The Artists

The Wynne Prize

The Wynne Prize was first awarded by the Art Gallery of New South Wales Trustees in 1897, in accordance with the terms of the bequest of the late Richard Wynne of Mount William, New South Wales.

The Prize is awarded 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 date fixed by the Trustees for sending in entries.

Below is a complete up-to-date chronological listing of the Artists who have won the Award with the titles of their winning entries.

1897

Walter Withers

The Storm

1898

W. Lister Lister

The Last Gleam

1899

G. W. Lambert

Across the Blacksoil Plains

1900

Walter Withers

Still Autumn

1901

W. C. Piguenit

Thunderstorm on the Darling

1902

James S. White

In Defence of the Flat (bronze group)

1903

Edward Officer

Glenora

1904

Hans Heysen

Mystic Morn

1905

Albert J. Hanson

The Blue Noon (watercolour)

1906

W. Lister Lister

The Golden Splendour of the Bush

1907

G. W. L. Hirst

Study of a Head (plaster)

1908

Will Ashton

Noon, Burnside, S.A.

1909

Hans Heysen

Summer (watercolour)

1910

W. Lister Lister

Mid Song of Birds and Insects Murmuring

1911

Hans Heysen

Hauling Timber

1912

W. Lister Lister

Sydney Harbour

1913

W. Lister Lister

Federal Capital Site

1914

Penleigh Boyd

Landscape

1915

J. C. Wright

Knowledge, Fine Art and Commerce (bronze group)

1916

Elioth Gruner

Morning Light

1917

W. Lister Lister

Windswept Marshes

1918

W. B. McInnes

The Grey Road

1919

Elioth Gruner

Spring Frost

1920

Hans Heysen

Toilers (watercolour)

1921

Elioth Gruner

Valley of the Tweed

1922

Hans Heysen

The Quarry (watercolour)

1923

G. W. L. Hirst

Study of a Head (sculpture)

1924

Hans Heysen

Afternoon in Autumn (watercolour)

1925

W. Lister Lister

Track through the Bush

1926

Hans Heysen

Farmyard, Frosty Morning

1927

Raynor Hoff

Head (plaster)

1928

Arthur Streeton

Afternoon Light, Goulburn Valley

1929

Elioth Gruner

On the Murrumbidgee

1930

Will Ashton

Kosciusko

1931

Hans Heysen

Red Gums of the Far North (watercolour)

1932

Hans Heysen

Brachina Gorge

1933

Lyndon Dadswell

Youth (bronze)

1934

Elioth Gruner

Murrumbidgee Ranges, Canberra

1935

J. Muir Auld

Winter Morning

1936

Elioth Gruner

An Australian Landscape

1937

Elioth Gruner

Weetangera, Canberra

1938

Sydney Long

The Approaching Storm

1939

Will Ashton

Morning Light, Middle Harbour

1940

Sydney Long

The Lake, Narrabeen

1941

Lorna Nimmo

Valley Farms

1942

Douglas Watson

Backyards

1943

Douglas Dundas

The Hilltop

1944

Sali Herman

McElhone Stairs (Steps)

1945

Douglas Watson

Old Grain Stores, Greenough, W.A.

1946

Lance Solomon

January Weather

1947

Russell Drysdale

Sofala

1948

William Dobell

Storm Approaching, Wangi

1949

George Lawrence

Two Rivers

1950

Lloyd Rees

The Harbour from McMahons Point

1951

Charles Meere

Never Never Creek, Gleniffer

1952

Charles Bush

Summer at Kanmantoo

1953

Lance Solomon

The River Bend

1954

Arthur Even Read

Cooktown

1955

Charles Bush

Townsville Waterfront

1956

L. Scott Pendlebury

The Chicory Kiln, Phillip Island

1957

L. Scott Pendlebury

Constitution Dock, Hobart

1958

Ronald Steuart

The Cliff

1959

Reinis Zusters

Harbour Cruise

1960

John Perceval

Dairy Farm, Victoria

1960

L. Scott Pendlebury

Old Farmhouse

1961

David Strachan

Landscape, Hill End

1962

Sali Herman

The Devil’s Bridge, Rottnest

1963

Sam Fullbrook

Sandhills on the Darling

1964

David Strachan

Landscape, Hill End

1964

Sam Fullbrook

Trees in a Landscape

1965

Sali Herman

The Red House

1966

Fred Williams

Upwey Landscape

1967

Sali Herman

Ravenswood I

1968

L. Scott Pendlebury

Road to Whistlewood

1969

John Olsen

The Chasing Bird Landscape

1970

Frederick Bates

Redfern – Southern Portal

1971

Margaret Woodward

Karri Country

1972

Eric Smith

Falling Bark

1973

Clem Millwood

Dry Landscape

1974

Eric Smith

Redfern Landscape

1975

Robert Juniper

Murchison Sand Plain

1976

Fred Williams

Mt. Kosciusko (Also won Trustees Watercolour Prize)

1977

Brett Whiteley

The Jacaranda Tree (On Sydney Harbour)

1978

Brett Whiteley

Summer at Carcoar

1979

Robert Juniper

Flood Creek

1980

William Delafield Cook

A Waterfall (Strath Creek)

1981

David Voigt

Hills of Ravensdale

1982

Lloyd Rees

Morning on the Derwent

1983

David Rankin

Life Along the Coast

1984

Brett Whiteley

The South Coast After Rain

1985

John Olsen

A Road to Clarendon, Autumn

1986

Rosemary Madigan

Torso (sculpture)

1987

Ian Bettinson

Landscape Painting II

1988

Elwyn Lynn

Fire and Drought near Old Junee

1989

Ian Bettinson

Landscape Painting IV

1990

William Robinson

The Rainforest

1991/92

Peter Schipperheyn

Maschera Maschio & Maschera Femina (sculptures)

1992/93

George Gittoes

Open Cut

1993/94

Suzanne Archer

Waratahs Wedderburn Series

1995

David Aspden

Seasons of Drought

1996

William Robinson

Creation Landscape Earth and Sea

1997

John Peart

Nandi Moon

1998

Ann Thomson

Yellow Sound

1999

Gloria Petyarre

Leaves ( 12 panels, each 76 x 90 cm )

Left: Arthur Streeton - Above Us The Great Grave Sky, 1890
Collection: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.

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