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
edit- 1920s
- 1930s
- 1940s
- 1950s
- 1960s
- 1970s
- 1980s
- 1990s
- List of Archibald Prize 1990 finalists[14]
- List of Archibald Prize 1991/92 finalists[15]
- List of Archibald Prize 1993 finalists[16]
- List of Archibald Prize 1994 finalists[17]
- List of Archibald Prize 1995 finalists[18]
- List of Archibald Prize 1996 finalists[19]
- List of Archibald Prize 1997 finalists[20]
- List of Archibald Prize 1998 finalists[21]
- List of Archibald Prize 1999 finalists[22]
- 2000s
- List of Archibald Prize 2000 finalists[23]
- List of Archibald Prize 2001 finalists[24]
- List of Archibald Prize 2002 finalists[25]
- List of Archibald Prize 2003 finalists[26]
- List of Archibald Prize 2004 finalists[27]
- List of Archibald Prize 2005 finalists[28]
- List of Archibald Prize 2006 finalists[29]
- List of Archibald Prize 2007 finalists[30]
- List of Archibald Prize 2008 finalists[31]
- List of Archibald Prize 2009 finalists[32]
- 2010s
- List of Archibald Prize 2010 finalists[33]
- List of Archibald Prize 2011 finalists[34]
- List of Archibald Prize 2012 finalists[35]
- List of Archibald Prize 2013 finalists[36]
- List of Archibald Prize 2014 finalists[37]
- List of Archibald Prize 2015 finalists[38]
- List of Archibald Prize 2016 finalists[39]
- List of Archibald Prize 2017 finalists[40]
- List of Archibald Prize 2018 finalists[41]
- List of Archibald Prize 2019 finalists[42]
- 2020s
Notable Archibald artists
editThere 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
editBesides 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
- 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)[48]
- 1980
- 1981
- 1982
- Harold Thornton – Dr Brown and Green Old Time Waltz (Bob Brown)[49]
- 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)[50]
- 1983
- 1984
- Keith Looby – Max Gillies
- Wesley Walters – Portrait of Colleen McCullough
- 1985
- 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
- 1991/1992
- Vladas Meskenas – Dr Victor Chang
- Rosemary Valadon – The Long Afternoon – Portrait of Dr Germaine Greer
References
edit- ↑ 1921 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ 1922 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ 1923 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ 1924 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ 1925 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ 1926 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ 1938 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ 1939 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ 1946 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ 1960 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ 1966 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ 1973 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ 1986 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ 1990 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ 1991/92 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ 1993 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ 1994 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ 1995 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ 1996 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ 1997 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ 1998 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ 1999 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ 2000 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ 2001 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ 2002 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ 2003 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ 2004 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ 2005 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ 2006 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ 2007 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ 2008 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ 2009 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ 2010 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ 2011 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ 2012 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ 2013 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ 2014 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ 2015 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ 2016 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ 2017 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ 2018 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ 2019 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW]
- ↑ 2020 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
- ↑ "Archibald prize 2021: Grace Tame, Ben Quilty, Eryn Jean Norvill and more – in pictures". The Guardian. 2021-05-27. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
- ↑ "Portraits of Grace Tame, Eryn Jean Norvill announced as 2021 Archibald Prize finalists". The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
- ↑ "Archibald Prize finalists 2022". Art Gallery of New South Wales. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
- ↑ "Mo Hangs In Art Gallery". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. XIII, no. 264. New South Wales, Australia. 25 January 1949. p. 5. Retrieved 16 March 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ The work depicts the artist's two children: Anne Pendlebury, who acted in 1979 TV drama series, Twenty Good Years; and Drew Pendlebury, who was a band member of The Sports). "L Scott Pendlebury: Anne and Drew Pendlebury (actress and musician respectively)". Archibald Prize 1979. Art Gallery of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 November 2012. Pendlebury was a finalist 24 times but never won the prize.
- ↑ Earp, Joseph (11 March 2026). "Harold 'the Kangaroo' Thornton: the extraordinary, forgotten life of the 'greatest genius who ever lived'". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
- ↑ 15' x 5' oil on canvas. Lost by the University of NSW about 11 years ago.[when?][citation needed] (How can you "lose" a painting nearly 5m by 2m?)
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