List of Archibald Prize winners

This is a list of winners of the Archibald Prize for portraiture. As many of the paintings are copyrighted, a link to images has been listed where available.

List of winners

Year – Artist – Title
1921: W B McInnes – Desbrowe Annear Image
1922: W B McInnes – Professor Harrison Moore
1923: W B McInnes – Portrait of a Lady
1924: W B McInnes – Portrait of Miss Collins
1925: John Longstaff – Portrait of Maurice Moscovitch
1926: W B McInnes – Silk and Lace
1927: George W. Lambert – Mrs Murdoch
1928: John Longstaff – Portrait of Dr Alexander Leeper
1929: John Longstaff – W A Holman, KC
1930: W B McInnes – Drum-Major Harry McClelland
1931: John Longstaff – Sir John Sulman
1932: Ernest Buckmaster – Sir William Irvine
1933: Charles Wheeler – Ambrose Pratt
1934: Henry Hanke – Self Portrait
1935: John Longstaff – A B ('Banjo') Paterson
1936: W B McInnes – Dr. Julian Smith
1937: Normand Baker – Self Portrait
1938: Nora Heysen – Mme Elink Schuurman
1939: Max Meldrum – The Hon G J Bell, Speaker of the House of Representatives
1940: Max Meldrum – Dr J Forbes McKenzie
1941: William Dargie – Sir James Elder, KBE Image
1942: William Dargie – Corporal Jim Gordon, VC Image
1943: William Dobell – Joshua Smith Image 
1944: Joshua Smith – Hon Sol Rosevear, MHR, Speaker of the House of Representatives
1945: William Dargie – Lt-General The Hon Edmund Herring, KBE, DSO, MC, ED Image
1946: William Dargie – L C Robson, MC, MA Image
1947: William Dargie – Sir Marcus Clark, KBE Image
1948: William Dobell – Margaret Olley
1949: Arthur Murch – Bonar Dunlop
1950: William Dargie – Sir Leslie McConnan Image
1951: Ivor Hele – Laurie Thomas
1952: William Dargie – Mr Essington Lewis, CH Image
1953: Ivor Hele – Sir Henry Simpson Newland, CBE, DSO, MS, FRCS
1954: Ivor Hele – Rt Hon R G Menzies, PC, CH, QC, MP
1955: Ivor Hele – Robert Campbell Esq
1956: William Dargie – Mr Albert Namatjira
1957: Ivor Hele – Self Portrait
1958: William Edwin Pidgeon – Mr Ray Walker Image 
1959: William Dobell – Dr Edward MacMahon
1960: Judy Cassab – Stanislaus Rapotec
1961: William Edwin Pidgeon – Rabbi Dr I Porush Image 
1962: Louis Kahan – Patrick White Image 
1963: Jack Carington Smith – Professor James McAuley
1964: No Award
1965: Clifton Pugh – R A Henderson
1966: Jon Molvig – Charles Blackman
1967: Judy Cassab – Margo Lewers
1968: William Edwin Pidgeon – Lloyd Rees Image 
1969: Ray Crooke – George Johnston
1970: Eric Smith – Gruzman – Architect
1971: Clifton Pugh – Sir John McEwen
1972: Clifton Pugh – The Hon E G Whitlam 
1973: Janet Dawson – Michael Boddy 
1974: Sam Fullbrook – Jockey Norman Stephens
1975: Kevin Connor – The Hon Sir Frank Kitto, KBE
1976: Brett Whiteley – Self Portrait in the Studio Image
1977: Kevin Connor – Robert Klippel
1978: Brett Whiteley – Art, Life and the other thing Image
1979: Wes Walters – Portrait of Phillip Adams
1980: No award
1981: Eric Smith – Rudy Komon
1982: Eric Smith – Peter Sculthorpe
1983: Nigel Thomson – Chandler Coventry
1984: Keith Looby – Max Gillies
1985: Guy Warren – Flugelman with Wingman
1986: Davida Allen – Dr John Arthur McKelvey Shera
1987: William Robinson – Equestrian Self Portrait
1988: Fred Cress – John Beard
1989: Bryan Westwood – Portrait of Elwyn Lynn
1990: Geoffrey Proud – Dorothy Hewett
1991/92: Bryan Westwood – The Prime Minister (Paul Keating) Image 
1992/93: Garry Shead – Tom Thompson
1993/94: Francis Giacco – Homage to John Reichard
1995: William Robinson – Self Portrait with Stunned Mullet
1996: Wendy Sharpe – Self Portrait – as Diana of Erskineville Image 
1997: Nigel Thomson – Barbara Blackman
1998: Lewis Miller – Portrait of Allan Mitelman No 3
1999: Euan MacLeod – Self portrait/head like a hole Image 
2000: Adam Cullen – Portrait of David Wenham Image 
2001: Nicholas Harding – John Bell as King Lear Announcement and image 
2002: Cherry Hood – Simon Tedeschi Unplugged Image
2003: Geoffrey Dyer – a portrait of Richard Flanagan. Image 
2004: Craig Ruddy – David Gulpilil, two worlds (court challenge dismissed) Image 
2005: John Olsen – Self portrait Janus Faced Image 
2006: Marcus Wills – The Paul Juraszek Monolith Image 
2007: John Beard – Portrait of Janet Laurence Image 
2008: Del Kathryn Barton – You are what is most beautiful about me, a self portrait with Kell and Arella Image 
2009: Guy Maestri – Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
2010: Sam Leach – Tim Minchin (Announcement)
2011: Ben Dover – Margaret Olley (Image)
 2012: Tim Storrier - Self portrait - The histrionic wayfarer (after Bosch)

 2013: Del Kathryn Barton - Hugo Weaving

Winners of the Packing Room Prize

1991/92: Greg Bridges – politician Gareth Evans
1992/93: Angelika Erbsland – horse trainer Colin Hayes
1993/94: Peter Robertson – singer Kate Ceberano 
1995: Danelle Bergstrom – actor and singer Jon English
1996: Paul Newton – radio announcer John Laws
1997: Bill Leak – singer Tex Perkins (The Cruel Sea)
1998: Kerrie Lester – self portrait as a bridesmaid
1999: Deny Christian – actor and comedian Garry McDonald
2000: Bill Leak – Are you with me? – Sir Les Patterson (a character created by Barry Humphries)
2001: Paul Newton – Roy Slaven and HG Nelson
2002: Jan Williamson – singer/songwriter Jenny Morris
2003: Jan Williamson – actor and writer Rachel Ward (Image )
2004: Evert Ploeg – TV journalist Jana Wendt (Image)
2005: Jason Benjamin – actor Bill Hunter (Image)
2006: Michael Mucci – A working class man – TV personality Scott Cam Image)
2007: Danelle Bergstrom – Take two – actor Jack Thompson
2008: Martin Ball – musician Neil Finn (Crowded House, Split Enz)
2009: Paul Jackson – Flacco's chariot – Paul Livingston
2010: Nafisa – Glenn in Black and White – Glenn A. Baker (Image)
2011: Vincent Fantauzzo – celebrity chef Matt Moran (Image)
 2012: Raelene Sharp - A strength of character - John Wood 
 2013: Mathew Lynn - Tara Moss

Winners of the People's Choice Award
1988: Fred Cress – portrait of painter John Beard
1989: Vladas Meškėnas – portrait of painter Donald Friend
1990: Reg Campbell – self-portrait
1991/92: Robert Hannaford – portrait of historian Hugh Stretton
1992/93: Jennifer Little – portrait of artist Victor Sellu
1993/94: Bill Leak – portrait of lawyer Malcolm Turnbull
1995: Josonia Palaitis – portrait of painter Bill Leak
1996: Robert Hannaford – self-portrait
1997: Mathew Lynn – portrait of television producer Jeanne Ryckmans
1998: Robert Hannaford – portrait of academic Rolf Prince
1999: Evert Ploeg – portrait of actor Deborah Mailman Image )
2000: Esther Erlich – Never been better, portrait of painter Bill Leak
2001: Paul Newton – portrait of John Doyle and Greig Pickhaver (Roy Slaven and HG Nelson)
2002: Jan Williamson – portrait of singer/songwriter Jenny Morris
2003: Dalu Zhao – Lao Fei, portrait of diplomat Stephen Fitzgerald (Image )
2004: Craig Ruddy – two worlds, portrait of actor David Gulpilil (Image)
2005: Nicholas Harding – Bob's Daily Swim (Image)
2006: Paul Jackson – All the world's a stage, portrait of actor and comedian Garry McDonald (Image)
2007: Evert Ploeg – portrait of conductor George Ellis
2008: Vincent Fantauzzo – portrait of actor Heath Ledger (Image )
2009: Vincent Fantauzzo — Brandon Walters (Article and picture  at Nine News)
2010: Craig Ruddy – The Prince of Darkness – Warwick Thornton (Article and picture at Archibald Prize)
2011:  Adam Chang – John Coetzee
 2012: Jenny Sages - Self portrait - After Jack 
 2013: Vincent Fantauzzo - love face - Asher Keddie

Notable finalists
Besides the winners, there have been many Archibald finalists of Australian celebrities, including musicians, athletes, politicians, film-makers and artists. Some selected ones: (listed Artist – Subject)

1946
Rolf Harris – Portrait of a School Boy (self portrait)

1979
Bressow, Lance – Dame Joan Sutherland
Palaitis, Josonia – The Honourable John Howard, M.P. 
Pendlebury, L Scott – Anne and Drew Pendlebury (Actress and Musician respectively) ( Drew Pendlebury band member of The Sports )

1980s
1980
Bush, Charles William – Sir John Kerr
Dunlop, Brian – Joseph Brown
1981
Dargie, William – Joh Bjelke-Petersen
1982
Dupain, Rex – Max's Muse (Max Dupain)
La Gerche, Geoff – Patrick White 
Markstein, Ted – The Great White Hope in the Land of the Blind (Patrick White) 15' x 5' oil on canvas. Lost by the University of NSW about 11 years ago.
1983
Walters, Wesley – Molly (Molly Meldrum)
1984
Looby, Keith – Max Gillies
Walters, Wesley – Portrait of Colleen McCullough 
1985
Rothwell, Susan – Peter Weir 
1986
Berns, Naomi – David Williamson (playwright)
Cress, Fred – David Armstrong 
1987
Looby, Keith – Manning Clark 
1988
Gruzdeff, Leeka – Don Burrows 
Nolan, Sidney – Arthur Boyd at Fitzroy Falls 
1989
Harris, Tim – The Doug Anthony All Stars with the Risen Elvis (Tim Ferguson, Richard Fidler, Paul McDermott)
Heinrich, Bernd – Thomas Keneally 
Leak, Bill – Sir Donald Bradman 
Whiteley, Brett – Portrait of Francis Bacon

1990s
1990
Glenda Jones – Kaz Cooke

1991/1992
Meskenas, Vladas – Dr Victor Chang 
Valadon, Rosemary – The Long Afternoon – Portrait of Dr Germaine Greer

1993
Allen, Davida – Dressing for Dinner ( Bill Hayden governor-general )
Dyer, Geoffrey – Dr Bob Brown (Environmentalist) 
Lester, Kerrie – Fred Hollows 
Meskenas, Vladas – Professor Fred Hollows

1994
George Gittoes – Self Portrait in Somalia 
Leak, Bill – Malcolm Turnbull
Li Bao Hua – Portrait (Hazel Hawke) 
Robertson, Peter – Kate Ceberano
Valadon, Rosemary – Noni Hazlehurst – Summer '94 Waiting Again 

1995
Bergstrom, Danelle – Jon English 
George Gittoes – General John Sanderson in Cambodia 
Leak, Bill – Graham Richardson 
Naseby, David – Les Murray 

1996
Peter Churcher – Betty at Home (Betty Churcher) 
Lester, Kerrie – James Morrison with flugelhorn 
Palaitis, Josonia – Ray Martin 
Shead, Garry – Jacqueline McKenzie 
Valadon, Rosemary – Deborah Conway – in epic mode 

1997
Rick Amor – Peter Carey at the VACB Studio, Soho, New York (author)
Adam Cullen – Portrait of Mikey Robins (comedian)
George Gittoes – John Olsen (painter)
Hannaford, Robert – Paul Davies (scientist)
Newton, Paul William – Kate and Barbie (A portrait of Kate Fischer) (model)
Sharp, Martin – Tiny Tim, Eternal Troubadour

1998
Adam Cullen – Portrait of Frank Moorhouse AM (author)
Dawson, Paula – Sleeping man (Barry Jones politician)
Hannaford, Robert – Paul Keating (Former Prime Minister)
Leak, Bill – Gough Whitlam (Former Prime Minister)
Naseby, David – Les Murray (poet)
Shen, Jiawei – Eyewitness (portrait of George Gittoes AM) (artist)

1999
Bromley, David – Scott Hicks (film director) 
Dyer, Geoffrey – Margaret Scott (author and poet) 
King, Amanda – Natasha Stott Despoja (politician) 
Lester, Kerrie – Jimmy Barnes (singer) 
Naseby, David – Bob Ellis (political commentator)
Newton, Paul William – Portrait of Maggie Tabberer (model)
Ploeg, Evert – Deborah Mailman (actress)

2000s

2000
As well as the usual Archibald with its set criteria, there was a Sporting Archibald which had a focus on sport due to the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Antico, Chris – The Captain: Mark Taylor (cricket captain)
Bell, Michael – The Sandman (comedian Steve Abbott)
Benz, Simon – Anna Wilson (cyclist)
Beowulf, Melissa – Ken Done (painter)
Bromley, David – Strongest man of the games (Dean Lukin, weightlifter)
Cullen, Max – Geoffrey Rush (actor)
Fern, Nic – Vicki Wilson (netball player)
Holmes à Court, Juliet – Portrait of George (George Gregan, rugby player)
Jones, Glenda – Nova Peris-Kneebone (Gold Medalist with Australian Hockey Team)
Lester, Kerrie – Susie Maroney, True Blue Sue (swimmer)
Miller, Lewis – Ronald Dale Barassi (Ron Barassi, AFL footballer)
Morton, Ann – Edwin Carr ‘Old Gold’ (athletics)
Naseby, David – Kostya Tszyu (boxer)
Newton, Paul William – Portrait of David Campese (rugby player)
Ploeg, Evert – Louise Sauvage (wheelchair racing)
Sibley, Andrew John – Marilyn Peddell (lawnbowls)
Spooner, Kim – 'blue' (Kerry O'Brien) (television presenter)
Wegner, Peter – Portrait of Darren Gauci (jockey)
Williamson, Jan – Tom Carroll (surfer)
Wood, Louise – Determination – Michael Klim (swimmer)
Xie, Hui Hai – Johnny Raper – A living legend (rugby league player)

2001
Armstrong, Bruce – Peter Carey in Kelly country
Darby, Brendon Ross – Ian Parmenter (television presenter)
Emdur, Martine – Laughing on the inside (Peter Berner)
Georgiadis, Margarita – Excelle (Libbi Gorr, comedian, known for her Elle McFeast character)
Guo Hua Cai – Lee Lin Chin (SBS newsreader)
Leak, Bill – Nothing if not critical (Robert Hughes)
Lester, Kerrie – Contemplating the emperor's new clothes (fashion designer Akira Isogawa
Spooner, Kim – And see the light surrounding you (Daniel Johns) (vocalist and guitarist in Silverchair)

2002
Carment, Tom – Richard Neville (writer, broadcaster, journalist)
Cullen, Adam – Mark Brandon Read – Author( (Chopper Read)
Dyer, Geoffrey – The last survivor (Alec Campbell, survivor of Battle of Gallipoli)
Erlich, Esther – Deborah Conway (musician)
Hunt, James – Bora Anthony Mundine (boxer, rugby league player)
Lester, Kerrie – Interrupting Mr Smart! (Jeffrey Smart (painter))
Pinnock, Mary Florance – Martin Sharp (cartoonist)

2003
Amor, Rick – Lewis Miller (painter) 
Bergstrom, Danelle – Conversations with Margaret Olley
Cullen, Adam – Jimmy Little
Dyer, Geoffrey – Richard Flanagan
Emdur, Martine – Claudia Karvan, Interior (actor from The Secret Life of Us)
Fragar, Julie – J. Lucy in quinachridone magenta (Judith Lucy comedian)
Harding, Nicholas – Portrait of Margaret Whitlam A.O. (wife of Gough Whitlam)
Naseby, David – Adam Cullen (painter)
Sages, Jenny – True Stories – Helen Garner (author)
Stathopoulos, Nickolaos – Here's Mr. Squiggle
Wyatt, Susan – Doris Pilkington (Nugi Garimarra) (author of the book which the film Rabbit-Proof Fence is based on

2004
Benjamin, Jason – John Olsen
Dyer, Geoffrey – Graeme Murphy (dance choreographer)
Kendall, Peter Clifton – Peter Brock
McKay, Creecy Carolyn – Bruce Spence

2005
Churcher, Peter – Portrait of Jeffrey Smart 
Hannaford, Robert – Bob Brown 
Jackson, Paul – Gretel Killeen Image
Kenyon, Raymond – The architect at home (Glenn Murcutt)
Lynn, Mathew – Wendy drawing (Wendy Sharpe)
Quilty, Ben – Beryl Whiteley (mother of Brett Whiteley)
Ralph, David – Imagination – Adam and Harvie (Adam Elliot, creator of Harvie Krumpet)
Shen, Jiawei – John So (mayor of Melbourne)
Thomas, Avril – The Minister from down under (Hon. Alexander Downer M.P.)
Zavros, Michael – Alex Dimitriades

2006
McLean Edwards – Cate Blanchett and family
Robert Hannaford – Tim Flannery
Nicholas Harding – Robert Drewe (in the swell) 2006
Paul Jackson – Garry McDonald "All the world's a stage…"
Kerrie Lester – Phillip Noyce – in the picture
Josonia Palaitis – Justice Michael Kirby
Peter Smeeth – Clover Moore with Sheba and Bruno

2009
 Ngaire Devenport – Ken Done
 Hong Fu – Dame Elisabeth Murdoch
 Nicholas Harding – Margaret Whitlam
 Cherry Hood – David Helfgott
 David Paulson and Michael Nelson Jagamarra – Michael Nelson Jagamarra 
 Mark Thompson – Greta Scacchi

2010s
2010
 Robert Hannaford – Malcolm Fraser
 Christine O’Hagan – Kate Ceberano
 Peter Smeeth – Peter FitzSimons, author
 Ian Smith – Keith Looby alfresco

2011
 Del Kathryn Barton – Mother (a portrait of Cate)
 Matt Doust – White Cocoon (portrait of actress Gemma Ward)
 Geoffrey Dyer – The collector, David Walsh 
 Vincent Fantauzzo – Matt Moran
 Nicholas Harding – Hugo at home (portrait of actor Hugo Weaving)
 Jeremy Kibel – Portrait of Robert Jacks AO 
 Michael Lindeman – Portrait of Wilfred (portrait of actor Jason Gann)
 Craig Ruddy –  Cathy Freeman 
Barbara Tyson – The country’s woman: Her Excellency, Ms Quentin Bryce AC, Governor-General of Australia 
 Apple Xiu Yin – Hearing • Meditation (portrait of opera soprano Cheryl Barker)

References

Other websites

Art Prizes Database  at the Art Gallery of New South Wales

Australian artists
Lists of award winners
Award winners