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Transfield Art Prize

The Transfield Art Prize, which ran between 1961 and 1971, includes in its list of winners Roger Kemp, Fred Williams and Ron Robertson Swann, household names now, but relative unknowns at the time. ‘The Transfield’, as it soon became known, was an acquisitive prize and the winning works can now be found in the collection.

The Winners:

  1. 1961 - John Molvig, City Industrial
  2. 1962 - Andrew Sibley, Bathers
  3. 1963 - Maximillion Feuerring, Still Life
  4. 1964 - Fred Williams, You Yangs
  5. 1965 - Roger Kemp, Genesis
  6. 1966 - Norma Redpath, Immortal Warrior
  7. 1967 - William Rose, Painting
  8. 1968 - John Peart, Bivuac
  9. 1969 - Ron Robertson-Swann, Sydney Summer
  10. 1970 - Bill Clements, Ready for 6th August
  11. 1971 - Aleks Danko, Carnival
 
 
 
 
Sydney Summer, by Ron Robertson-Swann | Acrylic on canvas, 192 x 179cm, Awarded the Transfield Art Prize, 1969.
The Orange Building, by Elizabeth Rooney | 3 panels, mixed media (gold leaf) 180 x 66cm (each panel).
Painting, by William Rose | Oil on hardboard, 106 x 155cm, Awarded the Transfield Art Prize, 1967.
Homage 1 (to Picasso), by Rollin Schlicht | Acrylic on canvas, 183 x 183cm, Exhibited in the inaugural Biennale of Sydney, 1973.
Bathers, by Andrew Sibley | Oil on hardboard, 121 x 90cm, Awarded the Transfield Art Prize, 1962.
The Change, by Michael Snape | Steel, 5 x 8 x 5m, Exhibited in the Walsh Bay Sculpture Walk.
Untitled, by Anatjeri Tjakamarra | Dot painting on canvas, 162 x 45cm, .
You Yangs, by Fred Williams | Oil on hardboard, 149 x 137cm, Awarded the Transfield Art Prize, 1964.
No Survivors, by David Wire | Resin Impregnated fabric, 270 x 195cm, .
Franco Belgiorno-Nettis CBE AM, by Salvatore Zofrea | Oil on Canvas, (Archibald Competition 1996).
Three Sisters, by Gordon Andrews | 3x4m Steel Monoliths, Exhibited in Walsh Bay Sculpture Walk.
Franco Belgiorno-Nettis - Larger Than Life, by Danelle Bergstrom | Oil on canvas, 152 x 275cm, Selected for the Archibald Prize, 2004.
Franco: Australian Renaissance Man, by Pio Carlone | Oil on canvas, 170 x 130cm, .
Harvey, by Martin Cropper | Oil on hardboard, 90 x 120cm, Winner Sabemo TLC Arts Award, 1981.
Carnival, by Aleks Danco | Maquette, 25 x 91 x 91cm, Awarded the Transfield Art Prize, 1971.
The Gossips, by Rod Dudley | Wood and Synthetic Fabrics, 210 x 130cm (two figures).
Still Life with Stone and Car, by Jimmie Durham | Car and Stone, 193 x 400 x 160cm, .
Still Life, by Max Feuerring | Acrylic on hardboard, 92 x 127cm, Awarded the Transfield Art Prize, 1963.
Waki Jukurrpa (Men's Dreaming), by Frank Japananga | Acrylic on canvas, 182 x 166cm, From the Sir William Dobell Art Foundation Collection.
God, Three in One, by Robert Juniper | Oil on Belgian Linen, 99 x 67cm, .
 
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