2008 Annual Glover Prize Winner Announced!

The Annual Glover Prize is a renowned art competition, and the 2008 prize was announced at the official opening on Friday 7 March 2008. This year's Glover Art Exhibition winner has won a whopping $30,000 plus a maquette bronze sculpture of John Glover, by Peter Corbett, valued at $4000.

The winner of the 2008 Annual Art Competition was Neil Haddon, for his painting Purblind (Opiate). His winning picture is below:

The exhibition of finalists' paintings was held at the Falls Park Pavilion in Evandale, Tasmania and was open to the public from Saturday 8th March to Tuesday 11th March. A picture of the Glover Prize Gallery is below:

2009 Glover Prize Information

The John Glover Prize website is due for a revamp in August 2008. Entry forms for the 2009 Glover Prize are available for download from their website now. Entries close at 5pm on 23rd January 2009, with the Public Exhibition showing from Saturday 7th March to Tuesday 10th March 2009.

Who was John Glover?

John Glover was the most important early 19th century landscape artist to work in Australia. In 1832, he settled at Mills Plains (Deddington, near Evandale) on a property that he called 'Patterdale'.

Here, he farmed and painted, commissioned works for the proud landowners of the Colony, and landscapes for sale in London. Many of these now grace public galleries throughout Australia, as well as overseas.

His last major work was completed on his 79th birthday. He died on the 9th December in 1849.

For full details, please visit the John Glover Prize website.