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 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]
  • List of Archibald Prize 2023 finalists
  • List of Archibald Prize 2024 finalists

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)

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