The Jerwood Painting Prize was a prize for originality and excellence in painting in the United Kingdom, awarded and funded by the Jerwood Foundation. It was open to all artists born or resident in the UK, regardless of age or reputation. Winners of the prize include Craigie Aitchison, Patrick Caulfield, Prunella Clough and Maggi Hambling. The prize was instituted in 1994, and at £30,000 was the largest of its kind in Britain. The prize is no longer awarded.
Prize winners
The winners of the prize were: 1994: Craigie Aitchison 1995: Maggi Hambling and Patrick Caulfield 1996: John Hubbard 1997: Gary Hume 1998: Madeleine Strindberg 1999: Prunella Clough 2000: no award 2001: Katie Pratt 2002: Callum Innes 2003: Shani Rhys James