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Tassie artist wins Gallipoli prize

Tasmanian artist Raymond Arnold has won the $20,000 Gallipoli Art Prize for a painting entitled The Dead March Here Today.

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Arnold describes his evocative nocturnal scene of the cenotaph at Devonport in Tasmania as his legacy to future generations.

He says it attempts to draw a bond between normal modern life and the hard reality of war.

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The Gallipoli Art Prize, which started in 2006, is intended as a

commemoration of war.

It's open to artists from Australia, New Zealand and Turkey.

"It pays homage to those who stood up to defend their country when they were called," competition judge John McDonald said at the announcement in Sydney on Tuesday.


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