We acknowledge the Gadigal of the Eora Nation, the traditional custodians of the Country on which the Art Gallery of NSW stands.

Sir John Sulman Prize 1953

  • Douglas S Annand - Ceramic mural exterior, The Nurses' Home, Mildura Base Hospital (in situ)
  • Alan Baker - Mural, Morris Hotel, Sydney (in situ)
  • E Blair Barber - Sawmilling industry of Western Australia
  • Paul Beadle - Mural sculpture – ‘Farmer, brewer, drayman, publican’, British Breweries, Petersham (in situ)
  • John Bice - ‘The arts’, Newcastle Technical College (in situ)
  • Jack Carington Smith - Plant forms by the sea
  • William Constable - ‘Theatre’ mural, Theatre Royal, Sydney (in situ)
  • Robin Crofts - Mural, Royal Naval House, Sydney (in situ)
  • Desmonde Downing - Australian Theatre mural ‘World drama’
  • Elaine Haxton - ‘World routes, Messageries Maritimes’, Sydney (in situ)
  • Elaine Haxton - ‘The butterfly catchers’ mural at Clareville (in situ)
  • Melville R Haysom - ‘Queensland’ mural, Queensland Government Tourist Bureau, Sydney (in situ)
  • Bernard Hesling - Murals, lounge, Adams Hotel, Sydney (in situ)
  • Bernard Hesling - Murals, lounge, Paragon Hotel, Sydney (in situ)
  • J Noel Kilgour - ‘Spring‘, mural, Point Piper (in situ)
  • Virgil Lo Schiavo - ‘Characters from Dickens’, mural, University of Sydney (in situ)
  • Virgil Lo Schiavo - ‘Industry’, mural, Commonwealth Bank, Bankstown (in situ)
  • Virgil Lo Schiavo - ‘Industry’, mural, Commonwealth Bank, Newcastle (in situ)
  • Pamela MacFarlane - ‘Queensland’ mural, Queensland Government Tourist Bureau, Sydney (in situ)
  • Alison McMaugh - Mural, Royal Naval House, Sydney (in situ)
  • Byram Mansell - Aboriginals fishing, chalet, Kosciuscko (in situ)
  • Byram Mansell - Marthoura, the wind from the west
  • Hal Missingham - ‘Barbecue’, mural, Hunters Hill (in situ)
  • W A Moir - The sovereign of the seas greets the sovereign of our realm and joins in the wish that her reign will be blessed with peace, prosperity and progress
  • Eric John Smith - ‘Convicts, Berrima, 1839’, mural, Old Court House, Berrima (in situ)
  • Lorraine Trebilcock - Children's mural, Craftsman Bookshop, Sydney (in situ)
  • Mary Troy - Terrace
  • Mary Troy - Mural composition
  • Gail Turner - Mural, Royal Naval House, Sydney (in situ)
  • Douglas Watson - Mural, Roseville (in situ)