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| Designed to attract some of Australia’s finest contemporary artists and high calibre works, the inaugural Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize and exhibition was held in 2003 at Bendigo Art Gallery.
Every two years the Gallery invites artists to submit entries for the Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize. The most outstanding work as judged by the selection panel is awarded an acquisitive cash prize of $50,000. The Prize was initiated by Mr Allen Guy C.B.E in honour of his late brother Arthur Guy.
Arthur Guy was born in Melbourne on 24 November 1914, the first son for Arthur and Catherine Guy. He was the only and elder sibling of Allen Rupert Guy. Arthur was educated at Camp Hill State School in Bendigo and then at Ballarat Grammar School. He enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force in a signals unit and served in New Guinea. On 14 February 1945, aged 30, he was on a biscuit bomber mission when his plane was shot down near Lae. He is buried in the Lae War Memorial Cemetery.
The next Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize will be held in 2011.
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Dale Frank
Three Lies: Good things come in small packages;
Nothing is interesting if you are not interested;
One man’s meat is another man’s poison.
They will show you everything they have – their sexy bodies.
When the student is ready, the master will appear.
Laughter is the closest distance between two people while Happiness is not a state of mind, but a manner of travelling. Tarampa Hotel, Tarampa Road 2004
acrylic, varnish on linen canvas
Winner 2005 Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize. Acquired with equal assistance from the RHS Abbott Bequest Fund 2005.2
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