Blake Prize for Religious Art

The Blake Prize for Religious Art is an annual art prize in Australia.

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Art - Prize - Australia

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The Blake Prize was established in 1949 as an incentive to raise the standard of religious art, founded by Mr R. Morley, the Reverend Michael Scott SJ, Rector of Newman College, University of Melbourne, and lawyer Mrs M. Tenison. It was named after artist and poet, William Blake.

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1949 - Religious art - Newman College - University of Melbourne - Artist - Poet - William Blake

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The first Blake Prize was won by Justin O'Brien in 1951.

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Justin O'Brien - 1951

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The Blake Exhibitions have been a regular travelling exhibition around Australia, visiting various major cities and provincial galleries.

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The award of the Blake Prize to Charles Bannon in 1954 for his "Judas Iscariot" was one of the most controversial in its history; this opened controversy over what constituted religious art and over "abstract expressionism" which threatened to overwhelm the exhibition.

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Charles Bannon - 1954 - Judas Iscariot - Abstract expressionism

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The prize is administered by the Blake Society.

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