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

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