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3 unusual facts about Portia Geach Memorial Award


Ivy Shore

A student of tonal impressionist Graeme Inson, and also Inson's partner for the last 40 years of her life, Ivy was the 1979 winner of the Portia Geach Memorial Award (Australia's richest art award for women artists only).

Ivy also won the Most Highly Commended award in the Portia Geach Memorial Award three times.

Portia Geach Memorial Award

The Award was established in 1961 as a testamentary trust by Florence Kate Geach, sister of Australian painter Portia Geach, with an initial endowment of 12,000 Australian pounds.



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