SINGER & FRIEDLANDER
The Singer and Friedlander Watercolour Competition also known as the Sunday Times Watercolour Competition was a UK nationwide competition promoting the art of painting in water-based media. Launched originally as the Singer and Friedlander Prize in 1988, the first prize winner was Thomas John Coates (1941-2023). Subsequent winners included Stuart Pearson Wright, Leslie Charles Worth (1923-2009), Trevor Hugh Stubley (1932-2010), Jennifer McRae (1959-) and Carol Robertson (1955-). Kaupthing at one time the largest Icelandic bank took over Singer & Friedlander in 2005 and their sponsorship of the competition ceased. The Royal Watercolour Society took over the sponsorship and the competition renamed the RWS/Sunday Times Watercolour competition. In 2011, total prize money stood at £18,000 with £10,000 as a 1st Prize. Other Suffolk artists who exhibited at Singer & Friedlander or Sunday Times Exhibitions include Derek Chambers, Sophie Charalambous, Robin Hazlewood, Barrie Houghton, John Lidzey, Bob Rudd and Allan Williams.