# List of Archibald Prize 1946 finalists

This is a list of finalists for the 1946 Archibald Prize for portraiture. (listed is Artist – Title) As the images are copyright, an external link to an image has been listed where available.
| Artist | Title | Subject | Notes |
| Harold Abbott | Self Portrait | Harold Abbott | |
| Alan Baker | Artist's Wife | | |
| Normand Baker | Self Portrait | Normand Baker | |
| Howard Barron | The Most Rev. James Duhig, D.D., LL.D., Archbishop of Brisbane | James Duhig | |
| Howard Barron | Pamela, Daughter of Mr and Mrs Cobcroft | | |
| Mary Brady | Artist's Brother | | |
| Mary Brady | Josephine | | |
| Daysi M Brookes | John Allcott | | |
| Maude E M Burrell | Captain H M Burrell | | |
| Charles Bush | Phyl Waterhouse | | |
| Jack Carington Smith | Grey, green and brown | | Image |
| Jack Carington Smith | Portrait Study | | |
| Norman Carter | Roy Hendy, CMG | | |
| W Chamberlain | Mr Spencer-Nolan | | |
| A D Colquhoun | Portrait study | | |
| William Dargie | L C Robson, MC, MA (Winner: Archibald Prize 1946) | | Image |
| Antonio Dattilo-Rubbo | P. W. Gledhill, Esq. | | |
| Aileen R Dent | Col. Wallace Ross | | |
| William Dobell | Portrait of Mrs F Clune | | Image |
| Albert Enes | Janet | | |
| Albert Enes | Self Portrait | | |
| Donald Fogarty | John Aitchison-Campbell | | |
| Garran-Brown | Mrs Garran Graham Brown | | |
| J C Goodhart | Portrait Study | | |
| Leonard James Green | Hon. Sir Norman Kater, Kt., M.L.C. | Norman William Kater | |
| Harold Greenhill | Mrs R. Kerslake | | |
| Geffrey Grey | Self Portrait | | |
| Paul Haefliger | Annette | | |
| Henry Aloysius Hanke | John Frith | | |
| Rolf Harris | Portrait of a School Boy (self portrait) | Rolf Harris | (self portrait painted when aged 16) |
| E A Harvey | Ronald McKie | | |
| Weaver Hawkins | Neura Hall | | |
| Newton Hedstrom | Sgt. Bowman | | |
| Sali Herman | Self Portrait | Sali Herman | |
| Malcolm C Hone | Professor Harold Woodruff | Harold Addison Woodruff | |
| J C Hutchings | "Margaret" | | |
| Robin Jansen | Miss D. Hemingway | | |
| Reginald Jerrold-Nathan | Mrs Eric Campbell | | |
| Reginald Jerrold-Nathan | Headmaster | | |
| Mollie G Johnson | Evadne Fenn-Lusher, solicitor | | |
| Mollie G Johnson | Miss Nan Lyall | | |
| Justus Jorgensen | Portrait Study | | |
| Justus Jorgensen | Portrait Study | | |
| Vincent Juradowitch | V. Charlesworth | | |
| J Noel Kilgour | Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Vacchini | | |
| Garrett Kingsley | Mrs. D. Pratten | | |
| Garrett Kingsley | Mr. Gordon Russell | | |
| Ronald J Laskie | The Artist's Brother | | |
| E J Malouf | Her Wedding Day | | |
| Joseph Wilson Mawhinney | Self Portrait | | |
| Joseph Wilson Mawhinney | Lajos Stiener | | |
| Herbert McClintock | Self Portrait | | |
| Brian Midlane | Miss M. D. Paxton | | |
| Rufus Morris | Ted Scorfield, Esq. | Ted Scorfield | |
| Arthur J Murch | Professor Robert Dicks | | |
| Desiderius Orban | Self Portrait | | |
| Ruth Pasco | Moira | | |
| Frank Payne | David Mark Hutchinson-Smith | | |
| L. Scott Pendlebury | Professor W. A. Osborne | | |
| A W Sampson | Mr. W. Macreadie | | |
| A W Sampson | Mr. Golding | | |
| Francis Sherwood | Self Portrait | | |
| C Neville Smith | The Age of Innocence | | |
| C S Smith | Mr Karl Burggraf | | |
| Joshua Smith | Hon W J McKell, KC, Premier of NSW | William McKell | Image |
| Joshua Smith | Hon. F. M. Forde, P.C., Australian High Commissioner to Canada | Frank Forde | Image |
| L Snyder | Self Portrait | | |
| Lionel H Taprell | D. H. Taprell | | |
| Harold L Thornton | William Roberts | | |
| Wallace Thornton | Self Portrait | | |
| Lyall Trindall | Miss Treasure Casey, M.R.A.D. | | |
| Lyall Trindall | Mr. Newell R. Shead | | |
| Hayward Veal | Michael Romanoff | | |
| Hayward Veal | Father Coaldrake | | |
| J Waugh | Self Portrait | | |
| Charles Wheeler | H. J. Stewart, M.A. | | |
| Joseph Wolinski | Will Lawson | | |
| Joseph Wolinski | Self Portrait | | |
| Eric Wright | Mr. H. Shepherd | | |
| V Zanalis | Michael Dryen, M.P.S. | | |