Archibald Prize

The Archibald Prize is regarded as the most important portraiture prize in Australia. It began in 1921 after a bequest from Jules Francois Archibald[?], the editor of The Bulletin[?] magazine and is awarded annually by the Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales for 'the best portrait, preferentially of some man or woman distinguished in Art, Letters, Science or Politics, painted by an artist resident in Australasia during the 12 months preceding the date fixed by the Trustees for sending in the pictures'.

List of Winners

Year - Artist - Title

• 1921 - W. B. McInnes[?] - Desbrowe Annear
• 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, K.C.
• 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, House of Representatives
• 1940 - Max Meldrum[?] - Dr. J. Forbes McKenzie
• 1941 - William Dargie[?] - Sir James Elder, K.B.E.
• 1942 - William Dargie[?] - Corporal Jim Gordon, V.C.
• 1943 - William Dobell[?] - Joshua Smith
• 1944 - Joshua Smith[?] - S. Rosevear, M.H.R., Speaker
• 1945 - William Dargie[?] - Lt-General The Hon. Edmund Herring, K.B.C., D.S.O., M.C., E.D.
• 1946 - William Dargie[?] - L .C. Robson, M.C., M.A.
• 1947 - William Dargie[?] - Sir Marcus Clarke, K.B.E.
• 1948 - William Dobell[?] - Margaret Olley
• 1949 - Arthur Murch[?] - Bonar Dunlop
• 1950 - William Dargie[?] - Sir Leslie McConnan
• 1951 - Ivor Hele[?] - Laurie Thomas
• 1952 - William Dargie[?] - Mr. Essington Lewis, C.H.
• 1953 - Ivor Hele[?] - Sir Henry Simpson Newland, C.B.E., D.S.O., M.S., F.R.C.S.
• 1954 - Ivor Hele[?] - Rt. Hon. R. G. Menzies, P.C., C.H., Q.C., M.P.
• 1955 - Ivor Hele[?] - Robert Campbell Esq.
• 1956 - William Dargie[?] - Mr. Albert Namatjira
• 1957 - Ivor Hele[?] - Self Portrait
• 1958 - William Pidgeon[?] - Mr. Ray Walker
• 1959 - William Dobell[?] - Dr. Edward MacMahon
• 1960 - Judy Cassab[?] - Stanislaus Rapotec
• 1961 - William Pidgeon[?] - Rabbi Dr. I. Porush
• 1962 - Louis Kahan[?] - Patrick White
• 1963 - J. Carrington 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 Pidgeon[?] - Lloyd Rees
• 1969 - Ray Crooke[?] - George Johnston
• 1970 - Eric Smith[?] - Gruzman - Architect
• 1971 - Clifton Pugh[?] - Sir John McEwan
• 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, K.B.E.
• 1976 - Brett Whiteley[?] - Self Portrait in the Studio
• 1977 - Kevin Connor[?] - Robert Klippel
• 1978 - Brett Whiteley[?] - Art, Life and the other thing
• 1979 - Wes Walters[?] - Portrait of Philip 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
• 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
• 1997 - Nigel Thomson[?] - Barbara Blackman
• 1998 - Lewis Miller[?] - Portrait of Allan Mitelman No 3
• 1999 - Euan MacLeod[?] - Self portrait/head like a hole
• 2000 - Adam Cullen[?] - Portrait of David Wenham
• 2001 - Nicholas Harding[?] - John Bell as King Lear
• 2002 - Cherry Hood[?] - Simon Tedeschi Unplugged
• 2003 - Geoffrey Dwyer[?] - a portrait of Richard Flanagan.