This is a list of finalists for the 1938 Archibald Prize for portraiture, listed by Artist and Title.[1] As the images are copyright, an external link to an image has been listed where available.
| Artist | Title | Subject | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Abbott | Self-portrait | |||
| A. F. Andrews | Self-portrait | |||
| A. F. Andrews | The Artist's Father | |||
| John Aston | L. H. Witts, Esq. | |||
| James Muir Auld | Lady in Black | |||
| James Muir Auld | F. Tregear, Esq. | |||
| Alan Baker | Miss Videy Ross | |||
| Alan Baker | Self-portrait | |||
| Normand Baker | Alan D. Baker, Esq. | |||
| Normand Baker | Self-portrait | |||
| A. M. E. Bale | Miss E. M. Lander | |||
| Rex Battarbee | Albert Namatjira (Arunta artist) | |||
| Ronald Broadley | Self-portrait | |||
| Norman Carter | A. Enes, Esq. | |||
| Norman Carter | Hans Heysen | |||
| Myra Cocks | Portrait of a Lady | |||
| William Gilbert Collins | Self-portrait | |||
| A. D. Colquhoun | Miss Janet Maloney | |||
| A. D. Colquhoun | Miss Olga Hausegger | |||
| A. D. Colquhoun | Miss Janet McEwan | |||
| A. D. Colquhoun | (Title unknown) | |||
| Thomas Dean | Self-portrait | |||
| Aileen R. Dent | Miss Joyce Raymond | |||
| Aileen R. Dent | Rev. F. E. Oxer | |||
| Claude S. Diston | Lt. Col. J. N. Coryn Shaw | |||
| Douglas Dundas | Alfred Cook, Esq. | |||
| Mary Edwell-Burke | B. J. Waterhouse, Esq., F.R.I.B.A. | |||
| Mary Edwell-Burke | Self-portrait | |||
| Owen Garde | Self-portrait | |||
| John Barclay Godson | Artist and wife | |||
| Helena Nellie Govett | Portrait | |||
| J. H. Graham | Joshua Smith | |||
| Vaughan Murray Griffin | Mrs Murray Griffin | |||
| A. F. Hancox | Self-portrait | |||
| Henry Aloysius Hanke | Percy Lindsay, Esq. | |||
| Henry Aloysius Hanke | Miss Sylvia Davis | |||
| John R. Heath | Dr W. A. Morrison, LDS., R.C.S. | |||
| Edward Heffernan | Diane in Red | |||
| John J. Hennessy | Self-portrait | |||
| Nora Heysen | Mme Elink Schuurman | https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1938/16506/(Winner: Archibald Prize 1938)[2] [3] | ||
| Nora Heysen | The Hon. John Lane Mullins | |||
| Leon Hogan | Miss M. Parsons | |||
| Ethel Holmes | Portrait of a lady | |||
| Tom Hubble | Mrs Francis V. Molyneaux | |||
| Tom Hubble | Frederick E. Baume, Esq. | |||
| J. C. Hutchings | Self-portrait | |||
| Rupert Hutter | Self-portrait | |||
| Reginald Jerrold-Nathan | Miss Camilla Wedgewood | |||
| Reginald Jerrold-Nathan | Self-portrait | |||
| Reginald Jerrold-Nathan | Dr Cecil Purser | |||
| Margaret Gordon Johnson | Mrs Grabham | |||
| Bertha Katsch | Gipsies | |||
| Herbert Kemble | Louise Allen | |||
| Herbert Kemble | Dante Arrie | |||
| Herbert Kemble | Raymond Sinnot, Esq. | |||
| Herbert Kemble | Geoffrey Cumine | |||
| Clement Charles Kennedy | Clement Kennedy | |||
| Clement Charles Kennedy | Thea Rowe | |||
| Clement Charles Kennedy | Meg. | |||
| Garrett Kingsley | Murilla | |||
| Garrett Kingsley | Norma | |||
| Frederick William Leist | C. Pearl, Esq. | |||
| Frederick William Leist | Stephanie Day | |||
| Frederick William Leist | Mrs Charles, MA | |||
| Herbert W McCulley | Self-portrait | |||
| Alfred Ernest MacDonald | W. C. Milne, Esq. | |||
| Violet M. McInnes | Miss Joan Mita | |||
| W. B. McInnes | Sir Robert Wade | https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1938/17429/ | ||
| W. B. McInnes | Miss Susan Williams | |||
| W. B. McInnes | Gen Sir Harry Chauvel | |||
| Alex McMurtrie | Dignity and impudence | |||
| Langton Madden | Self-portrait | |||
| Tempe Manning | Peter Lawrence, Esq. | |||
| Max Meldrum | Self-portrait | |||
| Max Meldrum | Prof. W. Agar, F.R.S. | |||
| Miriam Moxham | Henry B. Rain, Esq. | |||
| Miriam Moxham | Miss Myra Cocks & Elaine | |||
| G. Needham | Lionel Shave, Esq. | |||
| A. E. Newbury | W. J. Penfold, M.B., C.M. (Edin.), B.Hy. (Dunclm) | |||
| Eric Nilan | D. G. M. Jackson, Esq., MA | |||
| Eric Nilan | D. Nelson, Esq. | |||
| Justin O'Brien | Miss Dorothy Johnston | |||
| Roy Opie | Mr James Opie | |||
| Roy Opie | L. Reynolds, Esq. | |||
| T. R. Palmer | Self-portrait | |||
| Esther Paterson | Miss Betty Paterson | |||
| C. W. Peck | Mrs Drinkwater | |||
| C. W. Peck | One of the Smith family | |||
| Clif Peir | Miss Kathleen Maxwell | |||
| Clif Peir | Miss Ann | |||
| James Quinn | Rt. Hon. R. G. Casey | |||
| Joan E. Reid | Portrait of a Boy | |||
| Stuart Reid | A. R. J. Watt, Esq., K.C. | |||
| C. Darcy Rendalls | Portrait of a man | |||
| Eileen M. Robertson | My Sister | |||
| Mollie Rohr | The Maid | |||
| Mollie Rohr | Miniature | |||
| Mollie Rohr | Portrait of a Man | |||
| Mollie Rohr | Self-portrait | |||
| Mollie Rohr | The final likeness | |||
| J. H. R. Rousel | Rt. Hon. Sir Earle Page, K.C.M.G. | |||
| J. H. R. Rousel | Thos. Porter, Esq. | |||
| John Thomas Nightingale Rowell | Murray Griffin, Esq. | |||
| William Rowell | Arltingah | |||
| William Rowell | Bernard O'Dowd, Esq. | |||
| William Rowell | Rt. Hon. R. G. Menzies | |||
| Eric Saunders | Lewis Gooresky | |||
| Eric Saunders | Duncan MacDougall | |||
| Eric Saunders | Daphne Winslow | |||
| Reginald Jack Shepherd | Judith Ann | |||
| Reginald Jack Shepherd | Ald. Mrs Fowler | |||
| Albert Victor Simmons | Mrs Thomas [sic] | |||
| David Sing | Mrs E. Thomasson | |||
| David Sing | Miss Sanchia Thomasson | |||
| David Sing | Mr W. Magee | |||
| Joshua Smith | Mrs Louisa Smith | |||
| Joshua Smith | John Graham, Esq. | |||
| Joshua Smith | Miss Dymphna Cusack | |||
| W. Sprenger | Self-portrait | |||
| E. Steitz | The hunter | |||
| M. Summers | Self-portrait | |||
| Beulah Symes Leicester | Dr Charles Fenner | |||
| Stephanie Taylor | Mrs Alice Thomas | |||
| Lesbia Thorpe | Miss Rose Broit | |||
| Lesbia Thorpe | Mrs Havelock Southwick | |||
| Frederick Lyttelton Tregear | Miss Badgery | |||
| Lyall Trindall | Dr B. T. Edye | |||
| Lyall Trindall | Rubery Bennett, Esq. | |||
| Lyall Trindall | The Rt. Hon. The Lord Mayor, Ald. N. Nock | |||
| Charles Wheeler | Mrs F. W. Dennett | |||
| Charles Wheeler | Ernest Joske, Esq., LL B | |||
| Harold V. Whitlock | The blue cape | |||
| Harold V. Whitlock | Edith | |||
| Dora Wilson | Alan Marshall, Esq. | |||
| Dora Wilson | Miss Sybil Craig | |||
| Joseph Wolinski | Rosine Guiterman, MA | |||
| Joseph Wolinski | Margaret Swann | |||
| Joseph Wolinski | K. R. Cramp, Esq, OBE, MA | |||
| Joseph Wolinski | Roderic Quinn | |||
| Joseph Wolinski | T. Stuart Gurr, Esq. | |||
| Joseph Wolinski | C. H. Harrison, Esq., B.A. | |||
| Arnold Zimmerman | Here's luck | |||
| Arnold Zimmerman | S. G. Thorpe, Esq. | |||
| Arnold Zimmerman | Bitter wine | self-portrait | ||
| Melba van der Velden | Self-portrait |