THE GLOVER PRIZEThe prestigious Glover Prize is the richest annual prize for landscape painting in Australia. It is awarded for the work judged the best contemporary painting of the Tasmanian landscape. The winner receives $35,000 and a bronze maquette of colonial artist John Glover (1767-1849). The prize is dedicated to Glover, regarded as the father of Australian landscape painting. Glover left England in 1830 after a very successful career as an artist and lived the last 18 years of his life in northern Tasmania, near Evandale, the location of the Glover Prize. He painted his best work in this strange new landscape, which Australian Impressionist, Tom Roberts, named 'Glover Country'. The Glover Prize winner is selected from around 40 works chosen by a panel of eminent judges. The exhibition, which has become a must-see, is held in the historic Falls Park pavilion in Evandale over the March long weekend. The winner is announced on the Friday evening at the opening of the show. LOOKING AT
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