The Cornell Prize was the major

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prize offered in

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and was presented as an exhibition by the

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from 1951 to 1965. It was administered by the Cornell family. Several of the prize-winning paintings were subsequently acquired by the

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. Winners include: * Wladyslaw Dutkiewicz (Summertime, 1951 and Orient, 1955) *Douglas Roberts (Connoisseurs, 1952) *

Ludwik Dutkiewicz Ludwik Dutkiewicz (2 February 1921 – 2008) was an Australian artist born in Poland. He was born in Stara Sil, Ukraine (then a part of Poland) on 2 February 1921. He won the 1953 and 1954 Cornell Prize. Career Dutkiewicz was appointed as bo ...

(Boats after Storm, 1953 and Green Village 1954) *

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(Design with Coloured people, 1956) *

Stanislaw Ostoja-Kotkowski Stanislav and variants may refer to: People *Stanislav (given name), a Slavic given name with many spelling variations (Stanislaus, Stanislas, Stanisław, etc.) Places * Stanislav, a coastal village in Kherson, Ukraine * Stanislaus County, Cali ...

(Form in Landscape, 1957 and Buildings, 1959) *

Jacqueline Hick Jacqueline Hick ('Jackie; 1919–2004) was an Australian painter whose work is held in the permanent collections of multiple museums in Australia. She is known for her work depicting human figures and the Australian landscape. She is the subjec ...

(Lost tribe, 1958 and Corridor, 1960) * Barbara Hanrahan (1961) *

Udo Sellbach Udo Sellbach (1927–2006) was a German-Australian visual artist and educator whose work focused primarily around his printmaking practice. History Udo Sellbach was born in Cologne, Germany in 1927. Trained at Kölner Werkschulen, Colo ...

(1962) *Geoff Wilson (1963) *Franz Kempf (1964) *Lynn Collins (1965)

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{{reflist Australian art awards Awards established in 1951 Awards disestablished in 1965