Commemorating the life and works of Emanuel Phillips Fox

5 November – 11 December 2011

The Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum is delighted to announce a new painting award for 2011. The Len Fox Painting Award is an acquisitive award of $20,000 which will be held every two years, commemorating the life and works of Emanuel Phillips Fox.

The award was initiated and funded by author, teacher and historian Len Fox (1905-2004) whose uncle was the Australian born Impressionist painter E. Phillips Fox. The award is for a painting of an Australian subject in sympathy with the work of E. Phillips Fox.

The winner of the 2011 Len Fox Painting Award is Lynn Miller, for the work “Winter Storm,Bay street Brighton”.