This is a list of finalists for the 1939 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 | Mrs R Abbott | |||
| Harold Abbott | Mrs C de Burgh | |||
| Harold Abbott | Miss Margaret Murray | |||
| Harold Abbott | Neil McNeil, Esq | |||
| Harold Abbott | Robert Gillespie, Esq | |||
| James Muir Auld | Self-portrait | |||
| Herbert Badham | Self-portrait | |||
| Alan Baker | Portrait of a man | |||
| Reginald Thomas Bassett | Self-portrait | |||
| Douglas Baulch | Self-portrait | https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1939/14727/ | ||
| Daysi M. Brookes | Dr E McAustin Steel | |||
| Daysi M. Brookes | Robert McKechnie, Esq | |||
| Ernest Buckmaster | Self-portrait | |||
| Jack Carington Smith | Sir John Ramsay | |||
| Frank R. Carter | Mrs Beryl James | |||
| Norman Carter | Paymaster Lieut Keith H Waterhouse, RAN, VR | |||
| Norman Carter | R B Kelly, Esq, DVSc | |||
| Amalie Sara Colquhoun | Ellen | |||
| Roy Dalgarno | Prof J V Duhig, MB, FRACP | |||
| William Dargie | Self-portrait and mask | |||
| William Dargie | The artist's wife | |||
| Joseph Ben de Bolle | Major Gen. W. A. Coxen, C.B., C.M.G./D.S.O. | |||
| Ayesha Dean | Portrait of a man | |||
| Aileen R. Dent | C N McKenzie, Esq (President Melbourne Scot) | |||
| E. C. Draper | Portrait of a Lady | |||
| Elsie Elder | Mr Casey, MP | |||
| Nell Eveston | Olive | |||
| Nell Eveston | Gloria Favolora | |||
| Nell Eveston | Mrs Loschiavo | |||
| Marjorie Glyn-Edwards | Hugh Reilly, Esq. | |||
| John Barclay Godson | Hilda | |||
| John Barclay Godson | Self-portrait | |||
| John Barclay Godson | Johnnie | |||
| Helena Nellie Govett | Sir Harold Gengoult Smith | |||
| Gwendolyn Grant | Ann | |||
| Gwendolyn Grant | John Ramsay, Esq. | |||
| William Gregory Grant | Mrs Gwendolyn Grant | |||
| Harley Griffiths (junior) | O Dutton, Esq | |||
| Harley Griffiths (junior) | Portrait of a pugilist | |||
| A. F. Hancox | Self-portrait | |||
| Henry Aloysius Hanke | The pink wrap | |||
| Henry Aloysius Hanke | Self-portrait | |||
| John R. Heath | Emeritus Prof. W. Gilmour | |||
| Joseph Holloway | Roy Thibou, Esq. | |||
| Edith L. Holmes | My aunt | |||
| Ursula Holterhoff | Self-portrait | |||
| Tom Hubble | Julian | |||
| Evan Hughes | Bruce Salter, Esq. | |||
| Harold Stafford Huntley | Miss Eula Ross | |||
| Rupert Hutter | Self-portrait | |||
| Reginald Jerrold-Nathan | Mrs C Corsellis | |||
| Margaret Gordon Johnson | Lieut Col GFG Wieck | |||
| Margaret Gordon Johnson | Miss Berna Begley | |||
| Margaret Gordon Johnson | G Pitt Morison, Esq, curator, Perth Art Gallery | |||
| Eric Kaylock | Self-portrait | |||
| Herbert Kemble | Louise A | |||
| Clement Charles Kennedy | D.A.W. Robertson, Esq. | |||
| Clement Charles Kennedy | Miss Gwen Friend | |||
| Clement Charles Kennedy | Miss Barbara Dare | |||
| Theo M. Kielly | Self-portrait | |||
| J. Noel Kilgour | Mrs Nancy Kilgour | |||
| Edwin Harold King | Portrait of a man | |||
| Edwin Harold King | The Artist's Brother | |||
| Edwin Harold King | The Artist's Sister | |||
| Garrett Kingsley | John G. Lindsay, Esq | |||
| Garrett Kingsley | Portrait of a Lady | |||
| Frederick William Leist | Miss Sheila Mitchell | |||
| Albert Leyshon | Self-portrait | |||
| Herbert W. McCulley | Self-portrait | |||
| R. J. McFadden | Portrait of a man | |||
| R. J. McFadden | Self-portrait | |||
| G. M. McHolme | Self-portrait | |||
| Tempe Manning | Father Cohen, CA (Father Superior, House of the Ascension, Goulburn, NSW) | |||
| Tempe Manning | Colin E. Anderson, Esq. | |||
| Tempe Manning | Major C.E.T. Newman (Indian Army) | |||
| Tempe Manning | Self-portrait | |||
| Max Meldrum | Hon G. J. Bell, CMG, DSO, VD (Speaker, House of Representatives) | https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1939/17497/(Winner: Archibald Prize 1939)[2] [3] | ||
| R. A. Morrisey | Miss Maureen Morrisey | |||
| Lionel Neate | Mr W. R. Hurst, A.R.C.O. | |||
| Percival James Norton | Mrs G. Davis | |||
| Percival James Norton | P. W. Gledhill, Esq. | |||
| Justin O'Brien | Eric Irvin, poet | |||
| Justin O'Brien | Mrs Hodson | https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1939/17829/ | ||
| Roy Opie | Harold Herbert, Esq. | |||
| T. R. Palmer | Rev. C. R. King | |||
| T. R. Palmer | The artist's bride | |||
| Esther Paterson | Herman Gill, Esq. | |||
| Esther Paterson | Miss Betty Paterson | |||
| Clif Peir | Miss Genevieve Madden | |||
| Russell W. Phillips | Self-portrait | |||
| Russell W. Phillips | Portrait of a lady | |||
| Muriel Pornett | Window light | |||
| Harold Septimus Power | Dr A. E. Richardson, CMG, MAD (Oxon) | |||
| M Prowse Carey | Self-portrait | |||
| James Quinn | Self-portrait | https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1939/18175/ | ||
| James Quinn | George Bell, artist and critic | https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1939/18174/ | ||
| Stuart Reid | Mrs A. Thyne Reid | |||
| Eileen M. Robertson | Self-portrait | |||
| J. H. R. Rousel | Judge Coyle | |||
| J. H. R. Rousel | George H. Forsyth, Esq. | https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1939/18323/ | ||
| John Thomas Nightingale Rowell | Prof. A. Boyce Gibson, M.A. (Oxon.) | |||
| John Thomas Nightingale Rowell | John Bowles, Sculptor [sic] | |||
| William Rowell | Jackeroo | |||
| William Rowell | Major-Gen Sir William Glasgow, KCB, CMG, DSO, VD | |||
| William Rowell | Dr A. E. Mills | |||
| William Rowell | Francis de Castella | |||
| Horace Rudgley | Mrs H Rudgley | |||
| Samuel Rudgley | Self-portrait | |||
| A. W. Sampson | Margaret Verrell | |||
| Eric Saunders | Kylie Tennant | |||
| Eric Saunders | Mischa Burlakov | |||
| Roderick Shaw | Richard Edwards, BA | |||
| Reginald Jack Shepherd | Laurel | |||
| Joshua Smith | Sister M Deane | |||
| W. Sprenger | Self-portrait | |||
| S. Scott Sudlow | Self-portrait | |||
| Graham A. Thorley | Senator Major-Gen CH Brand, CBCMG, CVO, DSO | |||
| Dora Toovey | Miss Ruth Eason | |||
| Frederick Lyttelton Tregear | Self-portrait | |||
| Lyall Trindall | Mrs R Rajola | |||
| Albert Tucker | Harry de Hartog | |||
| Roland Wakelin | Mother and child | |||
| Leslie J. Walker | F. Pidcock, Esq. | |||
| Leslie J. Walker | A. C. Martin, Esq. | |||
| Douglas Watson | Self-portrait | |||
| Harold V. Whitlock | Self-portrait | |||
| Rita Wilson | Self-portrait | |||
| Margery Withers | R McCann, Esq | |||
| Joseph Wolinski | Thomas Ranken, Esq. | |||
| Joseph Wolinski | H. Neville Smith, Esq. | |||
| Joseph Wolinski | Ald. E. S. Marks. | |||
| Joseph Wolinski | Desiderius Orban | |||
| Joseph Wolinski | Self-portrait | |||
| Arnold Zimmerman | Self-portrait | |||
| Arnold Zimmerman | S. G. Thorpe, Esq. | |||
| Arnold Zimmerman | Bitter wine | self-portrait | ||
| Melba van der Velden | Self-portrait |