The Hunting Art Prize is awarded annually to an artist for excellence in drawing and painting. The prize of $50,000, sponsored by
Hunting plc
Hunting plc is a United Kingdom, British-based supplier to the oil and gas industry. Some 27% of the business is owned by the Hunting family. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
History
The compa ...
, was established in the United Kingdom in 1981 and was mostly awarded to British artists before relocating to Houston in 2006. Since then it has been awarded to Texas artists.
Prizewinners
Texas
*2016:
Padaric Kolander for "''You Step In''" (drawing)
*2015:
Kevin Peterson for "''Fire''" (painting)
*2014:
Winston Lee Mascarenhas for "''Rite of Spring''" (painting)
*2013:
Marshall K. Harris for "''"Round Up" B.F. Smith & Son Saddlery Circa 1940-1942''" (graphite drawing)
*2012:
Michael Bise for "''Children''" (graphite drawing)
*2011:
Leigh Anne Lester
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for "''Mutant Spectre''"
*2010:
Lane Hagood for "''Books I Have Possessed''" (painting)
*2009:
Robyn O'Neil
Robyn O'Neil (born 1977) is an American artist known for her large-scale graphite on paper drawings. She was also the host of the podcast "ME READING STUFF". In 2023, she retired from the art world by posting a Kristy McNichol quote on her Instag ...
for "''A death, a fall, a march: toward a better world ''"
*2008: Wendy Wagner for "''I Hope I'm Dreaming''" (painting)
*2007:
Michael Tole for "''Untitled (Woman)''"
*2006:
Francesca Fuchs
UK
*2005:
Adam Holmes-Davies for "''The Sound of Silence''" (oil)
*2004:
Henry Kondracki for "''Little Eddie Looking North''" (oil)
*2003:
Lisa Wright for "''Diving''" (oil)
*2002:
Nicholas Archer for "''Flying Dumbo''" (oil)
*2001:
Nicholas Charles Williams for "''Searching III''" (oil)
*2000:
Anita Taylor for "''Containing Things''" (charcoal)
*1999:
Gus Cummins for "''Attendant Facts''" (oil)
*1998:
Jennifer McRae for "''What If? A Portrait''" (oil)
*1997:
Martin Fuller for "''Moving Figure''" (oil)
*1996: Colin Smith for "''Wardrobe 8''" (oil)
*1995: Mary Griffiths for "''Untitled''" (oil)
*1994:
Michael Corkrey for "''Fiona''" (oil)
*1993:
Shani Rhys James
Shani Rhys James MBE (born 1953)BBC Wales ArtShani Rhys James last updated 28 September 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2011. is a Welsh painter based in Llangadfan, Powys. She has been described as "arguably one of the most exciting and successful p ...
for "''Red Self Portrait''" (oil)
*1992: Dick Lee "''The Wood Pile''" (oil)
*1991:
Barry Burman
Barry Burman (1943–2001) was an English figurative artist, known for his dark and often disturbing subject matter. He was an artist and teacher. He took an overdose and died aged 57.
Early life
Burman was born in Bedford in June 1943. He gai ...
for "''Manac es''" (oil)
*1990:
Gus Cummins for "''Pretty Little Zygodatyle''" (oil)
*1989:
Martin Churchill for "''Building with Dust Sheets''" (oil)
*1988:
Edward Chell for "''Across the Mill, Jarrow Steel Works''" (oil);
Tom Phillips for "''Michael Kustow''" (Oil)
*1987: William Pullen for "''Amia''" (Egg tempera)
*1986:
Anthony Wishaw for "''Still Life with landscape''" (acrylic);
Anthony Green for "''The Life Drawing, circa 1961-1962''" (oil)
*1985:
Charles Bone for "''Puttenham Common''" (watercolour);
Daphne Todd
Daphne Todd OBE (born 27 March 1947) is an English artist who was the first female President of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters from 1994–2000, and who won the BP Portrait Award 2010 with a painting of her 100-year-old mother's corpse. ...
for "''Four Spanish Chairs''" (oil)
*1984:
Jane Carpanini for "''Backyards, Treorchy''" (watercolour);
Robert Buhler
Robert Buhler RA (23 November 1916 – 20 June 1989) was a Swiss landscape and portrait artist who was born in England, where he mostly worked.
In Switzerland his name is spelled ''Bühler''.
Early life
Buhler was born in London to Swiss parents ...
for "''Vineyards, Neuchatel''" (oil)
*1983:
John Gardiner Crawford for "''Below the Cliffs''" (watercolour);
Ken Howard
Kenneth Joseph Howard Jr. (March 28, 1944 – March 23, 2016) was an American actor. He was known for his roles as Thomas Jefferson in ''1776'' (1972) and as high school basketball coach and former Chicago Bulls player Ken Reeves in the televisi ...
for "''Self Portrait at South Bolton Gardens''" (oil)
*1982:
F Donald Blake for "''Stormy Harbour''" (watercolour);
Margaret Thomas
Margaret Thomas (born Margaret Cook; 23 December 1842Clarkson, S. (2007) ''Oil Paintings by Margaret Thomas.'' North Hertfordshire Museums Service – 24 December 1929) was an English-born Australian travel writer, poet and artist. Thomas was ...
for "''The Rembrandt Drawing''" (oil)
*1981:
Hans Schwarz for "''Wills Neck, Quantocks''" (watercolour);
Richard Eurich for "''Weymouth Bay 1980''" (oil)
See also
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Lists of art awards
Lists of art awards cover some of the notable awards presented for art, some for a specific form or genre, some for artists from one country or region, some more general. The lists are organized by the region of the body issuing the award, althoug ...
External links
The Hunting Art Prize archiveat the
Paul Mellon Centre
The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art is a scholarly centre in London devoted to supporting original research into the history of British Art. It was founded in 1970 and endowed by a gift from Paul Mellon. Since 1996, it has been si ...
References
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American visual arts awards
Awards established in 1981