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

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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: Bill Leak Keith Looby Robert Hannaford L. Scott Pendlebury Jenny Sages

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)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). Pendlebury was a finalist 24 times but never won the prize.

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)15' x 5' oil on canvas. Lost by the University of NSW about 11 years ago. (How can you "lose" a painting nearly 5m by 2m?) 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

References

External links

Art Prizes Database at the Art Gallery of New South Wales +Lists of finalists1920s1930s1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 19291930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 19391940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 19491950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 19591960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 19691970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 19791980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 19891990 1991/92 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 19992000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 20092010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 20192020 2021 2022