Lists of Archibald Prize finalists

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• 1920s
• List of Archibald Prize 1921 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1921/ 1921 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• List of Archibald Prize 1922 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1922/ 1922 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• List of Archibald Prize 1923 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1923/ 1923 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• List of Archibald Prize 1924 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1924/ 1924 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• List of Archibald Prize 1925 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1925/ 1925 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• List of Archibald Prize 1926 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1926/ 1926 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• 1930s
• List of Archibald Prize 1938 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1938/ 1938 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• List of Archibald Prize 1939 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1939/ 1939 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• 1940s
• List of Archibald Prize 1946 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1946/ 1946 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• 1950s
• 1960s
• List of Archibald Prize 1960 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1960/ 1960 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• List of Archibald Prize 1966 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1966/ 1966 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• 1970s
• List of Archibald Prize 1973 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1973/ 1973 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• 1980s
• List of Archibald Prize 1986 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1986/ 1986 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• 1990s
• List of Archibald Prize 1990 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1990/ 1990 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• List of Archibald Prize 1991/92 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1991-92/ 1991/92 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• List of Archibald Prize 1993 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1993/ 1993 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• List of Archibald Prize 1994 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1994/ 1994 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• List of Archibald Prize 1995 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1995/ 1995 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• List of Archibald Prize 1996 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1996/ 1996 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• List of Archibald Prize 1997 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1997/ 1997 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• List of Archibald Prize 1998 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1998/ 1998 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• List of Archibald Prize 1999 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1999/ 1999 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• 2000s
• List of Archibald Prize 2000 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2000/ 2000 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• List of Archibald Prize 2001 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2001/ 2001 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• List of Archibald Prize 2002 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2002/ 2002 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• List of Archibald Prize 2003 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2003/ 2003 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• List of Archibald Prize 2004 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2004/ 2004 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• List of Archibald Prize 2005 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2005/ 2005 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• List of Archibald Prize 2006 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2006/ 2006 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• List of Archibald Prize 2007 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2007/ 2007 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• List of Archibald Prize 2008 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2008/ 2008 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• List of Archibald Prize 2009 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2009/ 2009 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• 2010s
• List of Archibald Prize 2010 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2010/ 2010 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• List of Archibald Prize 2011 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2011/ 2011 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• List of Archibald Prize 2012 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2012/ 2012 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• List of Archibald Prize 2013 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2013/ 2013 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• List of Archibald Prize 2014 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2014/ 2014 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• List of Archibald Prize 2015 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2015/ 2015 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• List of Archibald Prize 2016 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2016/ 2016 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• List of Archibald Prize 2017 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2017/ 2017 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• List of Archibald Prize 2018 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2018/ 2018 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• List of Archibald Prize 2019 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2019/ 2019 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW]
• 2020s
• List of Archibald Prize 2020 finalists[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2020/ 2020 finalists], Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• List of Archibald Prize 2021 finalists{{Cite news|date=2021-05-27|title=Archibald prize 2021: Grace Tame, Ben Quilty, Eryn Jean Norvill and more – in pictures|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2021/may/27/archibald-prize-2021-grace-tame-ben-quilty-eryn-jean-norvill-and-more-in-pictures|access-date=2021-05-27|issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web|title=Portraits of Grace Tame, Eryn Jean Norvill announced as 2021 Archibald Prize finalists|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/portraits-of-grace-tame-eryn-jean-norvill-announced-as-2021-archibald-prize-finalists-20210526-h1w2pa.html|access-date=2021-05-27|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=27 May 2021 |language=en}}
• List of Archibald Prize 2022 finalists{{Cite web |title=Archibald Prize finalists 2022 |url=https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2022/ |access-date=2022-05-13 |website=Art Gallery of New South Wales}}
• List of Archibald Prize 2023 finalists
• List of Archibald Prize 2024 finalists

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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

Besides the winners, there have been many hundreds of Archibald finalists featuring portraits of Australian celebrities, including musicians, athletes, politicians, film-makers and artists. The below is not an exhaustive list: (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)The work depicts the artist's two children: Anne Pendlebury, who acted in 1979 TV drama series, Twenty Good Years; and Drew Pendlebury, who was a band member of The Sports). {{cite web | url = http://m.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1979/17993/ | title =L Scott Pendlebury: Anne and Drew Pendlebury (actress and musician respectively) |work= Archibald Prize 1979 | publisher = Art Gallery of New South Wales | accessdate = 15 November 2012 }} Pendlebury was a finalist 24 times but never won the prize.

; 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)15' x 5' oil on canvas. Lost by the University of NSW about 11 years ago.{{when|date=May 2018}}{{citation needed|date=May 2018}} (How can you "lose" a painting nearly 5m by 2m?)

; 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

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• {{Official website|http://thearchibaldprize.com.au/|name=The Archibald Prize official website}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20100712125038/http://aws.ag.nsw.gov.au/ Art Prizes Database] at the Art Gallery of New South Wales

Lists of Finalists:

1920s:             

• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1921/ 1921];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1922/ 1922];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1923/ 1923];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1924/ 1924];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1925/ 1925];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1926/ 1926];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1927/ 1927];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1928/ 1928];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1929/ 1929]

1930s:

• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1930/ 1930];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1931/ 1931];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1932/ 1932];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1933/ 1933];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1934/ 1934];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1935/ 1935];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1936/ 1936];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1937/ 1937];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1938/ 1938];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1939/ 1939]

1940s:

• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1940/ 1940];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1941/ 1941];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1942/ 1942];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1943/ 1943];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1944/ 1944];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1945/ 1945];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1946/ 1946];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1947/ 1947];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1948/ 1948];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1949/ 1949]

1950s:

• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1950/ 1950];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1951/ 1951];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1952/ 1952];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1953/ 1953];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1954/ 1954];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1955/ 1955];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1956/ 1956];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1957/ 1957];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1958/ 1958];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1959/ 1959]

1960s:

• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1960/ 1960];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1961/ 1961];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1962/ 1962];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1963/ 1963];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1964/ 1964];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1965/ 1965];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1966/ 1966];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1967/ 1967];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1968/ 1968];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1969/ 1969]

1970s:

• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1970/ 1970];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1971/ 1971];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1972/ 1972];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1973/ 1973];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1974/ 1974];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1975/ 1975];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1976/ 1976];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1977/ 1977];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1978/ 1978];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1979/ 1979]

1980s:

• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1980/ 1980];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1981/ 1981];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1982/ 1982];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1983/ 1983];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1984/ 1984];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1985/ 1985];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1986/ 1986];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1987/ 1987];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1988/ 1988];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1989/ 1989]

1990s:

• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1990/ 1990];

     [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1991-92/ 1991/92];    

• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1993/ 1993];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1994/ 1994];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1995/ 1995];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1996/ 1996];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1997/ 1997];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1998/ 1998];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1999/ 1999]

2000s:

• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2000/ 2000];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2001/ 2001];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2002/ 2002];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2003/ 2003];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2004/ 2004];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2005/ 2005];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2006/ 2006];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2007/ 2007];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2008/ 2008];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2009/ 2009]

2010s:

• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2010/ 2010];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2011/ 2011];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2012/ 2012];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2013/ 2013];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2014/ 2014];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2015/ 2015];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2016/ 2016];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2017/ 2017];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2018/ 2018];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2019/ 2019]

2020s:

• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2020/ 2020];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2021/ 2021];
• [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2022/ 2022]

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