Lists of Archibald Prize finalists explained

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 1924 finalists^[4]
  • List of Archibald Prize 1925 finalists^[5]
  • List of Archibald Prize 1926 finalists^[6]
• 1930s
  • List of Archibald Prize 1938 finalists^[7]
  • List of Archibald Prize 1939 finalists^[8]
• 1940s
  • List of Archibald Prize 1946 finalists^[9]
• 1950s
• 1960s
  • List of Archibald Prize 1960 finalists^[10]
  • List of Archibald Prize 1966 finalists^[11]
• 1970s
  • List of Archibald Prize 1973 finalists^[12]
• 1980s
  • List of Archibald Prize 1986 finalists^[13]
• 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
  • List of Archibald Prize 2020 finalists^[43]
  • List of Archibald Prize 2021 finalists^{[44] [45]}
  • List of Archibald Prize 2022 finalists^[46]

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)^[47]

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)^[48]

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

• • 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;
• 2021;
• 2022

Notes and References

1. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1921/ 1921 finalists
2. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1922/ 1922 finalists
3. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1923/ 1923 finalists
4. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1924/ 1924 finalists
5. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1925/ 1925 finalists
6. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1926/ 1926 finalists
7. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1938/ 1938 finalists
8. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1939/ 1939 finalists
9. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1946/ 1946 finalists
10. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1960/ 1960 finalists
11. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1966/ 1966 finalists
12. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1973/ 1973 finalists
13. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1986/ 1986 finalists
14. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1990/ 1990 finalists
15. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1991-92/ 1991/92 finalists
16. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1993/ 1993 finalists
17. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1994/ 1994 finalists
18. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1995/ 1995 finalists
19. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1996/ 1996 finalists
20. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1997/ 1997 finalists
21. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1998/ 1998 finalists
22. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1999/ 1999 finalists
23. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2000/ 2000 finalists
24. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2001/ 2001 finalists
25. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2002/ 2002 finalists
26. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2003/ 2003 finalists
27. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2004/ 2004 finalists
28. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2005/ 2005 finalists
29. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2006/ 2006 finalists
30. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2007/ 2007 finalists
31. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2008/ 2008 finalists
32. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2009/ 2009 finalists
33. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2010/ 2010 finalists
34. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2011/ 2011 finalists
35. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2012/ 2012 finalists
36. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2013/ 2013 finalists
37. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2014/ 2014 finalists
38. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2015/ 2015 finalists
39. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2016/ 2016 finalists
40. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2017/ 2017 finalists
41. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2018/ 2018 finalists
42. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2019/ 2019 finalists
43. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2020/ 2020 finalists
44. News: 2021-05-27. Archibald prize 2021: Grace Tame, Ben Quilty, Eryn Jean Norvill and more – in pictures. en-GB. The Guardian. 2021-05-27. 0261-3077.
45. Web site: Portraits of Grace Tame, Eryn Jean Norvill announced as 2021 Archibald Prize finalists. 2021-05-27. The Sydney Morning Herald. en.
46. Web site: Archibald Prize finalists 2022 . 2022-05-13 . Art Gallery of New South Wales.
47. 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). Web site: L Scott Pendlebury: Anne and Drew Pendlebury (actress and musician respectively) . Archibald Prize 1979 . . 15 November 2012 . Pendlebury was a finalist 24 times but never won the prize.
48. 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?)