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[1]
  • List of Archibald Prize 1922 finalists[2]
  • List of Archibald Prize 1923 finalists[3]
  • List of Archibald Prize 1925 finalists[4]
• 1930s
  • List of Archibald Prize 1938 finalists[5]
  • List of Archibald Prize 1939 finalists[6]
• 1940s
  • List of Archibald Prize 1946 finalists[7]
• 1950s
• 1960s
  • List of Archibald Prize 1960 finalists[8]
  • List of Archibald Prize 1966 finalists[9]
• 1970s
  • List of Archibald Prize 1973 finalists[10]
• 1980s
  • List of Archibald Prize 1986 finalists[11]
• 1990s
  • List of Archibald Prize 1990 finalists[12]
  • List of Archibald Prize 1991-92 finalists[13]
  • List of Archibald Prize 1993 finalists[14]
  • List of Archibald Prize 1994 finalists[15]
  • List of Archibald Prize 1995 finalists[16]
  • List of Archibald Prize 1996 finalists[17]
  • List of Archibald Prize 1997 finalists[18]
  • List of Archibald Prize 1998 finalists[19]
  • List of Archibald Prize 1999 finalists[20]
• 2000s
  • List of Archibald Prize 2000 finalists[21]
  • List of Archibald Prize 2001 finalists[22]
  • List of Archibald Prize 2002 finalists[23]
  • List of Archibald Prize 2003 finalists[24]
  • List of Archibald Prize 2004 finalists[25]
  • List of Archibald Prize 2005 finalists[26]
  • List of Archibald Prize 2006 finalists[27]
  • List of Archibald Prize 2007 finalists[28]
  • List of Archibald Prize 2008 finalists[29]
  • List of Archibald Prize 2009 finalists[30]
• 2010s
  • List of Archibald Prize 2010 finalists[31]
  • List of Archibald Prize 2011 finalists[32]
  • List of Archibald Prize 2012 finalists[33]
  • List of Archibald Prize 2013 finalists[34]
  • List of Archibald Prize 2014 finalists[35]
  • List of Archibald Prize 2015 finalists[36]
  • List of Archibald Prize 2016 finalists[37]
  • List of Archibald Prize 2017 finalists[38]
  • List of Archibald Prize 2018 finalists[39]
  • List of Archibald Prize 2019 finalists[40]
• 2020s
  • List of Archibald Prize 2020 finalists[41]

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

Notable 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. Some selected ones: (listed Artist – Subject)

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)[42]

1980

• Charles William Bush – Sir John Kerr

1981

• William Dargie – Joh Bjelke-Petersen

1982

• 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)[43]

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

1. 1921 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
2. 1922 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
3. 1923 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
4. 1925 finalists
5. 1938 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
6. 1939 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
7. 1946 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
8. 1960 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
9. 1966 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
10. 1973 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
11. 1986 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
12. 1990 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
13. 1991/92 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
14. 1993 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
15. 1994 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
16. 1995 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
17. 1996 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
18. 1997 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
19. 1998 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
20. 1999 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
21. 2000 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
22. 2001 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
23. 2002 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
24. 2003 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
25. 2004 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
26. 2005 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
27. 2006 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
28. 2007 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
29. 2008 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
30. 2009 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
31. 2010 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
32. 2011 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
33. 2012 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
34. 2013 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
35. 2014 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
36. 2015 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
37. 2016 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
38. 2017 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
39. 2018 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
40. 2019 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW]
41. 2020 finalists, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
42. 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.
43. 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?)

External links

• The Archibald Prize official website
• Art Prizes Database at the Art Gallery of New South Wales

Lists of Finalists:
1920s:              1921; 1922; 1923; 1924; 1925; 1926; 1927; 1928; 1929
1930s: 1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939
1940s: 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949
1950s: 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959
1960s: 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969
1970s: 1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1979
1980s: 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989
1990s: 1990;      1991/92;     1993; 1994; 1995; 1996; 1997; 1998; 1999
2000s: 2000; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009
2010s: 2010; 2011; 2012; 2013; 2014; 2015; 2016; 2017; 2018; 2019
2020s: 2020;