The Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize is an annual art award, intended to encourage creative representational painting and draughtsmanship. It gives out prizes totalling £25,000.
The prize originated in
London
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in 2005,
with a collaboration between the
Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers
The Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers is one of the livery companies of the City of London. An organisation of painters of metals and wood is known to have existed as early as 1283. A similar organisation of stainers, who generally worked o ...
and the Lynn Foundation. The final exhibition has been held at the
Mall Galleries
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* Esplanade
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, London, since 2012.
Winners
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'' reviewed the 2009 exhibition favourably, saying "The means are relatively traditional – oil on board, oil on canvas, acrylic on canvas, etc. The range is, at first glance, familiar: landscape, ruminative portraiture, still life... What we look for in any show such as this one is the way in which the painter has engaged with his or her subject, the particular angle of attack... This does not necessarily mean being wildly experimental so that the world as we know it disappears altogether. There is none of that here. And yet abstraction does play a part, and often quite a subtle one."
Selector Steve Pill, shared his thoughts on the selection of the exhibition: "I was keen to try and view each work from the perspective of a wider audience. The two stated aims of the Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize are to encourage creative representational painting and promote the skill of draughtsmanship, so I often asked myself: would we be fulfilling that promise by including this work? Would a visitor expecting these qualities be truly satisfied by every painting we chose? I hope you’ll agree that we have stayed true to those principles and selected a collection of work that really celebrates the vitality, diversity and skill of contemporary representational painting in the UK today."
The 2012 prize was won by Anthony Williams for a
still life
A still life (plural: still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly wikt:inanimate, inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or artificiality, m ...
painting of an
electric fan
A fan is a powered machine used to create a flow of air. A fan consists of a rotating arrangement of vanes or blades, generally made of wood, plastic, or metal, which act on the air. The rotating assembly of blades and hub is known as an ''imp ...
. 98 paintings were selected for the final exhibition.
In 2013 the prize winner was artist
Ruth Stage
Ruth Stage is a British artist who uses the ancient egg tempera painting technique in her work, and is known for her landscapes. Born in Hartlepool, Stage studied at the Royal Academy Schools, graduating in 1995. In 1999 she was elected to the New ...
, for her
tempera
Tempera (), also known as egg tempera, is a permanent, fast-drying painting medium consisting of colored pigments mixed with a water-soluble binder medium, usually glutinous material such as egg yolk. Tempera also refers to the paintings done ...
painting ''The Isabella Plantation''. Stage received £15,000 and a gold medal. There were five judges; artist
Nina Murdoch
Madoline "Nina" Murdoch (19 October 1890 – 16 April 1976), also known by her married name Madoline Brown and pen name Manin, was an Australian writer and journalist, best known for her biographies and poetry, and travel writings, as well as ...
, former winner
Antony Williams, art critic Andrew Lambirth and Tate fellow Andrew Wilton who picked the winners from 72 finalists.
A young artist prize was also awarded (worth £2,500) and there were five runners-up spots.
The 2014 prize was won by Edinburgh-based artist
Catharine Davison for her 'mesmerising' en plain air painting
Craggs at Dawn (Calton Hill). During a private award ceremony, 17 March 2014, Davidson was presented with the £15,000 prize in addition to an engraved gold medal. The Young Artist Award of £2,500 was awarded to University of Brighton student, Charlie Schaffer, for his work, Antonio. Five runner-up prizes of £1,500 each were awarded to; Peter Archer for Causeway; Wylie Craig for MD (Pierced); Anabel Cullen for Untitled (Adrian Gillian); Benjamin Hope for Self portrait in leftover paint; and David Tebbs for Catwalk No.1. The 2014 exhibition comprised 85 works by 78 artists selected by a prestigious panel of judges; Peter Clossick, Artist; Ken Howard OBE RA NEAC, Artist; Paul Newland, Artist; Steve Pill, Editor Artists and Illustrators magazine; and Andrew Wilton, Visiting Research Fellow at Tate Britain. 2014.
First Prize winners
* 2005 Michael Bilton for ''Early Morning Mist''
* 2006
John Lessor for ''Vincent, Timothy and Samuel''
* 2007
Benjamin Sullivan for ''New Life''
* 2008
Melissa Scott-Miller for ''Islington Kids''
* 2009
Toby Wiggins for ''Suspended Animation''
* 2010
Rachel Levitas for ''Urban Fox III''
* 2011 ''No award?''
* 2012 Anthony Williams for ''Still Life with Electric Fan''
* 2013
Ruth Stage
Ruth Stage is a British artist who uses the ancient egg tempera painting technique in her work, and is known for her landscapes. Born in Hartlepool, Stage studied at the Royal Academy Schools, graduating in 1995. In 1999 she was elected to the New ...
for ''The Isabella Plantation''
* 2014
Catharine Davidson for ''The Craggs at Dawn (from Calton Hill)''
[In Pictures: Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2014]
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, 17 March 2014. Accessed 22 April 2017
See also
*
List of European art awards
This list of European art awards covers some of the main art awards given by organizations in Europe. Some are restricted to artists in a particular genre or from a given country or region, while others are broader in scope. The list is organized ...
References
External links
*{{official website, www.lynnpainterstainersprize.org.uk
British art awards
Awards established in 2005
Figurative art
Arts competitions