List of Archibald Prize 1996 finalists

This is a list of finalists for the 1996 Archibald Prize for portraiture (listed is Artist – Title).


 * Davida Allen – Anne Purves in purple
 * Rick Amor – Portrait of Paul Boston
 * Judy Cassab – Robert Juniper
 * Kordelya Zhansui Chi – 'Wrap time' portrait of John Ruane
 * Kordelya Zhansui Chi – Hon Ms Jan Wade MP
 * Peter Churcher – Betty at Home (Betty Churcher)
 * Kevin Connor – Self-portrait in the Louvre food hall
 * Graeme Davis – Chris Mann reading murder mysteries with pink curtain
 * Geoffrey Dyer – Claudio Alcorso
 * Joe Furlonger – Dr Harold Schenberg
 * Francis Giacco – Family self-portrait
 * Robert Hannaford – Self-portrait (Winner: People's Choice)
 * Robert Hannaford – Cheryl Hurst
 * Nicholas Harding – Portrait of Barry O'Keefe
 * Paul Jackson – Self and Tui
 * Kerrie Lester – James Morrison with flugelhorn
 * Jocelyn Maughan – Paul Ashton Delprat, artist
 * Lewis Miller – Portrait of Allan Mitelman
 * Paul Newton – John Laws (Winner: Packing Room Prize)
 * Josonia Palaitis – Ray Martin
 * Jenny Sages – Paul Cox
 * Wendy Sharpe – Self-portrait – as Diana of Erskineville (Winner: Archibald Prize 1996) (Image)
 * Garry Shead – Jacqueline McKenzie
 * Jiawei Shen – Self-portrait with GE (Chinese) Morrison (Image)
 * Andrew Sibley – Mary-Lou Jelbart in the park
 * Eric John Smith – Robert Walker
 * Rosemary Valadon – Deborah Conway – in epic mode
 * David Van Nunen – Portrait of the artist with Fauve
 * Wes Walters – Gary Emery
 * Guy Warren – Portrait of the artist as a young man
 * Margaret Woodward – Self-portrait as Sarah Wisse, transported
 * Salvatore Zofrea – Dr Franco Belgiorno-Nettis