Guthrie Award

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Guthrie Award
Awarded forOutstanding work by artists under 35
Sponsored by Royal Scottish Academy
Date1920;103 years ago (1920)
CountryScotland
First awarded1920
Current WinnerDaniel Nelis

The Guthrie Award is awarded annually with few exceptions to at most two recipients by the Royal Scottish Academy and is one of the most prestigious art awards in Scotland. It is named after the artist James Guthrie.

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Foundation of award

The award was founded in 1920. It was to commemorate the presidency of the Royal Scottish Academy by James Guthrie. It is awarded for the most outstanding work adjudged in the Royal Scottish Academy exhibition of the year to artists under the age of 35 (although the joint winner of the first award David Macbeth Sutherland was around 37 in 1920).

Scottish-based

It is usual for the award to go to a painting and its artist, but occasionally sculptures and sculptors have also won. In 2021 the award was won by the artist and film-maker Emily Beaney for an experimental documentary. The award is open to any nationality, but the exhibition participants must be based and active in Scotland. The 1994 winner Joe Fan was originally from Hong Kong; the 2008 winner Trine Pedersen was originally from Denmark; the 2023 winner Daniel Nelis is originally from Ireland. [1]

Members and non-members of the RSA

The under 35 age requirement and the sheer number of exhibits - now around 600 annually - mean that the Guthrie Award is difficult to win more than once; however this has been done: by Heather Ross in 2006 and 2007; and by Julie-Ann Simpson in 2014 and 2019. Non-members of the RSA can apply to be in the Open exhibition, although around only a couple of hundred non-member exhibits make it through annually from the thousands of applications received, as around 400 exhibits are reserved for members.

Prize monies and medals

Usually the award is awarded singularly, but on occasion the award has gone to joint winners. The award, originally made by an anonymous donor but in 1930 revealed to be the late (17th) Earl of Moray, [2] who gave a monetary value on the capital endowment of £1000 as well as the honour of the award. Nowadays a medal is also presented. In its early years, the monetary award was £50. Today the award monies stand at £750. If the award is shared, the prize monies are also shared. [3]

List of Guthrie Award winners

The List of Guthrie Award winners is a list of artists who have won the award.

YearWinning Artist 1Work 1Winning Artist 2Work 2Notes
1920 Kate Campbell Muirhead Elizabeth David Macbeth Sutherland The Painting StudentMuirhead's work was a bust sculpture, Sutherland's work a painting. [4] [5] [6]

[7]

1921 Cecile Walton To Nobody Knows Where [8]
1922 John Rankine Barclay The Artist's Wife [9]
1923 James Wallace Ferguson A Visitor [10]
1924 Donald Moodie Autumn Day George William Salvesen The DanceMoodie for a painting, Salvesen for a sculpture. [11] [12]
1925 Laelia Armine Cockburn A Rough Lot for Sale [13]
1926 David Shanks Ewart The Toilers [14]
1927 Ancell Stronach The Unexpected Meeting [15]
1928 William Crozier The 'Cello Player Margaret Findlay The BathersFindlay's work a sculpture, Crozier's work a painting. [16] [17] [18]
1929 William Lamb Ferryden Fisher WifeA sculpture. [19]
1930 Robert Sivell Miss Jean O. H. Morton [20]
1931 Ian Campbell Self Portrait [21]
1932 Alister Maitland Alice AnnHe was noted at the time as the youngest winner, aged 21. [22]
1933 Thomas Whalen The AmazonFor 3 sculpture works The Amazon, Mother's Kisses, and Torso. [23]
1934 William Wilson The Alcazar, SegoviaFor a group of Wilson's work. The named piece was a drawing. Wilson was a noted engraver. [24]
1935 James McIntosh Patrick Marion [25]
1936 Alexander George Oliphant David Kerr Esq. [26]
1937 Mary Nicol Neill Armour Cantaloupe [27]
1938 Ian Fleming The Painters: McBryde and Colquhoun [28]
1939 William Drummond Bone Leisure [29]
1940 Scott Sutherland Labor VincitA sculpture. [30]
1941 David Abercrombie Donaldson Alfred [31]
1942 James Alan Davie Brenda Mark [32]
1943 Alberto Morrocco Leon Colin Gibson Lisbeth [33]
1944Margaret Kennedy MackenziePieta Gordon Stewart Cameron Boy with AppleMackenzie's work was sculpture, Cameron's work was a painting. [34]
1945 Robert Henderson Blyth Winter in Walkerburn, 1939 [35]
1946George William Lennox PatersonFrank Tweedie and the Birds [36]
1947 James Hillocks Portrait of my Mother [37]
1948 Sinclair Thomson The White Shawl [38]
1949Alistair J. T. PatersonStill Life [39]
1950Tom M. MacnairJean HannanA terracotta sculpture of a head. [40]
1951 Robin Philipson Brenda, Spring Portrait [41]
1952Ellen MalcolmPortrait of a Young Man [42]
1953William Alexander BurnsSunday [43]
1954 Ann Henderson CompositionA sculpture. [44]
1955Brenda CloustonYouthA sandstone sculpture. [45]
1956 David McClure ?McClure exhibited five works:- Harbour, Millport; The Green Hill; Trees, Millport; Self portrait; and Flowers At A Window. [46]
1957Brenda MarkFigures In Moonlight [47]
1958 Margot Sandeman The Walk Across The Fields [48]
1959Jean Fleming?Landscape painting [49]
1960 John Houston Pigeons and Village David Alan Redpath Michie Red Flower [50]
1961William Hunter LittlejohnPainting 1960Littlejohn had 3 paintings at the exhibition; the other two being White Glass and Green Bottle, each a still life work. Littlejohn considered that it was his abstract work Painting 1960 that had won the Guthrie Award. [51]
1962 Elizabeth Blackadder Still Life on a White TableBlackadder had another two works: Auray; and Breton Church. [52] [53]
1963Alex CampbellRehearsal [54]
1964Bill ScottSeated FigureA sculpture. [55]
1965Robert CallenderLudo [56]
1966George Alexander Macpherson? [57]
1967Archibald Dunbar McIntosh? [58]
1968John KnoxSwing and Stool - After Uccello [59]
1969Alexander FraserShankar at the Blue Piggery [60]
1970Leon MorroccoFigure in a Bedroom [61] [62]
1971Ian McKenzie SmithReflections (Harbour) [63]
1972Frances PellyGreenheart Woman [64]
1973George DonaldVirginia's QuiltA padded canvas work. [65]
1974??
1975??
1976Award withheld. [66]
1977 Barbara Rae Sea Dreamers [67] [66]
1978Ian HowardMisdirection [68]
1979 Ronald Forbes ?Forbes exhibited two works: All Set; and Scarecrow [69]
1980??
1981Martin ChurchillPalace Hotel [70] [71]
1982John Mooney? [72]
1983Ian Robertson? [73] [74] [75]
1984Lennox DunbarSweep [76]
1985David CookFooled You [77] [78]
1986??
1987Fiona DeanStill Life With Work Objects [79] [80]
1988??
1989Jacqui Miller NixonWarrior [81]
1990Joseph Davie?Davie submitted two works:- A Journal Of The Blackout: Unwelcome Heroes; and The Spirit Of The Community [82]
1991??
1992??
1993David Hosie? [83]
1994Joe FanIn Evil Hours [84]
1995Philip Braham? [85]
1996Robbie BusheLaughing Boys, Tomorrow They Will Be Gone [86]
1997Stephen Mangan? [87]
1998Barry McGlashan? [88]
1999Alasdair WallaceField [89] [90]
2000Delia BaillieFantasies of the Dustbin [91]
2001Kevin Dagg?A sculpture. [92]
2002??
2003??
2004Steven MacIver? [93]
2005??
2006Heather Ross? [94] [95]
2007Heather Ross? [94] [95]
2008Trine Pedersen? [96]
2009Sharon Thomas? [97]
2010??
2011Briony Anderson? [98]
2012??
2013??
2014Julie-Ann SimpsonAmong Silver Birches [99]
2015Georgia Rose MurrayRainbow Trout Cormorant Noir [100]
2016Emily Moore? [101]
2017Kristina ChanLeith Theatre, The StageA laser etched woodcut. [102]
2018Ed CompsonShutterstock Infinity KleeAn oil & laser etching on board. [103]
2019Julie-Ann SimpsonStings To Be Gathered [104]
2020Online exhibition due to coronavirus pandemic
2021Emily BeaneyBreaking the FallA trilogy of experimental documentaries. [105] [106]
2022Claire MooreThe Murder of Mr Muster [107]
2023Daniel NelisDark Turned Fields [108]

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