Helena Rubinstein Portrait Prize Explained

Helena Rubinstein portrait prize, also known as "Boans – Helena Rubinstein portrait prize", was an annual prize of £300 for portraiture by an Australian artist, awarded by the Helena Rubinstein Foundation (disbanded 2011), and mostly staged at the Claude Hotchin Gallery in Western Australia. It is likely that the prize ceased in 1966, but there is a reference to Robert Juniper winning in 1976 with "Portrait of Rose"^[1]

List of Winners

• 1958: Frank Hodgkinson
• 1960: Charles Blackman (another reference has Romola Clifton)^[2]
• 1961: William Boissevain
• 1962: Margaret Olley
• 1963: Vladas Meskenas with a double portrait of Weaver Hawkins and his wife.^[3]
• 1964: Judy Cassab for a portrait of art collector Oscar Edwards^[4]
• 1965: Judy Cassab
• 1966: J. Carington Smith^[5]

Notes and References

1. [Jenny Gregory]
2. News: Rubinstein art prize. . . 12 May 1965 . 24 March 2014 . 23 . National Library of Australia.
3. News: N.S.W. Artist Wins Prize. . . 11 June 1963 . 24 March 2014 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
4. News: Portrait Prize to Judy Cassab . . 10 June 1964 . 24 March 2014 . 20 . National Library of Australia.
5. McCulloch, Alan Encyclopedia of Australian Art Hutchinson of London 1968
   Later editions of this reference work fail to mention this once prestigious award.