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Awards

Each year at the annual Exhibition the RSW offers encouragement to artists of all ages, both young and established, with its list of generous financial awards. These awards reflect a commitment by the Society to promote and encourage member and non-member artists working in waterbased media.
  Prizes awarded by the RSW at the Annual Exhibition

RSW Alexander Graham Munro Travel Award £3500

Launched in 1991, this is awarded to an artist under 30 years of age, and is presented in memory of Alexander Graham Munro, the Edinburgh artist best known for his landscapes and outdoor scenes, who travelled extensively throughout France, Western Europe and North Africa.



RSW Alexander Graham Munro Award £1000


RSW Council Award £3000

This is presented to the most outstanding work at the Exhibition.


RSW John Gray Award £500

In memory of the artist John Gray, whose early works were of fishing boats, harbours and east coast bays. These were painted in a 'direct style' on rough paper, to 'evoke the windswept atmosphere of the east coast'. He is best known, however, as a flower painter.

 

Other Awards:

Glasgow Art Award
The Scottish Art's Club Award
Hospitalfield Residency in Visual Arts
Winsor& Newton Award £500 Materials

 

RSW Sir William Gillies Award £500

This is presented in memory of one of the founder members of the 1922 Group which included artists such as William MacTaggart and George Aright Hall. He visited Paris and studied with Andrew Lhote, before travelling to Florence. He painted still lifes, interiors, and landscapes, in particular the villages of Midlothian and the fishing villages on the east coast. He was Head of Painting and Principal of Edinburgh College of Art.


RSW May Marshall Brown Award £500

This award is named after May Marshall Brown. She was an accomplished painter in oil, but mainly watercolor and etched landscapes and architectural subjects. She also enjoyed drawing fishing villages and boats, and travelled and worked in France, Holland and Ireland.


RSW @ Hospitalfield House, Arbroath

Young artists working in Scotland are invited to apply for this residency which may be awarded to two artists for 6 weeks residency each or to a single artist for 3 months.

Applicants must be Scottish or have studied in Scotland, are permanently based or are working in Scotland. Click here to download more information or click here to view Hospitalfield web site.