no. 9
- 2003 - Eric SmithEric Smith (artist)Eric John Smith is an award-winning Australian artist. Smith has won many of Australia's major art prizes multiple times including the Archibald Prize for portraiture three times; the Wynne Prize twice; the Sulman Prize three times; and the Blake Prize for Religious Art six times.-Life and...
- Reflection - 2004 - Allan Mitelman - Untitled
- 2005 - Sandro NocentiniSandro Nocentini]]Sandro Nocentini is an Italian artist, living and working in Australia. He is a figurative painter, whose work is "cubist-futurist". He is a winner of the Sir John Sulman Prize.-Life and work:...
- My son has two mothers Image - 2006 - Jiawei ShenJiawei ShenShen Jiawei is a Chinese Australian painter. He is a winner of the 2006 Sir John Sulman Prize.-Life and work:Shen Jiawei was born in Shanghai and emigrated to Australia in 1989. He was largely self-taught and became popular with the Chinese government for his 'revolutionary' images of workers and...
- Peking treaty 1901 Image - 2007 - David Disher - Axis of Elvis
- 2008 - Rodney Pople - Stage fright
- 2009 - Ivan Durrant - ANZAC Day Match
- 2010 - Michael Lindeman - Paintings, prints & wall hangings
- 2011 - Peter Smeeth - The artist’s fate
