Lists of Archibald Prize finalists

The page List of Archibald Prize winners provides a summary of Archibald Prize winners. This page provides directions to Lists of finalists of the annual Australian Archibald Prize for portraiture.

Lists of finalists

1920s List of Archibald Prize 1921 finalists List of Archibald Prize 1922 finalists List of Archibald Prize 1923 finalists List of Archibald Prize 1924 finalists List of Archibald Prize 1925 finalists List of Archibald Prize 1926 finalists
1930s List of Archibald Prize 1938 finalists List of Archibald Prize 1939 finalists
1940s List of Archibald Prize 1946 finalists
1950s
1960s List of Archibald Prize 1960 finalists List of Archibald Prize 1966 finalists
1970s List of Archibald Prize 1973 finalists
1980s List of Archibald Prize 1986 finalists
1990s List of Archibald Prize 1990 finalists List of Archibald Prize 1991/92 finalists List of Archibald Prize 1993 finalists List of Archibald Prize 1994 finalists List of Archibald Prize 1995 finalists List of Archibald Prize 1996 finalists List of Archibald Prize 1997 finalists List of Archibald Prize 1998 finalists List of Archibald Prize 1999 finalists
2000s List of Archibald Prize 2000 finalists List of Archibald Prize 2001 finalists List of Archibald Prize 2002 finalists List of Archibald Prize 2003 finalists List of Archibald Prize 2004 finalists List of Archibald Prize 2005 finalists List of Archibald Prize 2006 finalists List of Archibald Prize 2007 finalists List of Archibald Prize 2008 finalists List of Archibald Prize 2009 finalists
2010s List of Archibald Prize 2010 finalists List of Archibald Prize 2011 finalists List of Archibald Prize 2012 finalists List of Archibald Prize 2013 finalists List of Archibald Prize 2014 finalists List of Archibald Prize 2015 finalists List of Archibald Prize 2016 finalists List of Archibald Prize 2017 finalists List of Archibald Prize 2018 finalists List of Archibald Prize 2019 finalists
2020s List of Archibald Prize 2020 finalists List of Archibald Prize 2021 finalists List of Archibald Prize 2022 finalists List of Archibald Prize 2023 finalists List of Archibald Prize 2024 finalists

Notable Archibald artists

There is a number of artists who have been judged finalists more than twenty times. (Many of these have never won the main prize.) These include:

Subjects

Besides the winners, there have been many hundreds of Archibald finalists featuring portraits of Australian celebrities, including musicians, athletes, politicians, film-makers and artists. The below is not an exhaustive list: (listed Artist – Subject)

1949

Harold Thornton –Roy Rene

1979

Lance Bressow – Dame Joan Sutherland
Josonia Palaitis – The Honourable John Howard, M.P.
L. Scott Pendlebury – Anne and Drew Pendlebury (Actress and Musician respectively)

1980

Charles William Bush – Sir John Kerr

1981

William Dargie – Joh Bjelke-Petersen

1982

Harold Thornton – Dr Brown and Green Old Time Waltz (Bob Brown)
Rex Dupain – Max's Muse (Max Dupain)
Geoff La Gerche – Patrick White
Ted Markstein – The Great White Hope in the Land of the Blind (Patrick White)

1983

Wesley Walters – Molly

1984

Keith Looby – Max Gillies
Wesley Walters – Portrait of Colleen McCullough

1985

Susan Rothwell – Peter Weir

1986

Naomi Berns – David Williamson
Fred Cress – David Armstrong

1987

Keith Looby – Manning Clark

1988

Leeka Gruzdeff – Don Burrows
Sidney Nolan – Arthur Boyd at Fitzroy Falls

1989

Tim Harris – The Doug Anthony All Stars with the Risen Elvis
Bernd Heinrich – Thomas Keneally
Bill Leak – Sir Donald Bradman
Brett Whiteley – Portrait of Francis Bacon

1990

Glenda Jones – Kaz Cooke

1991/1992

Vladas Meskenas – Dr Victor Chang
Rosemary Valadon – The Long Afternoon – Portrait of Dr Germaine Greer

External links

at the Art Gallery of New South Wales

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