Queensland Art Gallery Presscuttings Book 1 : Presscuttings, 1959-1962

The Australian Women's Weekl Portrait Prize, 1956 To commemorate the establishment of our £2004) inter- national Portrait Prize, The Australian Women's Weekly has presented the National Art Gallery of N.S.W. with the two winning portraits of the 1955 award. Entry forms for the 1956 prize may nom ue obtained from The Australian Women's Weekly of in each State, at major art galleries and societies here and abroad, or by writing to "Portrait Prize," Box 4088WW, G.P.O., Sydney, enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope. THIS year's two winning portraits "Arrat4x- ment in Green," by Jack Carington Smith, of Hobart, which won the £1500 award, and "Judy Barraelough," by Judy (:assa b, which was awarded £500 -- will be hung in the National Art Gallery of N.S.W. at the end of our travelling art exhibition. '1'11e exhibition, comprising 50 paintings selected from more than 500 entries sub- mitted for the 1955 Portrait Prize, has already been shown in Sydney. It closes in Brisbane on November 20 and then will be sent first to Canberra, then Melbourne, Hobart, Adelaide, and Perth. Closing date for entries in our 1956 Portrait Prize - the richest in the Commonwealth and one of the biggest por- trait awards in the world - is July 28, 1956. Entries, suitably framed, must he delivered to the National Art Gallery of N.S.W., in Sydney, between Monday, July 23, and Satur- day, July 28, 1956. No entries will he accepted at the Gallery after 3 p.m., July 28. Special arrangements are being made in London and New York to set up collec- tion depots for the hulk handling and shipment of the expected big number of over - 'a as rrttries. Prizemoney of £2000 and conditions for our 19516 Par - trait Prize are the same as last year. The sum of £1500 will be awarded for the best por- trait of a woman, or of a woman with a baby or child up to 10 years, or of a child under 14 years. The remain- ing £500 will be awarded for the hest portrait by a woman artist. If the winning portrait is painted by a woman she will receive the total prizemoney, i.e., £2000, Portraits can be in oils, watercolors, or in pastels. They must he the original work of competitors and must have been painted during the ARTINT MingCh' hum of Formosa. at work on the painting he submitted for our 1955 Portrait Prise. T h rompleted portrait. entitled -$1other's Lore Through Stitches," is shown at right. 0 lIsTIIALIAN WOMEN'S WEEKLY - It,. 105 i 12 months preceding the dates fixed for sending in entries. The portraits 'Oust also he painted from life, mum form the major part of the com- position, and be 110 smaller than I2in. a I6in. A paint- ing of the nude figure will not hr accepted as a portrait. Competitors are restricted to two entries. The name and address of the competitor and the title of the portrait must he printed clearly on the back of each work. With each entry competitors must also send 01 a statutory declaration stating that the work complies with the con- ditions of the competition. The judges of The Austra- lian Women's Weekly Portrait Prize, 1956, will again he the directors of the. National Art Galleries in the six Australian States. However, there will be a new Victorian judge. Mr. Daryl Lindsay, Ifirec- tor of the National Gallery of Victoria, retires at the end of this year. Ife will be replaced on our judging panel by his successor. Mr. Eric Westbrook. at present Director of the Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand. The five other judges are: Mr. Ila I Missingham, Director, National Art Gal - Ivry of N.S.W.; Mr. Robert Campbell, Director, National Gallery of South Australia; Mr. Robert Haines, Direc- tor, Queensland National Art Gallery; Mr. Laurence Thomas, Director, Art Gallery of West- -.rn Australia: and Dr. W Rrt,len, Director, The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. The decision of the judges will he final and binding in all flatters relating to the award- ing of prizes and the subse- quent selection of works for exhibition. After their decision is an- nounced, selected entries will be hung in the National Art Gallery of N.S.W. in Sydney for a minimum period of one month. They will then be exhibited in other Australian capital cities. sil TER. Mrs. Wang. of Tai poi. a family friend, sits Joe Mr. Kato, 37.yearmid F01.1110. son artist. .4 graduate of Peiping Art College, Mr. Kilo works all a designer with a major construction firm.