THE GLOVER PRIZEThe prestigious Glover Prize is the richest landscape prize in Australia. It is awarded each year for the best new (previously unexhibited and less than a year old) painting depicting the Tasmanian landscape. The winner receives $35,000 and a maquette of John Glover. The prize is dedicated to artist John Glover (1767-1849) because he is regarded as the father of Australian landscape. He was the most important 19th century landscape painter to work in Australia and lived the last 19 years of his life in Tasmania, not far from Launceston, near Evandale, the location of the annual Glover Prize. The prize is acquisitive, the winning work is exhibited in Tasmanian public venues and then will be placed permanently on show in the Glover Gallery in Evandale due for completion in 2010. A $3000 people’s choice prize is also voted on by the public from the exhibited entries. The Glover Prize winner is selected from around 40 finalist works chosen by the jury for showing at the Glover Prize exhibition. The event, which has become a must-see, is held in the historic Falls Park pavilion in Evandale over the March long week-end. The winner is announced on the Friday evening at the opening of the show. “The organization and
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