Glover Prize is an Australian annual art prize awarded for paintings of the landscape of Tasmania The prize was inaugurated in 2004 by the John Glover Society , based in Evandale , Tasmania , in honour of the work of British-born landscape painter John Glover , who lived and painted in the area from 1832 until his death in 1849 . The current prize amount of A$ 40 000 is the highest for landscape painting in Australia . The 2012 award was controversial : the winning picture included a depiction of convicted Port Arthur massacre spree killer Martin Bryant in the landscape of Port Arthur
Port Arthur massacre
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Glover Prize