# 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
** List of Archibald Prize 1922 finalists
** List of Archibald Prize 1923 finalists
** List of Archibald Prize 1924 finalists
** List of Archibald Prize 1925 finalists
** List of Archibald Prize 1926 finalists
* 1930s
** List of Archibald Prize 1938 finalists
** List of Archibald Prize 1939 finalists
* 1940s
** List of Archibald Prize 1946 finalists
* 1950s
* 1960s
** List of Archibald Prize 1960 finalists
** List of Archibald Prize 1966 finalists
* 1970s
** List of Archibald Prize 1973 finalists
* 1980s
** List of Archibald Prize 1986 finalists
* 1990s
** List of Archibald Prize 1990 finalists
** List of Archibald Prize 1991/92 finalists
** List of Archibald Prize 1993 finalists
** List of Archibald Prize 1994 finalists
** List of Archibald Prize 1995 finalists
** List of Archibald Prize 1996 finalists
** List of Archibald Prize 1997 finalists
** List of Archibald Prize 1998 finalists
** List of Archibald Prize 1999 finalists
* 2000s
** List of Archibald Prize 2000 finalists
** List of Archibald Prize 2001 finalists
** List of Archibald Prize 2002 finalists
** List of Archibald Prize 2003 finalists
** List of Archibald Prize 2004 finalists
** List of Archibald Prize 2005 finalists
** List of Archibald Prize 2006 finalists
** List of Archibald Prize 2007 finalists
** List of Archibald Prize 2008 finalists
** List of Archibald Prize 2009 finalists
* 2010s
** List of Archibald Prize 2010 finalists
** List of Archibald Prize 2011 finalists
** List of Archibald Prize 2012 finalists
** List of Archibald Prize 2013 finalists
** List of Archibald Prize 2014 finalists
** List of Archibald Prize 2015 finalists
** List of Archibald Prize 2016 finalists
** List of Archibald Prize 2017 finalists
** List of Archibald Prize 2018 finalists
** List of Archibald Prize 2019 finalists
* 2020s
** List of Archibald Prize 2020 finalists
** List of Archibald Prize 2021 finalists
** List of Archibald Prize 2022 finalists
** 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

## 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)

### 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)

### 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