McCaughey Prize
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The McCaughey Prize is an Australian art
prize awarded to an artist or artists, under which the National Gallery of Victoria
and the Art Gallery of New South Wales
acquire work by the winning artist.
The McCaughey Prize (also referred to as the McCaughey Memorial Prize, the McCaughey Art Prize or the McCaughey Art Award) was instituted by Miss Mona McCaughey in 1957, to commemorate her father John, a pastoral industry investor who had died in Sydney on 20 June 1928. It is not related to John Davis McCaughey
, former Governor of Victoria.
Two prizes were established, one in Melbourne (administered through the National Gallery of Victoria) and one in Sydney (administered through the Art Gallery of New South Wales). It is awarded periodically, typically every few years. "The acquisitive prize enables the National Gallery of Victoria to acquire works from each of the winning artists to a total value of $30,000".
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Australian art incorporates art made in Australia or about Australian subjects since prehistoric times. This includes Australian Aboriginal art, Australian Colonial art, Landscape, Atelier, Modernist and Contemporary art. The visual arts have a long history in Australia, with evidence of Aboriginal...
prize awarded to an artist or artists, under which the National Gallery of Victoria
National Gallery of Victoria
The National Gallery of Victoria is an art gallery and museum in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1861, it is the oldest and the largest public art gallery in Australia. Since December 2003, NGV has operated across two sites...
and 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...
acquire work by the winning artist.
The McCaughey Prize (also referred to as the McCaughey Memorial Prize, the McCaughey Art Prize or the McCaughey Art Award) was instituted by Miss Mona McCaughey in 1957, to commemorate her father John, a pastoral industry investor who had died in Sydney on 20 June 1928. It is not related to John Davis McCaughey
Davis McCaughey
John Davis McCaughey, AC was a bible scholar, church and university administrator, and was Governor of Victoria from 1986–1992.-Working life:...
, former Governor of Victoria.
Two prizes were established, one in Melbourne (administered through the National Gallery of Victoria) and one in Sydney (administered through the Art Gallery of New South Wales). It is awarded periodically, typically every few years. "The acquisitive prize enables the National Gallery of Victoria to acquire works from each of the winning artists to a total value of $30,000".
Recipients of McCaughey Prizes
- 1957 (inaugural prize)
- 1958 John PercevalJohn PercevalJohn de Burgh Perceval AO was a well-known Australian artist. Perceval was the last surviving member of a group known as the Angry Penguins who redefined Australian art in the 1940s...
(John McCaughey Prize, National Gallery of Victoria) - 1959 or 1960 Sali HermanSali HermanSali Herman was a Swiss-born Australian artist, one of Australia's Official War Artists for the Second World War....
(John McCaughey Prize, National Gallery of Victoria) - 1966 Ian FairweatherIan FairweatherIan Fairweather was an Australian painter. Fairweather was born in Scotland in 1891 and arrived in Melbourne in February 1934...
- 1975 Geoffrey Proud (John McCaughey Memorial Art Prize, National Gallery of Victoria)
- 1975 John Firth-Smith (McCaughey Memorial Prize, Melbourne)
- 1981 John Hopkins (John McCaughey Memorial Art Prize, National Gallery of Victoria)
- 1983 Craig Gough (John McCaughey Memorial Art Prize, National Gallery of Victoria)
- 1986 Ann Thomson (John McCaughey Award, Art Gallery of New South Wales)
- 1991-92 (John McCaughey Memorial Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales)
- 1994 Ginger Riley MunduwalawalaGinger Riley MunduwalawalaGinger Riley Munduwalawala was an Australian contemporary artist. He was born in Arnhem Land, in the domain of the Mara people...
(John McCaughey Memorial Art Prize, Melbourne) - 1997 Gordon BennettGordon Bennett-People:*Gordon Bennett , Australian artist*Gordon Bennett , US Roman Catholic priest*Gordon Bennett , UK football coach*Gordon Bennett , Australian soldier...
- 1998 Lorna Fencer Napurrula (John McCaughey Memorial Art Prize, National Gallery of Victoria)
- 2004 Jan Nelson from Melbourne, Marie Hagerty from Canberra and Paul Wrigley from Brisbane
- 2008 Gareth SansomGareth SansomGareth Sansom is an Australian artist, painter, printmaker and collagist and winner of the 2008 John McCaughey Memorial Prize of $100,000....
(a prize of $100,000)