Portia Geach Memorial Award

The Portia Geach Memorial Award is an annual award for Australian female portraitists. The Award was established in 1961 as a testamentary trust by Florence Kate Geach, sister of Australian painter Portia Geach, with an initial endowment of 12,000 Australian pounds. The first prize given under the aegis of the Award was made in 1965, comprising a £1,000 prize to Jean Appleton for a self-portrait. In 2008, the Award will be worth AUD18,000. [ [http://www.trust.com.au/awards/portia_geach/ Trust Foundation - Trustees website] ]

The Award aims to support female artists working in the field of portraits painted from life, and is given based upon the field entries submitted to the Award. Under the terms of the initial endowment, the Award is designed to recognise:"

... the best portraits painted from life of some man or woman distinguished in Art, Letters or the Sciences by any female artist resident in Australia during the 12 months preceding the date fixed by the Trustees for sending in the pictures and who was born in Australia or was British born or has become a naturalised Australian and whose place of domicile is Australia. [ [http://www.culture.gov.au/articles/portiageach/ Australian Culture Portal - Award information] ]

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Previous Winners

"This list is incomplete."
*2007 - Maryanne Coutts, "Melbourne"
*2006 - Lucy Culliton, "Self with Friends"
*2005 - Jude Rae, "Large Interior (Micky Allan)"
*2004 - Nerrisa Lea, "The Sheik & Me, Self Portrait with Imagined Portrait of Chad Morgan after Frida Kahlo"
*2003 - Wendy Sharpe, "Self Portrait with Tea Cup and Burning Paintings"
*2002 - Vicki Varvaressos, "Self Portrait with Painting"
*2001 - Mary Moore, "At Home"
*2000 - Nancy Borlase, "The Sisters: Marie and Vida Breckenridge"

References

External links

* [http://www.culture.gov.au/articles/portiageach/ Australian Government - Portia Geach Memorial Award]
* [http://www.trust.com.au/awards/portia_geach/ Trust Foundation - Trustees of the Award]