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Award
John Moores Painting Prize
Awarded forPainting prize
LocationLiverpool
CountryEngland
Hosted byWalker Art Gallery
Reward(s)£25,000
First awarded1957
Websitewww.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

The John Moores Painting Prize is a biennial award to the best contemporary painting, submission is open to the public. The prize is named for Sir John Moores, noted philanthropist, who established the award in 1957. The winning work and short-listed pieces are exhibited at the Walker Art Gallery as part of the Liverpool Biennial festival of visual art.

History

Liverpool businessman John Moores, aside from his work with the Littlewoods retail and football betting company, was a keen amateur painter. Out of frustration with the difficulty he had in finding an audience for his paintings, he financed an exhibition to which other artists in a similar situation could send their work, and compete to win prize money. The first such exhibition was held in 1957, with the winning entry becoming the property of Liverpool's Walker Art Gallery. Up until 1963, the prize exhibitions also included sculpture, since which time it has only allowed paintings.

Journalist Tim Hilton, who judged the prize in 1988, wrote in 1993 that the prizewinners generally "reflect the mood of the year". For example: the first prize in 1957, while kitchen sink realism was en vogue, went to Jack Smith and the junior prize the same year went to John Bratby, both artists working in that style. Early sixties prizes for Roger Hilton and Henry Mundy reflected the new decade's tendency towards colourful painting, moving on to minimal colour fields (Michael Tyzack, 1965 winner) and pop-style winners for David Hockney and Richard Hamilton in '67 and '69 respectively.

Early seventies winners reverted to a more figurative style that Hilton likened to that of the Euston Road School (Euan Uglow, 1972 winner, and Myles Murphy, 1974 winner), in contrast to the conceptual art prevalent at the time.

A string of abstract artist winners between 1976 and 1982 (John Walker, Noel Forster, Mick Moon, John Hoyland) meant that, according to Hilton, the prize had become "predictable", and the winning painting would usually be "large, amply proportioned, handsome, almost over-serious and always painted by a man". In Hilton's view, the two subsequent winners were a reaction to this seriousness: in 1985, winner Bruce McLean "cheekily imitate the pomp of painterly abstraction", while 1987's winner Tim Head parodied serious art with a repetitive pattern of cows heads.

1989's winner was Lisa Milroy. She was the first woman to win the prize outright, though Mary Martin shared the 1969 prize joint win with Richard Hamilton. National Museums Liverpool also states that 1989 was the first time the prize was judged by a majority female jury. All male juries had not been uncommon up until 1985.

2002 saw the introduction of the Visitors' Choice Prize, in which exhibition attendees are able to vote for their favourite work.

In 2013, artist Peter Blake, noted for his sleeve design for the Beatles' 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, was named as the prize's first patron.

First prize winners

See also

References

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